Rock Werchter 2024

[Andrej]

Dua is touring Europe in June. I dont know specific dates / festivals / countries.

[charlierc]

11 hours ago, Karlos12345 said:

Oh god no, save us from another summer tour of GnR.

Well if the rumour is no Guns N Roses Euro shows in 2024, you get one summer. That not enough?

[Gossard]

3 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Well if the rumour is no Guns N Roses Euro shows in 2024, you get one summer. That not enough?

NO!

[Karlos12345]

28 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Well if the rumour is no Guns N Roses Euro shows in 2024, you get one summer. That not enough?

NO!

😂

Edited October 14, 2023 by Karlos12345

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, Gossard said:

NO!

 

1 hour ago, Karlos12345 said:

NO!

😂

Duly noted. Good to know this forum can produce such near-symmetry.

[matrainertje]

On 10/13/2023 at 11:26 PM, Andrej said:

Dua is touring Europe in June. I dont know specific dates / festivals / countries.

YES!

Would be huge If they managed to get her.

Edited October 15, 2023 by matrainertje

[Sparticus]

2 hours ago, matrainertje said:

YES!

Would be huge If they managed to get her.

Having seen blink 182, if they're about next summer they're headlining. The reunion hype has made them bigger than they were at their peak. 

[Name taken]

7 hours ago, Sparticus said:

Having seen blink 182, if they're about next summer they're headlining. The reunion hype has made them bigger than they were at their peak. 

For their specific crowd. Not for me.

[Rico_Pliskin]

[graceunderpressure]

8 minutes ago, Rico_Pliskin said:

Fingers crossed for an appearance !

[SonicSleuth]

Successfully purchased tickets to Rammstein in Oostende and booked roooms in Oostende and Bruges for that week, reallly interested to see if there is a Werchter Classic schedule released now...

[SonicSleuth]

Can anyone provide first-hand knowledge about the different "premium" camping packages from prior years? They all seem fairly similar and expensive, obviously, but I'm coming with someone who is not used to festival camping. I'm considering maybe Boho Suite 1 or 2, Kayuto 2, Tanami 2, Lodge 2, Sahara 2.... any comments?

I am also concerned about it being very cold in the tents - I have had trouble sleeping at night when the temperature drops, and my partner is prone to getting very chilly. Is the power provided sufficient to use an electric heater, if needed? Any help is appreciated! 

[matrainertje]

12 hours ago, Sparticus said:

Having seen blink 182, if they're about next summer they're headlining. The reunion hype has made them bigger than they were at their peak. 

I was talking about Dua Lipa. Hope the manage to get her (even though she maybe is too big for festivals).

Blink 182 can stay away though... 

[tmolvik]

12 hours ago, graceunderpressure said:

Fingers crossed for an appearance !

Yes please!

[Scarnic]

10 hours ago, SonicSleuth said:

Can anyone provide first-hand knowledge about the different "premium" camping packages from prior years? They all seem fairly similar and expensive, obviously, but I'm coming with someone who is not used to festival camping. I'm considering maybe Boho Suite 1 or 2, Kayuto 2, Tanami 2, Lodge 2, Sahara 2.... any comments?

I am also concerned about it being very cold in the tents - I have had trouble sleeping at night when the temperature drops, and my partner is prone to getting very chilly. Is the power provided sufficient to use an electric heater, if needed? Any help is appreciated! 

I have stayed in a Sahara 4 at a previous edition. Yes they can still get chilly overnight, you do get a bed off the floor  with a pillow and duvet (but not very thick). I was happy I took a sleeping bag to sleep in under the duvet. It was warm enough for me. No power provided inside the tents ( at least in a Sahara). 

[SonicSleuth]

5 hours ago, Scarnic said:

I have stayed in a Sahara 4 at a previous edition. Yes they can still get chilly overnight, you do get a bed off the floor  with a pillow and duvet (but not very thick). I was happy I took a sleeping bag to sleep in under the duvet. It was warm enough for me. No power provided inside the tents ( at least in a Sahara). 

Thanks for the heads up, I wonder if the non-tents (the wooden buildings) are less cold at night. I imagine I'll try to find an AirBnb and just head it every morning, it is quite a lot to ask a new festival goer to endure four days and five nights without proper showers and bathrooms! 🙂

I'm wondering when we will get the first headliner and ticket sales, I imagine it will be very soon.... 

[VolkIreland]

After they cancelled the Dublin show and haven't bothered to address it since. I was SO pissed, but I would definitely take them at Werchter. Weezer, Sum 41 and Blink. Fantastic. I don't care where on the card. Just hook it to my veins. 

[matrainertje]

On 10/16/2023 at 1:23 PM, matrainertje said:

I was talking about Dua Lipa. Hope the manage to get her (even though she maybe is too big for festivals).

Blink 182 can stay away though... 

Why would you downvote me for this? 😅

[SonicSleuth]

Smashing Pumpkins are not a big enough name to headline this festival, correct? Unless it was opposite a less rock-oriented act, I think. If we pencil in the Pumpkins, they are probably a sub-headline act, maybe in The Killers spot, something like that. And Weezer the same, perhaps they would play on the same night for travel reasons.

We are assuming Stromae and Foo Fighters as headliners for two of the nights, I think, but I want to know! 

[MK1]

Foo Fighters 

Dua Lipa 

Pearl Jam

Nick Cave

Something like this,??

[graceunderpressure]

1 hour ago, MK1 said:

Foo Fighters 

Dua Lipa 

Pearl Jam

Nick Cave

Something like this,??

That with smashing pumpkins and the national , I will be a happy man !

[matrainertje]

2 hours ago, graceunderpressure said:

That with smashing pumpkins and the national , I will be a happy man !

The National into Nick Cave would be excellent. Sadly I can't see Nick returning so fast though. Maybe 2025.

[BlackFoxx]

Interested in seeing Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer this summer, but given tour prices for UK shows are £85+ for standing, looking at European festivals as a cheaper alternative. From the discussion so far, do we think there is a chance they'll end up here? Would fit nicely alongside rumoured acts like Green Day/Foo Fighters/Pearl Jam. Also do we think that The National, Gaslight Anthem and Fontaines DC are likely to play as they're in Europe over the same time period? 

I'm based in Cornwall so travelling and accommodation to see each of these bands elsewhere if they play in the UK will add up to be really expensive, so hoping Rock Werchter might pull it out the bag with a chance to see all of them in one place and for a cheaper overall cost. Any insights or rumours on the above acts specifically would be really helpful to know whether to hold fire on individual tour tickets/UK festivals in the hope of the stars aligning of getting them all on a lineup like Werchter's. 

[mln]

5 hours ago, BlackFoxx said:

Also do we think that The National, Gaslight Anthem and Fontaines DC are likely to play as they're in Europe over the same time period? 

Looks like The National are out:

https://www.liveislive.be/artists/the-national

[SonicSleuth]

11 minutes ago, mln said:

Looks like The National are out:

https://www.liveislive.be/artists/the-national

I guess I don't understand, wouldn't that proximity make them MORE likely?