Rock Werchter 2025

[Karlos12345]

They key here also is perspective. The bigger acts from today are the smaller acts from yesterday. Bands we‘ve seen on festival headlines in the past have grown bigger and might play big headline shows instead now. If you‘ve grown up with those bands like us you might forget that they‘ve been smaller in the past. I bet there‘ve been people who have questioned bands like Muse, Coldplay, etc. when they got their first headline slot at festivals. You cannot have the same bands all the time headlining the same festivals.

 

Fender might be a stretch but objectively he is an act that is worth the risk and the push to the headline as he is constantly growing.

 

Different story for Kravitz, I also have no idea why they put hin in the headline! 😄

[Ohad]

1 minute ago, Karlos12345 said:

They key here also is perspective. The bigger acts from today are the smaller acts from yesterday. Bands we‘ve seen on festival headlines in the past have grown bigger and might play big headline shows instead now. If you‘ve grown up with those bands like us you might forget that they‘ve been smaller in the past. I bet there‘ve been people who have questioned bands like Muse, Coldplay, etc. when they got their first headline slot at festivals. You cannot have the same bands all the time headlining the same festivals.

 

Fender might be a stretch but objectively he is an act that is worth the risk and the push to the headline as he is constantly growing.

 

Different story for Kravitz, I also have no idea why they put hin in the headline! 😄

Agree, but I guess it's all about balance and context, isn't it? Booking 2 Fender-sized, younger headliners still leaves enough room (3-4 slots) for some more familiar headliners.

 

It feels like a bigger deal than it is just because right now Sam is 50% of the lineup 🙂

[northernangel]

21 hours ago, sisco said:

You were talking about… I said you were aiming far too high 😂.   I’m sure it’ll be great anyway

I agree, that doesn't change what my perspective basis was on attending though. 

[sisco]

Wonder what everyone’s getting to moan about next week.   3 more weeks till ticket sale so I’m guessing, 1 headliner next week, 1 headliner the week after and then a package of maybe 8-10 acts a few days before the sale starts 

[thetime]

58 minutes ago, sisco said:

Wonder what everyone’s getting to moan about next week.   

 

I've been going to festivals for over 30 years, I can't remember many when people haven't moaned about the lineups. 

 

That's what forums are all about. 😃

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[Nikky]

Kravitz is r'n'r legend. Fender doesn't have 1% of his accomplishments/status. 

[Karlos12345]

53 minutes ago, Nikky said:

Kravitz is r'n'r legend. Fender doesn't have 1% of his accomplishments/status. 

Didn‘t want to say he isn‘t. But he is no headliner material for Werchter. But Fender has the potential.

[thetime]

59 minutes ago, Nikky said:

Kravitz is r'n'r legend. Fender doesn't have 1% of his accomplishments/status. 

 

Hopefully they follow the trend and book Bjork as headliner. 😃

[Codhead]

Fender probably has more hits at this early stage of his career than Lenny in total.

 

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[ParanoidTourist]

28 minutes ago, Codhead said:

Fender probably has more hits at this early stage of his career than Lenny in total.

 

I disagree. Kravitz has at least 5 singalong songs that people know in general whereas I can´t recall anything by Fender. Furthermore, Lenny has way more plays on Spotify than Fender in terms of commercial popularity. Then of course, Lenny is obviously past his prime.

Edited 1 hour ago by ParanoidTourist

[thetime]

18 minutes ago, ParanoidTourist said:

Then of course, Lenny is obviously past his prime.

 

You could argue most of werchters traditional headliners are past there prime. Muse, RHCP, Metallica, foi fighters etc. 

 

 

[ParanoidTourist]

1 hour ago, thetime said:

 

You could argue most of werchters traditional headliners are past there prime. Muse, RHCP, Metallica, foi fighters etc. 

 

 

That's very true though I think many of them are still a better live band than their younger peers. 

[MrTobs]

1 hour ago, Codhead said:

Fender probably has more hits at this early stage of his career than Lenny in total.

 

That's a very british take I'd say. He doesn't have a single song that even got into the charts in my home country germany, only one Top 40 solo song in the UK aswell. Obviously that's not all to it, but if you'd ask people on the streets here if they know him, you'd get mostly "No's", while lots of people know Lenny Kravitz at least by name. 

He seems to be a bit bigger in belgium/netherlands compared to the rest of the world (except UK), but I'm still surprised he is headlining. I think it could still work well in a co-headline structure though and if his new album performs well.

[northernangel]

2 hours ago, Karlos12345 said:

Didn‘t want to say he isn‘t. But he is no headliner material for Werchter. But Fender has the potential.

 

Right now there is nothing to say Fender has potential there, 

It would be like the streets or tdcc headlining the Pyramid here.

2 hours ago, Codhead said:

Fender probably has more hits at this early stage of his career than Lenny in total.

 

 

Not a chance. 

1 hour ago, thetime said:

 

You could argue most of werchters traditional headliners are past there prime. Muse, RHCP, Metallica, foi fighters etc. 

 

 

 

It's not even an argument, but those bands produced better music than virtually all of the newer indie rocks bands. If they made good enough music then we wouldn't be stuck with the rotation of the TDCCs etc rotating around every couple of years that didn't make the top.