Rock Werchter 2025

[Kempleton]

12 hours ago, sisco said:

Ooh good stuff.  Others were saying they couldn’t earlier.  Glad you got sorted

To be honest, it was your post that gave me the kick up the backside to actually get tickets, after weeks of indecision.

 

So we’re going to Rock Werchter for the first time. Very excited. The lineup already looks amazing, with hopefully a few good additions to come.

 

Has anyone used the free transport from stations in Belgium? We’re probably going to arrive in Brussels by train.

[melastas]

Trent Reznor hinting at possible Nine Inch Nails EU/UK tour 'soon' - perfect Barn headliner?

[h12101]

2 hours ago, Kempleton said:

Has anyone used the free transport from stations in Belgium? We’re probably going to arrive in Brussels by train.

 

Many times, it's a doddle.

 

You download a ticket from the SNCB website using your festival ticket number, then just use any ordinary train to Leuven or Aarschot (depending on which campsite you are in, I've only stayed in the Hive/Resort, so only ever done the Leuven route), then a free shuttle from the train station (follow the signs/crowds). They send out details much closer to the festival around May/June.

[ParanoidTourist]

2 hours ago, melastas said:

Trent Reznor hinting at possible Nine Inch Nails EU/UK tour 'soon' - perfect Barn headliner?

Would be fantastic! They headlined an overfilled Barn last time They played Werchter. 

[49Lawson]

17 minutes ago, ParanoidTourist said:

Would be fantastic! They headlined an overfilled Barn last time They played Werchter. 

If we're splitting hairs, Parov Stelar played after them as well

[northernangel]

Standard camping it is then if it happens.

[ParanoidTourist]

2 hours ago, 49Lawson said:

If we're splitting hairs, Parov Stelar played after them as well

 

Damn, you´re right. They just played fairly long so I assumed they were last. 

Anyway, NIN in the Barn would be great again! 

[Mondo-kun]

Me and my wife are going to our first Werchter this year, two combis and A1 campsite tickets are secured.
Searched for the information about the Hive (thanks everyone here!), and as far as I understand the only differences are:
- it opens a day earlier;
- it's operated by the festival itself;
- there are some afterparties.
Should we try to get tickets for the Hive on Ticketswap closer to the date if between a sleep and a party we definitely choose a sleep? Or is A1 good enough for us?
Also, don't have much hope, but if we are lucky enough to find decent priced accomodation in Leuven how difficult is it to get to the festival site and back every day?

[tmolvik]

40 minutes ago, Mondo-kun said:

Me and my wife are going to our first Werchter this year, two combis and A1 campsite tickets are secured.
Searched for the information about the Hive (thanks everyone here!), and as far as I understand the only differences are:
- it opens a day earlier;
- it's operated by the festival itself;
- there are some afterparties.
Should we try to get tickets for the Hive on Ticketswap closer to the date if between a sleep and a party we definitely choose a sleep? Or is A1 good enough for us?
Also, don't have much hope, but if we are lucky enough to find decent priced accomodation in Leuven how difficult is it to get to the festival site and back every day?

 

Can't answer you on the camping as we're always staying in Leuven at a hotel (paid $315/night this year at Park Inn), but getting back and forth is quite easy, if you don't mind the 15 min walk to/from the bus stop (it's a nice way to get sober). There are shuttles going constantly and it's basically only after the main headliner we've encountered any issues with long lines. Getting up is normally no problem no matter when.

[branvan]

I think Future Islands should be fixed? The play in Dortmund on Werchter-Thursday and then nothing till Zurich on Monday... Or does the show in Antwerp rule them out? 

[Daniel Ferreira]

@Ken19 livens up this beginning of January without names here. 😉

[sisco]

Anyone want to have any guesses of who will be announced next week/the week after?!  Watching the TPDTV vlog has got be excited for it again 

[matrainertje]

1 hour ago, sisco said:

Anyone want to have any guesses of who will be announced next week/the week after?!  Watching the TPDTV vlog has got be excited for it again 

Weezer, Nia Archives, Franz Ferdinand, Pommelien Thijs 

[sisco]

3 minutes ago, matrainertje said:

Weezer, Nia Archives, Franz Ferdinand, Pommelien Thijs 

😂😂, I see what you did there.  Although Pommelien Thijs more likely for Belgium music week at the end of Jan

[49Lawson]

1 hour ago, sisco said:

Anyone want to have any guesses of who will be announced next week/the week after?!  Watching the TPDTV vlog has got be excited for it again 

Looking at touring plans I'll guess Wunderhorse, Foster The People and CMAT will all be on the bill somewhere

[sisco]

25 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

Looking at touring plans I'll guess Wunderhorse, Foster The People and CMAT will all be on the bill somewhere

Wunderhorse would be lovely.

 

i think, along with the few obvs announced ones I’ll go with Bloc Party, Patti Smith, Confidence Man, Japanese Breakfast and Royel Otis

[49Lawson]

4 minutes ago, sisco said:

Wunderhorse would be lovely.

 

i think, along with the few obvs announced ones I’ll go with Bloc Party, Patti Smith, Confidence Man, Japanese Breakfast and Royel Otis

They're a band very high on my priority list this season, I can't lie. 

 

All of the others seem perfectly plausible, wonder if Biffy have half a chance this year? Around at the time and seem to have realised their stock isn't what it was, added to the fact they aren't at Graspop (yet?) could stand them in good stead here. 

 

I'm hoping that the names we're discussing here are spread across the Saturday/Sunday as they're much more sparce than the first two days for me currently

[sisco]

13 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

They're a band very high on my priority list this season, I can't lie. 

 

All of the others seem perfectly plausible, wonder if Biffy have half a chance this year? Around at the time and seem to have realised their stock isn't what it was, added to the fact they aren't at Graspop (yet?) could stand them in good stead here. 

 

I'm hoping that the names we're discussing here are spread across the Saturday/Sunday as they're much more sparce than the first two days for me currently

Biffy are my favs but I can’t start to believe they’re there (just yet).  God I hope they are

[matrainertje]

51 minutes ago, sisco said:

Wunderhorse would be lovely.

 

i think, along with the few obvs announced ones I’ll go with Bloc Party, Patti Smith, Confidence Man, Japanese Breakfast and Royel Otis

Can see all of these, except for maybe Bloc Party. Are these still something RW would book nowadays? 

[graceunderpressure]

Hoping Wunderhorse and Jack White

[sisco]

15 minutes ago, matrainertje said:

Can see all of these, except for maybe Bloc Party. Are these still something RW would book nowadays? 

Was just more the usual crossover with Mad Cool (and the others) and they’ve not been announced for many of them so…. Well I’m hoping more than anythjng

[matrainertje]

The name highest on my hope list: FKA Twigs. Playing DTRH and Opener around Werchter.

 

Patti Smith, Magdalena Bay, JPEGmaffia, Japanese Breakfast, Bright Eyes, Jessica Pratt, Thee Sacred Souls and Caribou would also be Great additions for me. Nine Inch Nails too, but that would be dreaming too much. 

[Archi]

As she's been announced at Rock For People, I hope Sigrid will come at RW. She would be perfect on Sunday.

[ParanoidTourist]

I have the following on my wishlist: TV on the Radio, The Last Dinner Party, Garbage, Alanis Morissette, Zeal & Ardor, Queens of the Stone Age, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Patti Smith, Jack White, L'imperatrice, Nine Inch Nails.

 

And a few unlikely ones: Massive Attack, Thom Yorke, Neil Young, Pulp. 

 

Edit: I want Weezer and Franz Ferdinand as well but we already know they will show up. 

Edited 2 hours ago by ParanoidTourist