The nearly sold out Pukkelpop festival has announced another 14 new names for their already huge 2024 line up! A punk poet disguised as a hooligan; a fittingly accurate description of Mike Skinner. With THE STREETS, he’ll be performing on Friday, August 16th, in the Marquee. Same day as his buddy and our headliner, Fred Again… BLACK…

The American rapper who can’t be ignored, joins the 2023 Les Ardentes Festival line up: KENDRICK LAMAR. Often mentioned as the greatest rapper of all time, KENDRICK LAMAR has accumulated a staggering total of 14 Grammy Award wins. His albums are landmarks in the world of hip-hop and continue to leave a mark on the…

Big big news, boys & girls: BLUR will be playing at Lokerse Feesten on Tuesday August 8! The legendary band will reunite for a summer tour in 2023, including 2 already sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium, and will return to Belgium for the first time since 2013 (headliner Rock Werchter). BLUR were formed in 1989…

Review of the first artists to be revealed, with the early names coming from the hip-hop side of things. At Dour, 2023 will sound out with the exclusive Belgian return of the unmissable French-rap playwright LOMEPAL to present his brand new album Mauvais Ordre and the icon ORELSAN, star kid of rap par excellence, author…

New names for Rock Werchter are quickly rolling in. Hot on the heels of the announcement earlier this week that RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS and EDITORS are appearing, festival organisers have now added 24 acts to the line-up in one fell swoop. In true Rock Werchter tradition, this new crop is highly varied and adventurous….

Rapper and producer TRAVIS SCOTT, also known as La Flame or Cactus Jack, born in 1991 and originally from Texas, released his debut album Rodeo in 2015 (for which he debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s rap album chart), followed by Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight the next year. In 2018, he released his…

Last summer, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS were the closing headliner of the 2022 edition. The four-man band thanked Werchter for that honour by pulling out all the stops. Good things come back quickly at Rock Werchter – RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS are in top form and have just announced a new global tour. On Friday…

Belgian pop royalty OSCAR AND THE WOLF joins the Rock Werchter line-up on Saturday 1st July 2023, filling the slot before headliner MUSE! Enter Max Colombie’s world, and you’ll discover a unique fusion of R&B and electro-pop. The music is dreamy, yet danceable. Dark, yet dazzling. Restrained, yet extravagant. A sold-out Sportpaleis last month is…

Two new names for Werchter Boutique! ONEREPUBLIC and GOLDBAND join the bill today. That means lots of hits, lots of singing along, and above all a lot of partying. If you missed it, festival organisers have already announced that P!NK will headline the festival Ryan Tedder, frontman of ONEREPUBLIC, has an impressive talent for writing…

Festival organisers are pleased to announce no fewer than 103 names for the 26th edition of Graspop Metal Meeting – AMON AMARTH, ARCH ENEMY, ARCHITECTS, BEHEMOTH, DISTURBED, EPICA, HALESTORM, HATEBREED, HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, IN FLAMES, KREATOR, MESHUGGAH, PANTERA, PAPA ROACH, RANCID and THREE DAYS GRACE are just a few of the more than 130 bands that…

The bill for Graspop Metal Meeting 2023 continues to take shape with the addition of French extreme metallers GOJIRA. The French steamroller will headline the North Stage on Friday 16th June. Over the years the French progressive death metal band has forged a reputation as one of the leading lights of the extreme metal genre….

Hot on the heels of the announcement of PARKWAY DRIVE organisers can now confirm the next headliner for Graspop Metal Meeting 2023. On Thursday 15th June Swedish band GHOST will headline the North Stage. Ever since the 2010 release of their maiden album ‘Opus Eponymous’, Papa Emeritus and his Nameless Ghouls have been on a roll….

A new week means the announcement of a new headliner for Graspop Metal Meeting 2023! On Saturday 17th June the Aussies of PARKWAY DRIVE will round off proceedings on the North Stage. Since 2003 the Australian quintet have been one of the leading lights of the metal scene with their no-nonsense metalcore. Their seventh studio effort ‘Darker Still’ was…

The announcement of our first two headliners DEF LEPPARD and MÖTLEY CRÜE is still fresh in our minds and already it’s time to reveal our third headliner for Graspop Metal Meeting 2023 – None other than SLIPKNOT will close out the South Stage on Saturday 17th June. Earlier this year the nine-strong masked troupe headed by vocalist Corey Taylor…

You say Werchter, we say party! Hit producer and songwriter FRED AGAIN.. will perform at the Festivalpark on Saturday 1st July 2023! The Londoner mixes surprising samples, upbeat house and jungle beats into hypnotic electronic pop. His Boiler Room session is among the best (and most watched) in the series. His album, “Actual Life 3…

Rock Werchter has unveiled yet another big name that will appear at its 2023 event. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE will treat Rock Werchter to the very best rock ’n’ roll. On Sunday 2nd July, Josh Homme & co will bring thundering drums, smoking guitar solos and the sexiest riffs to the Main Stage. QUEENS…

The rumor mill has been running at full speed for a while… Now it’s 100% official: MUSE will headline Rock Werchter on Saturday 1st July! Being one of the best live bands in the world, MUSE always produce exhilarating and intense live shows. Their upcoming show in Werchter will be no exception. Are you ready?…

Rock ‘n’ roll will never die and DEF LEPPARD is one of those bands that embodies that creed. They formed in 1976 as part of the NWBHM movement. The quintet forced a breakthrough in the 80s with ‘High ‘n’ Dry’ and the subsequent albums ‘Pyromania’ (1983), ‘Hysteria’ (1987) and ‘Adrenalize’ (1992) catapulted them into absolute…

ARCTIC MONKEYS are coming to Rock Werchter! They will be headlining the Main Stage on Sunday 2nd July!  It tTurns out there is a Belgian date on their European Tour after all! ARCTIC MONKEYS’ new album, The Car, will be released this week. Last week, on radio stations Studio Brussel and NPO 3FM, they treated…

Only 260 more days until Rock Werchter 2023! And the first name is in! Organsiers are particularly proud to announce that global star STROMAE will headline the festival’s opening day on Thursday 29th June. Were you at Werchter Boutique last summer? Then you know this will be a show not to be missed. STROMAE is…

P!NK is back! Today, global pop icon P!NK has announced a European tour set to take place next summer. P!NK will bring her immensely powerful voice and high octane live show back to Belgium for the first time since 2019’s phenomenal sold out Beautiful Trauma World Tour. On Saturday 17th June P!NK will be the headliner at…

TW Classic 2022 has only just ended, and the 2023 edition can already be noted in the diary. Live at last in 2023: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND! They headline TW Classic on Sunday 18th June 2023. SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND last reconnected to perform on Saturday Night Live in December…

The Werchter Festivalpark is getting ready for some great times ahead! The return of festivals is certainly cause for celebration – which is why organisers are excited to announce an extra festival day! Rock Werchter Encore, a one-off offshoot of Rock Werchter will be held on Sunday 26th June, a few days before the four-day…

CORE Festival is delighted to announce a fresh wave of new artists today! LOUS AND THE YAKUZA, NAS, PEGGY GOU and STORMZY among others have all joined the line-up of the brand-new two-day boutique festival. Renowned international artists such as ACTION BRONSON, THE BLAZE, CELESTE, JAMIE XX, MURA MASA and PAUL KALKBRENNER were previously announced….

Here I am, rock you like a hurricane! With career album sales in excess of 100 million copies and more than 5,000 concerts in 80 countries under their belt, it’s fair to say that SCORPIONS have attained legendary status. Following the release of their 19th studio album ‘Rock Believer’, the German rock heroes are ready to hit the road…

The Pukkelpop festival, which takes place from 18th – 21st August, is dropping almost its entire line-up, including ARCTIC MONKEYS, TAME IMPALA, SLIPKNOT, CHARLOTTE DE WITTE, OSCAR & THE WOLF, BRING ME THE HORIZON and CYPRESS HILL who are just a few of the artists that will feature in Hasselt this summer. Hasselt, home base…

We are almost through March and the temperatures are rising… Festival season is coming! Are you ready for the oldest alternative music festival in Belgium to announce its first bands of the line-up?! For the main stage on Friday 15th July, we will offer big names such as the British band THE VACCINES (uk), NOORDKAAP,…

There are just over 4 months to go before Dour XXL, takes place from the 11th to 17th July 2022, and now 29 new artists are joining the 2022 line-up! Don’t miss the beats and electronics of BLAWAN, DANIEL AVERY live, DANILO PLESSOW/MCDE, DJ KOZE, INNER CITY, JACQUES, ROSS FROM FRIENDS LIVE and the number “3”…

Here comes the sun. Just under four months to wait until Werchter Boutique. The one-day festival’s full line-up is announced today, with new additions to the bill YEARS & YEARS, KHRUANGBIN, ARSENAL and BLACKWAVE.. STROMAE and GORILLAZ had already confirmed their slot at the Festivalpark on Sunday 19th June. What a bill for the feel-good…

The new CORE Festival will immerse visitors within the raw beauty of nature’s surroundings, featuring a very eclectic line-up of various genres and niches across 4 different stages spread in the Osseghem Park from noon until 01:00. Hip hop, R&B and soul will take over the outdoor Ardo with CELESTE, ACTION BRONSON, EZRA COLLECTIVE and…

His only date in Belgium this summer will see VALD joining previously announced headliners NISKA, LAYLOW, ANGÈLE and FLUME who are all set to top the bill at Dour Festival 2022, along with around twenty other new names revealed today! In exactly 5 months’ time, on Sunday July 10, 2022, we will be on the…

Ready for summer! Ready for festivals! The return of Rock Werchter is eagerly awaited – The 2022 edition is now completely sold out. The 67,000 combi-tickets and four lots of 21,000 one-day tickets have flown out of the digital door. Rock Werchter, taking place from Thursday 30th June to Sunday 3rd July at the Festivalpark in…

The line-up is now complete for TW Classic 2022, which will take place on Saturday, 25th June in the Festivalpark in Werchter. Today, THE SMILE and COURTNEY BARNETT were added to the line-up. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS, PLACEBO, SLEAFORD MODS and WHISPERING SONS were previously announced for the one-day festival. THE SMILE is…

Message from Graspop organisers: Unfortunately AEROSMITH have been forced to cancel their headlining show at GMM 2022. As soon as the news reached us we set out on the daunting task of finding a worthy replacement and our efforts have been rewarded. We’ve been able to snare one of the most popular metal bands around because this summer ‘The…

Summer is not far away! Festivals are nearly here! After two postponed editions, Rock Werchter is back again this year, in full and in peak form, from Thursday 30th June to Sunday 3rd July. The line-up is almost complete. Another 64 new names are announced today. Tickets are selling fast and there are only a…

As if their 2022 line-up wasn’t impressive enough already with over 90 confirmed acts, Alcatraz Festival organsiers have added another 14 bands for next summer! Alcatraz regulars will undoubtedly know that organisers like to bill bands from all corners of the metal spectrum and cater to a multitude of tastes. This has always been a…

With great pride, festival organisers can finally announce that KRAFTWERK will be bringing their 3D show to Lokerse Feesten, on Friday 12th August 2022. The band’s influence is legendary, across an entire range of music genres: from Electro to Hip Hop, from Techno to SynthPop. Bringing together music and performance art, Kraftwerk 3D concerts are…

Five more names for Rock Werchter 2022! The line-up for the coming edition, taking place from 30th June to 3rd July at the Werchter Festivalpark, is gradually taking shape. The latest selection of names is as varied as it is outstanding – THE WAR ON DRUGS will play the Festivalpark on Thursday 30th June, LEWIS…

MÅNESKIN are coming to Rock Werchter – Eurovision Song Contest winners MÅNESKIN have had an impressive year so far. The Italians have had hit after hit and their concerts have sold out in no time at all. The band was awarded an MTV EMA for ‘Best Rock’ a few weeks ago and last weekend they were…

A promise is a promise: next year the American superstar LIONEL RICHIE will be coming to the Grote Kaai, on Friday 5th August 2022 to play Lokerse Feesten! With more than 126 million albums sold, an Oscar and 4 Grammy Awards, he is one of the most successful pop stars ever. On the ‘Hello’ tour,…

Can we brighten up these grey days? Yes, with 16 newly minted names for Rock Werchter 2022! The list of new arrivals for the upcoming edition is as captivating as it is varied. Ready? Let’s go! PIXIES, BECK and HAIM are coming to Werchter on Thursday 30th June. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, MODERAT, ALT-J, THE STREETS and SAM FENDER join the line-up for…

THE KILLERS are heading to the Festivalpark on Sunday 3rd July! Over the years, the adventurous indie rockers from Las Vegas have written a truckload of magnificent songs, and they’re also an amazing live band – the perfect ingredients for a party at Rock Werchter! THE KILLERS will play on the Main Stage before RED…

IMAGINE DRAGONS are coming to Rock Werchter next summer! The American rock band announced their Mercury Tour today, which takes them to Rock Werchter on Saturday 2nd July . Hits like ‘Radioactive’, ‘Believer’ and ‘Thunder’ and their latest album ‘Mercury – Act 1’ proves that IMAGINE DRAGONS are among the biggest bands of their generation. With their…

Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good. In GORILLAZ, Werchter Boutique has once again snared a top name for the 2022 edition. GORILLAZ are singer 2D, bassist Murdoc Niccals, guitarist Noodle and drummer Russel Hobbs. A virtual band created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. GORILLAZ are a rock-solid live act. The virtual foursome is accompanied by an…

Back in 2022 after a mandatory break: Werchter Boutique returns to Festival Park on Sunday 19th June 2022! And returning after an even longer time: STROMAE! He had already won a place in Werchter’s golden book. In 2014, STROMAE he closed Rock Werchter with a show that approached perfection. STROMAE released his first album ‘Cheese’…

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS are coming to Rock Werchter 2022. The Californian quartet have just announced a world tour, which will see the band take to the stage at the biggest stadiums in Europe next summer – and also at Rock Werchter. They will hit the Werchter Festivalpark on Sunday 3rd July. This is a…

With AVENGED SEVENFOLD Graspop Metal Meeting is adding a fourth headliner to the roster for its 25th XL edition. The American top act will end proceedings on Main Stage 1 on Friday. GMM 2022 takes place from Thursday 16th through Sunday 19th June 2022 and already it’s shaping up to be a memorable anniversary edition. Despite two consecutive…

Get set for two big new names for Rock Werchter 2022: TWENTY ONE PILOTS and FAITH NO MORE. Both will appear at the festival on Saturday 2 July. Earlier it was announced that Pearl Jam will top the bill on Thursday 30th June and Metallica on Friday 1st July. TWENTY ONE PILOTS are among the…

There will be no Rock Werchter next month. The festival was postponed earlier this year, as the current situation does not allow for a major festival over several days. Better days are coming, and Rock Werchter will return next year. In full and at its best, from Thursday 30th June to Sunday 3rd July 2022,…

One of the most intense and exciting live acts on the planet, NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS will headline festivals across Europe in summer 2022, in their first shows in 4 years.  On Saturday 25 June 2022, NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS headline TW Classic in Werchter. Other acts confirmed for the one-day festival are PLACEBO, SLEAFORD…