A new name is in for Rock Werchter 2020! TWENTY ONE PILOTS play the festival on Saturday 4 July. Their shows crackle with infectious energy. A massive musical spectacle awaits. It was announced yesterday that PEARL JAM will play Rock Werchter on Thursday 2 July. More names to follow soon.

Headlining on Friday 10th July is French DJ, record producer, and music programmer DJ SNAKE! A few months after the release of his second album “Carte Blanche”, the most listened French artist in the world who has just won two Latin American Music Awards (including Song of the year with Taki Taki) will play to…

It was recently announced that SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY will headline the TW Classic 2020 festival. Today another top act can be revealed. THE KILLERS also will play the one-day festival which takes place at the Festivalpark in Werchter on Sunday 21st June. Since the release of their 2004 debut, Hot Fuss, with its now-classic breakthrough…

On their first three albums, SATYRICON, frontman Satyr and drummer Frost adhere to the fairly traditional black metal sound, earning them a reputation as one of the scene’s leading acts. Then on album number four, ‘Rebel Extravaganza’ (1999), SATYRICON shed their black metal skin and venture forth, exploring and pushing genre boundaries. Following their epic…

The first headliner for Rock Werchter 2020 is in – PEARL JAM plays the festival on Thursday 2nd July.  PEARL JAM will embark on a thirteen-date European tour in June and July of 2020. The band’s summer tour kicks off on June 23rd in Frankfurt and ends on July 22 in Amsterdam. The tour includes…

After hitting a new record for attendance last summer (with 251,000 festival-goers over 5 days) and with the announcement of two new stages, Dour Festival is back next year from the 15th to 19th of July with its first fantastic surprise! Check out the official 2019 aftermovie: After he was forced to cancel last year,…

Following months of speculation, and having just been announced as the headline act for Glastonbury Festival’s 50th anniversary, PAUL MCCARTNEY today announces a special performance in Belgium to take place in 2020 – four years after his last concert there. PAUL MCCARTNEY will headline TW Classic 2020 on Sunday 21st June. With songs like ‘Hey…

The first bands have been confirmed for Alcatraz Hard Rock & Metal Festival 2020 that takes place in Belgium on the 7th – 9th August! BEHEMOTH Few bands are able to match the live intensity the Polish blackened death metal iconoclasts of BEHEMOTH have been bringing to the stage for more than a quarter century….

Just days after the announcement of Iron Maiden and Judas Priest as the first headliners for the XL edition of Graspop Metal Meeting, the festival organisers have dropped another bombshell with a clutch of confirmations for next summer. DEEP PURPLE, DEFTONES, DISTURBED, KORN, MERCYFUL FATE and THE OFFSPRING are just a few of the bands…

World superstar DJ MARTIN GARRIX will headling Brännbollsyran 2020, that takes place in Umeå, Sweden on the 28th – 30th May. MARTIN GARRIX last played at Brännbollsyran 2014 as a young and exciting DJ with promise at just 18 years old. He returns to Brännbollsyran in 2020 as a complete world star. Relive the magic…

Break out the booze and light those candles! The 25th edition of Graspop Metal Meeting takes place in Dessel during the third weekend of June 2020. Organisers are pulling out all the stops for this anniversary edition and just like in 2018 they have got an XL programme for you with 4 full festival days!…

All the good girls go to….  Werchter Boutique pop-up at the Festivalpark in Werchter on Sunday 19 July! An additional Werchter Boutique, for one time only. And there’s a good reason for that: BILLIE EILISH! Seventeen years old, a natural talent, an internet phenomenon. Unconventional and wayward. One of the most successful artists right now….

TAYLOR SWIFT is coming to Belgium! She will headline the Werchter Boutique festival on Saturday 20 June 2020 at the Festivalpark in Werchter. At 29 years of age, singer, musician, songwriter and producer TAYLOR SWIFT is a true phenomenon. She has a string of hits, a set of amazing stats, an endless array of awards…

New names? You bet. The complete line-up for Rock Werchter 2019 was made public at the end of March. However, there was a certain amount of dissatisfaction surrounding the curtailed programme for the Thursday, and organisers were keen to resolve that. And that is why they have added 9 names to the line-up! New for…

We’re on the home straight and heading for June! Graspop Metal Meeting has added a further thirteen bands and, with this, the line-up for the 24th edition is complete. The festival features a total of 106 bands including hefty headliners like KISS, SLIPKNOT, WITHIN TEMPTATION, SLAYER (their final Benelux show), LAMB OF GOD, SABATON: yet…

The poster of heavy basses promises some serious beats. Two dedicated days, Thursday and Saturday, at the Red Bull Elektropedia Balzaal and Friday night at the Boombox. As headliner for Thursday we are pleased to announce an exceptional back2back between WILKINSON and SUB FOCUS. Next to that organisers are inviting: 1985 SHOWCASE FEAT. ALIX PEREZ…

Time to unveil a new burst of artists today in order to please the indie and guitar fans. Let’s start with METRONOMY’S strong comeback who just released Nights Out’s  deluxe version to celebrate its 10th anniversary! Expect a beautiful moment on the Last Arena.  Then, DEATH GRIPS will perform on “La Petite Maison dans La…

The Dour festival line-up is massive already. But even if organisers say so themselves, they still have a lot of surprises up their sleeves.  You will need to show patience till next Thursday to discover the new indie acts and more guitars. New electro announcements that should delight everyone are scheduled a few days later….

Here it is: the full line-up for Rock Werchter 2019! Another 30 names are added to the line-up – New for Thursday, June 27 are RICHARD ASHCROFT, RALEIGH RITCHIE and KIDCUTUP. To the line-up for Friday, June 28, ROBYN, THE TWILIGHT SAD, DENZEL CURRY, SWMRS, YONAKA, FOXING and SEA GIRLS have been added. For Saturday,…

What do GRETA VAN FLEET and ROSALÍA have in common? They are supremely talented. They have won Grammy’s. They have a very bright musical future. They are both set to perform at Rock Werchter this summer. GRETA VAN FLEET are 3 brothers and a childhood friend from Michigan, specialise in authentic heavy blues rock. The…

Few rappers on this planet can walk the tightrope between poppy singalong tunes and unadulterated rap. Following his 2015 breakthrough with the Soundcloud hit ‘White Iverson’, POST MALONE quickly became a mainstay who masters the art of surfing along on any radio wave. His sophomore outing ‘Beerpongs & Bentleys’ was a smash hit. The singles…

Get ready: Now we have 80 acts for GROEZROCK 2019 – Ten more TBA and we’re done bookingwise! Joining previously announced acts like JAWBREAKER, DROPKICK MURPHYS, MILLENCOLIN, COMEBACK KID, COHEED AND CAMBRIA, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, BOWLING FOR SOUP, NECK DEEP, AMENRA and many, many more, we have no less than 34 new GROEZROCK acts….

The band around Mark Everett is just as elusive as the slippery fish of the same name. One moment they are as gloomy as an overcast sky on a rainy day, the next the sun peaks through the clouds and they sound as lovely as can be. Their twelfth studio album ‘The Deconstruction’ adheres to…

THE PRODIGY’S legendary influence has shaped the UK’s rave scene into what we know and love today since 1990. Pioneering electronic music through seven studio albums, including last year’s ‘No Tourists’, THE PRODIGY have remained one the of the must-see acts in electronic big beat, commanding colossal crowds across the globe for over two decades….

Describing PROPHETS OF RAGE is not that difficult, actually: Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill. All rolled into one, in a single band. This package consists of nothing but living legends. And the best thing of all? They’ll be playing a selection of their old hits. Don’t be fooled though: these…

Believe it or not but THE NATIONAL are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. It’s great to see they’ve finally bagged that Grammy: best alternative album for the breathtaking ‘Sleep Well Beast’ but THE NATIONAL’s biggest victory came when Matt Berninger managed to overcome his stage fright. I would forget lyrics and every show I…

BILLIE EILISH is a budding global star. As the daughter of a musical mom and actor dad you might say she was born into it. She joined a children’s choir at age eight, started writing her own songs just a few years later and in 2016 then fourteen-year-old Billie dropped ‘Ocean Eyes’ on the worldwide…

Pop quiz: what do The White Stripes, The Black Keys, Black Box Revelation and Equal Idiots have in common? Well, they’re all famous rock duos. Still, none of them sound as loud and wonderfully bombastic as Brighton-based ROYAL BLOOD. And which of these duos was handed a best band award by Jimmy Page of Led…

From the 10th to the 14th of July, beneath the windmills of Dour, we promise you 5 days of love and alternative music. This thanks to a unique and eclectic line-up that we continue to complete today with a new headliner on the Last Arena: the godfather of electro swing PAROV STELAR, a true machine…

Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun know their way around Kiewit by now because this summer we’re welcoming the alternative pop band with the legendary ukelele for the third time. Or perhaps ‘high-tech pop band’ is a more accurate description? Whatever… Good wine needs no bush and TWENTY ONE PILOTS’ singalong anthems speak for themselves. Just…

Twenty more names for Rock Werchter 2019! This weeks’ haul is a good one, familiar but no less surprising, this new delivery of names is generally eclectic in nature. New names for 27 June are ÓLAFUR ARNALDS and MARIBOU STATE. SNARKY PUPPY, MASEGO, JESSIE REYEZ, WHISPERING SONS and OUR LAST NIGHT have been added to…

Because Dour means love, but above all also musical diversity. Dour Festival strives to continue to evolve and to play a leading role in the best contemporary music, regardless of its genre. Dour Festival wants to be a pioneer of talent and at the same time highlight the musical niches that have shaped the history…

THE BLACK EYED PEAS, with their countless platinum records, an incredible number of hits (Where is the Love?, Shut Up, Hey Mama, Let’s Get It Started, My Humps, Pump It, Boom Boom Pow, I Gotta Feeling, The Time (Dirty Bit), etc.) and multiple awards at the Grammy Awards, will meet their fans on Friday July…

The Graspop Metal Meeting 2019 line-up received one of its last additions today. The festival can now boast a bunch of stellar names. 13 additions this time: BEARTOOTH was added on the festival’s pre-day on Thursday. ARCHITECTS, CARPENTER BRUT, ATREYU, and CANDLEBOX were added to Friday’s line-up. BEHEMOTH, CLUTCH and BEAST IN BLACK will perform…

After A$AP ROCKY, DISCLOSURE (DJ SET), ORELSAN, DAMSO, RAE SREMMURD, KAYTRANADA, SOLOMUN, IAMDDB, SHECK WES and already more than thirty names announced, Dour festival organisers are back to reveal to you a little more about the color of the 2019 line up. At Dour, organisers know you’re curious and adventurous. This year again, they invite…

The line-up for TW Classic 2019 is now complete and it’s seriously rocking! BON JOVI is the top act for the one-day festival that takes place on Sunday 14th July in the Festival Park. It was also previously announced that JOHN FOGERTY would bring the best of Creedence Clearwater Revival to TW Classic 2019. Today…

Werchter Boutique celebrates the best in pop music on Saturday 8th June. The headline act for the one-day festival is FLEETWOOD MAC, and now SNOW PATROL is the second big name to be added to the bill. SNOW PATROL are greatly loved in Belgium, and this year they celebrate their 25th anniversary. Gary Lightbody and…

Another 10 fantastic names join the Rock Werchter line-up today. ELBOW, BROCKHAMPTON and CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG join the programme for Thursday 27 June, while JANELLE MONÁE and KHRUANGBIN have been confirmed for Friday 28 June. The new names for Saturday 29 June are THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN and ANGÈLE. NEW ORDER, MAC DEMARCO…

A new top name for Rock Werchter 2019 has been announced – BASTILLE will visit the Festival Park on Thursday 27th June. That will be a nice reunion, AND a big party, because BASTILLE’s frontman Dan Smith gives himself completely to create a great live show. BASTILLE entered the pop arena with huge ambitions in…

2018 concluded with the promise of great announcements at the start of the new year. A promise is a promise. Following the confirmation of Damso, number 1 in French-speaking rap, bringing us an exclusive concert in Belgium on Saturday 13 July in Dour, 2019 begins with a burst of good news. 26 new names, and…

Belgian Congolese rapper, singer, and songwriter, DAMSO will play an exclusive show at Dour Festival as headliner on Saturday 13 July 2019! DAMSO, the number 1 in French-speaking rap, is pleased to announce that he will be playing at Dour Festival on Saturday, July 13, 2019. He will present us his magnificent new live show…

New US headliners announced for Les Ardentes 2019: LIL UZI VERT In just a few years, LIL UZI VERT has established himself at the top of the hip-hop game thanks to a unique personality, with the essential featuring alongside the greatest ones but especially after the release of the “XO Tour Lif3” banger, certified 6…

Terrence LeVarr Thornton better known by his stage name PUSHA T is an American rapper and record executive. He initially gained major recognition as half of hip hop duo Clipse, alongside his brother Gene “No Malice” Thornton, with whom he founded Re-Up Records. In September 2010, Thornton announced his signing to Kanye West’s GOOD Music…

You have been promised news from the states and here it comes! First name confirmed in the US ranks for Les Ardentes 2019 is YOUNG THUG! He is a major figure of the new generation of artists from Atlanta, known for his eccentric vocal style and fashion, and he joins the line up on on…

He’s come, he’s come, sweet St Nick has come! 23 new confirmations for the Graspop Metal Meeting 2019 line-up! The current line-up with KISS, SLIPKNOT and WITHIN TEMPTATION as headliners has been expanded with: ROB ZOMBIE, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, ABORTED, EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, FEVER 333, INGLORIOUS, LIKE A STORM, LIVING COLOUR, MINISTRY, MYSTICUM, NASHVILLE…

Did you already recover from our headliner announcements? We sure haven’t. Just think about it: a party with JAWBREAKER and DROPKICK MURPHYS … Sheesh! And there’s still so much more to be announced. Better keep reading, people! Even though organisers promised you 25 names, it’s actually 33. So let’s not waste too much time and…

After A$AP ROCKY and DISCLOSURE, it is ORELSAN who is announcing his arrival at Dour Festival for Thursday 11th of July 2019. Saying that ORELSAN had a good year would be an understatement. After having reconciled with the moms and piling up the victories for “La Fête est finie”, which is his third and best…

After celebrating the 30th edition in style on a beautifully redesigned site, it’s now time to think about the next episode and to announce the first two names.  The first headliner is A$AP ROCKY, the bright and inventive rapper from New York, who will be performing for the first time at the festival on the…

The festival will welcome the return of HOCUS POCUS on July 6th. The mythical hip-hop band with jazz, soul and funk influences is back after a long break dedicated by Greem and 20syl to C2C and Alltta projects.  The terrible children of the COLUMBINE collective will be part of the celebration on Thursday, July 4 after the…

GROEZROCK fans, better pinch yourselves because this announcement is literally a dream come true: JAWBREAKER is playing GROEZROCK 2019! Yes, the one and only JAWBREAKER will headline the festival on Friday 26th April – Can you believe it? One of the most influential bands of the 90s has finally reunited.  Their set at Riot Fest…