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…