From rock, pop, metal, indie, dance and urban to singer-songwriters. It's all possible at Rock Werchter. Seven names have been added to the line-up. All of them are highly danceable. Gesaffelstein will play at the festival on Thursday, July 3. The Subs will play a day later, on Friday, July 4. On Saturday, July 5 the beats of SBTRKT, Trentemøller and Moderat will resound. Rudimental and Chase and Status are...

Six new names for Rock Werchter 2014. Miles Kane, The Wombats and London Grammar are due at Werchter on Thursday 3 July. Biffy Clyro and Midlake on Saturday 5 July. Bastille joins the bill for Sunday 6 July. As of today, there are 37 names on the Rock Werchter bill. That means we’ve booked about half the bands. More bookings to follow soon.

An overview of the bands announced so...

Damon Albarn is the musical superman of the 21st century, though perhaps it is not that noticeable. The reason for the description is probable his high productivity. The Brit does so much that it is hard to keep up: rock, opera, African music... It is always interesting and cool. Plus: Albarn is getting better as the years go by. He is known first and foremost as the frontman of Blur,...

Today another 6 names join the Rock Werchter bill. Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters and Valerie June will perform at Werchter on Thursday 3 July. The 1975 join the acts for Friday 4 July. New for Saturday 5 July are Kodaline and Haim. And Foals come to Werchter on 6 July. More on the way soon. Stay tuned!

Names confirmed so far for Rock Werchter 2014 - in...

The line-up for Rock Werchter continues to take shape. There are another six additions. Dropkick Murphys will be blazing a trail of unbridled joy through Werchter on Thursday 3 July. The Naked and Famous will be performing their catchy Kiwi electropop at the festival on Friday 4 July. On Saturday 5 July, Agnes Obel, irresistible and oh so pure, and Imagine Dragons, now a strong contender for band of the...

Today we add another five names to the bill for Rock Werchter 2014. The new additions are Ellie Goulding, Babyshambles, Birdy, MGMT and Crystal Fighters. Ellie Goulding and Crystal Fighters will perform on Friday 4 July at Werchter. Babyshambles, MGMT and Birdy join the Sunday programme.

List of names confirmed so far for Rock Werchter 2014:

  • Thursday 3 July: Metallica, Placebo, Skrillex
  • Friday 4 July: Arctic Monkeys, Ellie
  • ...
Kings of Leon

High time we added something to the already impressive list of names for Rock Werchter 2014. This time, another headline act. Kings of Leon, the kings of Werchter, top the bill on Sunday 6 July.

Kings of Leon join Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Jack Johnson, Major Lazer, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Pixies, Placebo, Skrillex, Stromae - who said himself on Facebook this week that he’d be there - The Black...

It may have been a long courtship, but the love they share with festival friends at Werchter is more intense than ever. It wasn’t until 2006 that Pearl Jam played on Belgian soil for the first time, at a sold out Sportpaleis in Antwerp. And a year later the American band finally played Rock Werchter. Next year they will take to the festival’s main stage for...

The dawn brings a ray of gold and another confirmation for Rock Werchter 2014. Placebo will perform on Thursday 3 July. Definitely there on the first day of the festival are Skrillex and Metallica. Arctic Monkeys and Major Lazer perform on Friday 4 July. On Saturday 5 July Werchter welcomes Pixies and Triggerfinger. And Franz Ferdinand are already confirmed for Sunday 6 July.

Placebo have made seven albums and come...

A few weeks back, when the ultimate question was asked, i.e. who would you most like to see at Rock Werchter 2014?’, the most frequent reply was ‘Arctic Monkeys’. And now many a household is dancing with joy. This is because Arctic Monkeys are to headline the festival on Friday 4 July. Two massive acts are now known: Metallica (3 July) and Arctic Monkeys (4 July). More festival news to...

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