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The program for the 2023 edition of rock Werchter slowly taking shape. Thirty new names are added to the line-up today. “The festival makes it a point of honor to put on the grandest and most exciting line-up each year. Rock remains the basis of an eclectic program that goes off the beaten track. With a mix of sure values and promising talents. Rock Werchter intends to be open to all types of music “Explains the festival in a press release.
The new names
Iggy PopRöyksopp, Warhaus, Anna Calvi, Compact Disk Dummies, GAYLE, MEROL and Picture This join the June 29 line-up.
Liam GallagherBen Howard, Fever Ray, The Haunted Youth, Spoon, Squid, PUP, Hot Milk and Kelsy Karter & The Heroines complete the Friday June 30 line-up.
Interpol, The Opposites, City & Colour, Dope Lemon, Mimi Webb and Touché Amoré will take over the Festivalpark on July 1.
As for Lil Nas X, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The Driver Era, JID, Baby Queen, Nova Twins and Ethan Bortnick, they will be there on Sunday July 2.
We’re looking forward to the summer with 30 new arrivals for #RW23. From rock over indie to hardcore and hip-hop. From established names to emerging talent and everything in between. Only 155 days left before the party starts! Tickets & full line-up via https://t.co/CgbBwoZ68D pic.twitter.com/7dkByekVqd
— Rock Werchter (@RockWerchter) January 25, 2023
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Summary
rock Werchter 2023 will take place from Thursday June 29 to Sunday July 2 in the Festivalpark in Werchter. Tickets are on sale at ticketmaster.be. More names will be revealed soon.
Here is a summary of the names that are already on the bill.
The 1975, Amenra, Arctic MonkeysAurora, Baby Queen, The Black Keys, Ethan Bortnick, Anna Calvi, Cavetown, Christine and the Queens, City And Colour, Jacob Collier, Compact Disk Dummies, Dope Lemon, The Driver Era, Editors, Sam Fender, Fever Ray, Fred once more.., Gabriels, Liam Gallagher, GAYLE, Adekunle Gold, The Haunted Youth, Hot Milk, Ben Howard, The HU, Interpol, The Interrupters, J.I.D, Kelsy Karter & The Heroines, Dean Lewis, Lil Nas X, Lovejoy, The Lumineers, Machine Gun Kelly, MEROL, Pip Millett, Muse, Nova Twins, The Opposites, Oscar and The Wolf, Paolo Nutini, Picture This, Iggy Pop, PUP, Puscifer, Queens of the Stone Aga, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Röyksopp, Xavier Rudd, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Sigur Rós, slowthai, Spoon, Squid, Stromae, Tamino, Touché Amoré, Wardruna, Warhaus en Mimi Webb.
Green Operations Award
Last week, the festival won the Green Operations Award at the European Festival Awards in Groningen. This prestigious prize, awarded each year, recognizes festivals that have made a major contribution to the organization of greener festivals. The jury, made up of experts with no direct link to a festival, congratulated the organizers of Rock Werchter in particularly laudatory terms.