Rock Werchter is a Belgian annual music festival held in the village of Werchter, near Brussels, since 1974. It is one of the four biggest annual rock music festivals in Europe (the other three being the Sziget Festival, the Glastonbury Festival and Roskilde Festival). The 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007 festivals received the Arthur award for best festival in the world at International Live Music Conference (ILMC). It can host 80.000 guests, of which 69.000 combine all four days, to add up to a total of 113.000 different attendees.
2010 LINEUP
Starting December 7 one name was confirmed every day for five days, leading up to the start of the ticket pre-sale. Since the 1st of April 2010, the line-up looks like this:
Day 1 (Thursday, July 1):
Main Stage: Faithless, Muse, Stereophonics, Phoenix, Skunk Anansie
Pyramid Marquee: Crookers, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, La Roux, The XX, Midlake, Kyteman’s HipHop Orchestra
Day 2 (Friday, July 2):
Main Stage: Green Day, Editors, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Paramore, Rise Against
Pyramid Marquee: LCD Soundsystem, The Specials, Jack Johnson, The Gaslight Anthem
Day 3 (Saturday, July 3):
Main Stage: Rammstein, P!nk, The Ting Tings, Gossip, Channel Zero, Coheed And Cambria
Pyramid Marquee: Booka Shade, Empire of the Sun, Florence + the Machine, Porcupine Tree, Yeasayer, The Temper Trap, Delphic
Day 4 (Sunday, July 4):
Main Stage: Pearl Jam, Arcade Fire, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Alice in Chains, Wolfmother
Pyramid Marquee: Vitalic: V Mirror Live, The Black Box Revelation, Dirty Projectors, The Black Keys, Gomez
