ARTISTS ON ROCK WERCHTER

MUSE | RAMMSTEIN | PEARL JAM | EDITORS | THEM CROOKED VULTURES | STEREOPHONICS | CHANNELZERO | THE SPECIALS | PARAMORE | CORINNE BAILEY RAE | PORCUPINE TREE | MIDLAKE and THE BLACK KEYS | ARCADE FIRE | 30 SECONDS TO MARS | THE TING TINGS | PHOENIX | SKUNK ANANSIE | ALICE IN CHAINS | THE BLACK BOX REVELATION | WOLFMOTHER | THE XX | LCD SOUNDSYSTEM | CROOKERS | BLOODY BEETROOTS DEATHCREW 77 | BOOKA SHADE | EMPIRE OF THE SUN | RISE AGAINST | THE TEMPER TRAP | KYTEMAN’S HIPHOP ORCHESTRA | THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM | DELPHIC | P!NK | GREEN DAY | FAITHLESS | JACK JOHNSON | GOSSIP | LA ROUX | FLORENCE + THE MACHINE | VITALIC

In 1998, the festival presented 23 acts. In 2008, there were 60. This increase is dizzying, but somehow the festival seems to have reached its upper limit. The top edition so far when it comes to the number of acts was 2006 with 61 artists. The number of Belgian acts has stabilised as well. Depending on the year's harvest, the local colony makes up about 15 percent to one quarter of the line-up. Belgians are thé characters of the 00s, though. The festival seems to have become unthinkable without Stephen and David Dewaele. Since 1999, they have played at every edition – except in 2001 and 2007. With 2 Many DJs they headlined the Pyramid Marquee five times and once on the Main Stage. In 2008, their total number of appearances (Flying Dewaele Brothers, Soulwax, 2 Many DJs) was 11. Another important achievement: in 2008, dEUS were the second Belgian band to headline the Main Stage.

The price for a Festival 4-day pass is € 188,-. 1 day passes are €76,-. As from Saturday December 12 at 9 AM, Rock Werchter tickets will be available by telephone, and through the internet via Proximus Go For Music and Tele Ticket Service.

Just like previous years, a camp-site ticket needs to be purchased in order to stay at one of the festival’s camping facilities. Camp-site tickets cost 18 Euros (booking/shipping cost not included), regardless of the length of your stay. Presale food/drinks coupons cost 2.25 Euros. During the festival, coupons cost 2.50 Euros each. The coupons purchased in presales are sent out in the guise of ‘food&drinks vouchers’.