The Fat Angel Sings

A drumroll and a fanfare! Rock Werchter is laying out its reddest carpet to welcome a very special guest. Paul McCartney, the ultimate in rock aristocracy and a name without which the festival history could never be complete. He will be performing on Thursday 30 June. On stage Paul McCartney continues to amaze audiences around the world with his epic sets packed full of classics and hits. The opportunity of watching Paul and his excellent band is not to be missed! Paul McCartney is a living legend. When The Beatles broke up in 1970 – he had already penned a huge collection of the greatest songs of all time. Since then, the tunes have kept on coming and in a variety of different genres. His very first solo album contains the sensational ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’ and just last year he wrote the global hit ‘FourFiveSeconds’ with Rihanna and Kanye West. In the intervening years he’s given the world classics including: ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘Band on the Run’, ‘Coming Up’, ‘Say Say Say’, ‘No More Lonely Nights’ and ‘Dance Tonight’ to name a few. McCartney today remains as relevant as ever and is a truly outstanding performer. The names announced so far for the festival are, in alphabetical order: At The Drive-In, Band of Horses, Bear’s Den, Beirut, Black Box Revelation, Bring Me The Horizon, Courtney Barnett, Daughter, Disclosure, Editors, Ellie Goulding, Florence + the Machine, Gary Clark Jr., Gutterdämmerung, Guy Garvey, Jamie xx, Låpsley, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, MØ, New Order, Oh Wonder, Parov Stelar, Paul Kalkbrenner, Paul McCartney, PJ Harvey, Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Richard Hawley, Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, Savages, Sigma Live, Tame Impala, The Last Shadow Puppets, The Offspring, Two Door Cinema Club, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Years & Years. More names will be announced shortly. Tickets for Rock Werchter are available via proximusgoformusic.be and ticketmaster.be only. Go torockwerchter.be for detailed ticket info and practical festival information.

Happy New Year! We wish you all the best for the new year. Above all, treat yourself to some good music in 2016.
We’re starting off the new year with some new names. The bill for Rock Werchter 2016 is growing steadily. Five more acts have been confirmed this week: Parov Stelar, PJ Harvey, Richard Hawley, Courtney Barnett and Unknown Mortal Orchestra , bringing the total number of confirmations for this year’s festival to fourteen. Parov Stelar and Richard Hawley will be among the artists performing on Friday 1st July, along with Rammstein, The Offspring and Bring Me The Horizon. PJ Harvey and Courtney Barnett will play the festival on Saturday 2nd July. Already confirmed acts for that day include Editors, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beirut. Unknown Mortal Orchestra is added to the line-up for Sunday 3rd July. It was previously announced that Florence + the Machine, Jamie xx and MØ will also perform on Sunday. Stay tuned for more festival news.
Tickets for Rock Werchter are available via proximusgoformusic.be and ticketmaster.be only. Go to rockwerchter.be for detailed ticket info and practical festival information.

A handy overview of the artists already confirmed, per festival day:

• Thursday 30 June: Disclosure, Ellie Goulding, Gutterdämmerung, Guy Garvey, New Order, Sigma Live, Years & Years 
• Friday 1 July: At The Drive-In, Black Box Revelation, Bring Me The Horizon, Daughter, Gary Clark Jr. , Oh Wonder, Parov Stelar, Rammstein, Richard Hawley, Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, The Offspring 
• Saturday 2 July: Band of Horses, Beirut, Courtney Barnett, Editors, Paul Kalkbrenner, PJ Harvey, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Savages, Tame Impala, Two Door Cinema Club
• Sunday 3 July: Bear’s Den, Florence + the Machine, Jamie xx, Låpsley, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, MØ, The Last Shadow Puppets, Unknown Mortal Orchestra