Headliner Muse may not have given a very memorable concert, fortunately our reviewers saw enough top concerts: Danielle Ponder and Fred Again.. are good for five stars. However, Machine Gun Kelly and Interpol fall through the ice. These were the highs and lows of day three of Rock Werchter.
Star Parade
The toppers of the day
Danielle Ponder
Danielle Ponder aimed straight at our hearts and hit the mark
Not to be touched in the depths of your soul by this forty-one-year-old soul singer from Rochester, New York? That was simply not an option.
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Fred Again…
Fred Again.. the madness was over
Sober as we are, we would have liked to write that it all got a bit out of hand. That Fred Again.. has his merits, but that the madness surrounding his concerts has lost all touch with reality. The 29-year-old producer thwarted our plans. Fred Again.. the madness was over.
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Fred Again.. Photo: Koen Bauters
Honorable Mention
Even more memorable concerts
Fred Again.. and Danielle Ponder played near-perfect sets, but a range of other performers also put on a four-star show. An overview.
Oscar and the Wolf – Max Colombie has always had a knack for shining. But when he hit the main stage at Rock Werchter as Oscar and the Wolf, he had just completely turned into a glitter ball. Read more >
The Murder Capital – This Irish band loves Belgium and that love is still mutual during these two Werchter passages. At the end of The Slope on the third day of the festival, the quintet was literally adored.
Blackwave – Blackwave took a packed The Barn to a world full of sunny West Coast hip-hop vibes. Read more >
Blackwave photo: Koen Bauters
Touché Amoré – The heavier guitar work doesn’t always go down well on Rock Werchter, but the overwhelming riffs of Touché Amoré really hit the spot on The Slope. Read more >
Dope Lemon– Angus Stone is known from the indie folk duo Angus & Julia Stone. With Dope Lemon he turns out to be a groovy guitar king. Read more >
Stone – This British band proved to be much more than a Britpop nepo baby. Moshpits and straightforward riffs on The Slope. Read more >
Better luck next time
The disappointing acts of day two
Machine Gun Kelly
Spicy climber is a mediocre musician
Machine Gun Kelly showed himself to be a gifted climber during his set, but also regularly went into the depths.
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Machine Gun Kelly Photo: Koen Bauters
Interpol
Hard to warm up to New York cool
At the beginning of the nillies, Interpol was the reference for post-punk bands trying to reincarnate Joy Division. Little of that relevance remained at Rock Werchter.
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Mimi Webb
A love rainbow painted with faded colors
Mimi Webb went viral on Tiktok in 2020 with ‘Before I go’, which was picked up by influencer Charli d’Amelio. If you don’t know some of the names and terms above, Klub C had 10,000 people who can explain them to you in great detail.
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2023-07-02 08:50:48
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