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64-555: Torhout-Werchter was until 1999 one of the largest annual pop festivals in Europe. Efforts were made to have a world music festival in Torhout after Torhout Werchter became Rock Werchter, held in Werchter only. The main club of the city is Torhout 1992 KM . This West Flanders location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rock Werchter Rock Werchter

128-497: A cello 's bow . In 2001, Sigur Rós christened their newly completed studio by recording an EP titled Rímur with an Icelandic fisherman named Steindór Andersen . The EP contains six songs, all of which feature Steindór Andersen reciting traditional Icelandic rímur poetry. Sigur Rós accompany him on three songs. Two songs feature Steindór alone. The last song on the EP, "Lækurinn", is a duet with Sigurður Sigurðarson. A thousand copies of

192-496: A 4-day festival, as it was sold by owner Herman Schueremans to American organizers Live Nation . Schueremans however remains the main organizer of the event. The festival is organized every first weekend of the summer vacation in Belgium (last weekend of June or the first of July). In recent years, there has been controversy about rising ticket prices. Because of this, Schueremans was heckled during an appearance on HUMO 's Pop Poll,

256-466: A Belgian alternative award show. At €200 for four days (€18 extra to include camping or €25 for xl-camping) in 2012, it was still considered a relatively inexpensive music festival. The camping sites officially open at 8am on the first day of the festival, but because of guests arriving early and camping on the street, the organizers have traditionally been forced to open the camping sites early - sometimes more than 24 hours. The campsites are located along

320-425: A Q&A session during which Georg promised that 2012 would be a "very busy" year for Sigur Rós. The band hinted at a new album and tour in the second half of 2012. The Q&A session was curtailed when a stage light began to emit smoke and the room was evacuated. "The band's next album is scheduled for release in the spring. Based on excerpts presented by Mr. Sveinsson, the new music promises to be as exceptional as

384-622: A brief cameo, for the Simpsons episode " The Saga of Carl ", which aired on 19 May 2013. The band appeared in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones episode " The Lion and the Rose " on 13 April 2014. They also covered the song " The Rains of Castamere ", which was originally recorded by the National for the earlier episode " Blackwater ". Georg and Orri worked with Georg's brother Kjartan Dagur "KD" Hólm and

448-666: A double-festival, it had one stage with 8 or 9 bands performing twice, once in Torhout and once in Werchter . Since 1995 the Main stage was accompanied by a second stage. This stage was an open-air stage until 1999 when it was made a tent named 'Pyramid Marquee', with a capacity of 6,000 people. The performers in Pyramid Marquee are usually lesser-known or aimed at a specific audience. Sometimes groups that do well in Pyramid Marquee are expected to have

512-498: A few days before the band was formed. Sigur Rós signed a record deal with the Icelandic Sugarcubes -owned record label Bad Taste , because they thought the falsetto vocals would appeal to teenage girls. In 1997, they released Von and in 1998 a remix collection, Von brigði . The band was joined by Kjartan Sveinsson on keyboards in 1998. He is the only member of Sigur Rós with musical training, and contributed most of

576-474: A hard time taking the step to the Main stage, especially when they are seen as an act needing intimate, smaller venues. Sigur Rós is the most famous example of this, when they were programmed on Main Stage in 2008 after their 2006 performance in Pyramid Marquee, but they managed the transition and were hailed as one of the best performances of the festival. In 2012, a new third stage was added, called "The Barn" which

640-638: A headlining act for the 2008 Splendour in the Grass Festival in Byron Bay , Australia, Latitude Festival 2008, and the 2008 La Route du Rock Festival in St Malo , France. In addition, the band performed a late-night set at the 2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee , where they blew a speaker at the end of their second song. Jónsi Birgisson commented, "The piano is exploding, I think," one of

704-551: A live DVD of the previous summer's Iceland tour, was released. Just prior to the release of Hvarf/Heim , on 29 October, a single named " Hljómalind " was released. The 2007 feature-length documentary from Sigur Rós's summer tour in Iceland, which occurred in 2006, attempts to shed light on the band's homeland. Therefore, the film is called " Heima ", which means "at home". In the movie, the band members express their interpretation of "Iceland". The film revolves around three main elements;

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768-723: A live take, from a 2000 concert in Denmark, of the then-unreleased "Njósnavélin" (later 'unnamed' "Untitled #4") appeared in the Cameron Crowe film Vanilla Sky . The former two also subsequently appeared in the US version of the television series Queer as Folk . Their music has also appeared in the TV series 24 with "Ný batterí", and CSI with "Svefn-g-englar". In 2004, Wes Anderson used "Starálfur" in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as did

832-430: A lower quality version of the complete album leaked out on the internet. On 10 May 2012, Sigur Rós's new track "Dauðalogn" was premiered on " The Departed ", the season 3 finale of The Vampire Diaries . It was rumored that an already-complete additional album would follow-up their sixth release, Valtari . However, the band has dismissed the rumor as a "fabrication". On 2 November 2012, Georg Hólm confirmed that

896-436: A new digital copy of a three-track EP, containing new and unreleased music, made available to ticket holders on 22 March 2013. On 24 January 2013, Sigur Rós announced in a Q&A on Reddit that Kjartan had left the band, feeling it was time "to do something different". They announced their seventh studio album, Kveikur , on 22 March. On the same day, they also released the album's first single: "Brennisteinn". The album

960-477: A one-day event with performances from Banzai and Kandahar, but over the years it has evolved to become one of Belgium's largest music festivals. Originally it was a double-festival, called "Torhout-Werchter", with two festival areas at different sites in Belgium: one in Werchter and one in Torhout . In 1999, the festival dropped the Torhout site and since then has taken place only in Werchter. Since 2003 Werchter has been

1024-403: A one-day sell-out event. In 2010 Prince made one of his only 3 stops in Europe as the headliner. In 2012, it was headlined by metal band Metallica , supported by various heavy metal and rock bands like Gojira , Mastodon and Soundgarden . Muse performed there during their 2013 Unsustainable Tour, with Belgian bands Balthazar and SX as support. In 2016, Rihanna was planned to headline

1088-567: A series of free surprise outdoor concerts throughout Iceland in July and August, playing in various venues such as abandoned bunkers and community coffee shops, all of which were included in the 2007 documentary film Heima . They also performed twice in the United States in February. In August 2007, a limited DVD+CD edition of the 2002 soundtrack to the documentary Hlemmur was released. Hvarf/Heim

1152-602: A series of shows during his solo tour in summer 2010. On 1 February 2011, Jónsi's official website announced that he would be back in the studio with the band over the spring. On 11 August 2011 Sigur Rós's official website unveiled a trailer for a project called Inní , a DVD and double CD of the band's live performances in London, directed by Vincent Morisset. It was screened at the 68th Venice International Film Festival , and saw official release in November 2011. On 16 September 2011,

1216-602: Is a live recording of the orchestral piece being performed in Paris in 2004. On 14 February 2022, Sigur Rós announced that Kjartan had rejoined them. The following week, they announced their first world tour in nearly five years. In addition to the tour, it was announced that the band are in the process of writing and recording a new album. On 16 June 2023, Sigur Rós released "Blóðberg", the first single from their eighth studio album, Átta (eight in Icelandic). The self-produced album

1280-541: Is an Icelandic post-rock band that formed in 1994 in Reykjavík . It comprises lead vocalist and guitarist Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson , bassist Georg Hólm and keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson . Known for their ethereal sound, frontman Jónsi's falsetto vocals, and their use of bowed guitar , Sigur Rós incorporate classical and minimal aesthetic elements. Jónsi's vocals are sung in Icelandic and non-linguistic vocalisations

1344-477: Is an advantage for organisers as they can offer artists two shows instead of one. Arras was chosen as a location because of its large historic central square and because of the lack of big rock festivals in France. 50°58′5″N 4°41′3″E  /  50.96806°N 4.68417°E  / 50.96806; 4.68417 Sigur R%C3%B3s Sigur Rós ( Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsɪːɣʏrous] )

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1408-600: Is an annual music festival held in the village of Werchter , near Leuven , Belgium, since 1976 and is a large sized rock music festival. The 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2014 festivals received the Arthur award for best festival in the world at the International Live Music Conference (ILMC). It can host 88,000 guests daily, of which 67,500 combine all four days, to add up to a total maximum of 149,500 different attendees. The festival started in 1974 as

1472-519: Is no grammatical relation between or among syllables, nor are they accompanied by clearly defined word boundaries. Vonlenska emphasizes the phonological and emotive qualities of human vocalizations, and it uses the melodic and rhythmic elements of singing without the conceptual content of language. In this way, it is similar to the use of scat singing in vocal jazz and puirt à beul in traditional Irish folk music and Scottish . The band's website describes it as "a form of gibberish vocals that fits to

1536-525: Is translated to "De Schuur" in Dutch, a reference to the nickname of organiser Herman Schueremans. The new tent – with a capacity of 10,000 – is meant for the more intimate concerts on Rock Werchter, like Beirut in 2012. In 2013, Pyramid Marquee was replaced by a new bigger tent, named "KluB C". The bands presented at Rock Werchter are traditionally a balanced mix of well known artists, popular crowd-pleasing acts and local Belgian acts. Belgian band Deus in 2008

1600-562: The Black Mirror season four episode " Hang the DJ ", aired on 29 December 2017. On 8 May 2018, the band released a new multimedia project called Liminal , which they described as an "endless mixtape" of ambient music which will be continuously added to over time. In addition, Jónsi, Somers, and frequent collaborator Paul Corley announced a series of "live soundbaths," where the music would be played in front of an audience. In September 2018, Orri

1664-538: The 2006 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race , advertisements for the BBC's coverage of England games during the 2006 FIFA World Cup , on television advertisements for RTÉ 's Gaelic games coverage in Ireland, and on an advertisement for Oxfam . It was also used in the final scene of the movie Penelope , for the trailer of the film Children of Men and for the trailer of the film Slumdog Millionaire . Following this, demand for

1728-551: The Emmy -winning 2005 TV film The Girl in the Café . In Enki Bilal 's Immortel (Ad Vitam) the song "Hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm)" is used. The song "Svefn-g-englar" was also used on V on 24 November 2009, and features prominently in Café de Flore released in 2011. After the release of Ágætis byrjun , the band became known for Jónsi's signature style of reverb accentuated guitar work using

1792-572: The Inni album and live video became available to pre-order from the band's site in a variety of formats. Additionally, the band made the video for the song "Festival" available to watch online, as well as offering a free download of the audio from a live performance of the song. On 3 November 2011, following the UK premiere of Inni at the British Film Institute in London, the band members participated in

1856-499: The Pukkelpop and Dour festivals. All graphics of Rock Werchter, including the posters, were designed by Tom Hautekiet , who died in April 2020. The festival started off as a one-day event, then named "Torhout-Werchter" festival, becoming a two-day festival in 1996, a 3-day festival in 2000, and a 4-day festival named "Rock Werchter" since 2003. Before 1995, when the festival was still

1920-662: The United States . Its original release was scheduled in May, but because of the sudden demand of "Hoppípolla" it was pushed back from that date. Sigur Rós recorded three new songs to appear on the EP ("Refur", "Ó friður", and "Kafari"). In July 2006, Sigur Rós finished a major world tour with stops in Europe, the United States (where they played a headline show at the Hollywood Bowl ), Canada , Australia , New Zealand , Hong Kong and Japan . Upon return to their homeland, Sigur Rós provided

1984-521: The British TV Documentary Protecting Our Children as well as during a section of the London 2012 summer Olympics on the BBC. It can also be heard in the climactic scene of Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga on Netflix. "Untitled 4" from the album (also called "Njósnavélin") featured in the final scene of Vanilla Sky , and director Cameron Crowe commented, "We struggled to find an appropriate track to end

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2048-556: The EP were printed and sold during the spring tour of 2001. The EP was sold in a blank-white-paper case. In 2001 the band toured in Canada, performing at Massey Hall in Toronto in September. Drummer Ágúst left the band after the recording of Ágætis byrjun and was replaced by Orri Páll Dýrason . In 2002, their highly anticipated follow-up album ( ) was released. Upon release all tracks on

2112-603: The album booklet. In 2002, the band also wrote an original score for the Bodyscript dance production by Wayne McGregor Random Dance in collaboration with Sadler's Wells Theatre and the Arts Council England . In October 2003, Sigur Rós and Radiohead both composed music for Merce Cunningham 's dance piece Split Sides ; Sigur Rós's three tracks were released on the March 2004 EP Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do . Radiohead's contribution

2176-517: The album features in the score of the 2010 film 127 Hours , providing the euphoric backing to the climax of the movie. It is also featured at the end of HBO mini-series " 24/7 – Flyers-Rangers". The track "Untitled #7 (Dauðalagið)" was also featured in the launch trailer for Dead Space . In 2009, Jónsi embarked on a solo adventure with his first solo album Go , released the next year. On 28 May 2009, Sigur Rós announced that they had almost completed recording their latest album. The band said

2240-452: The album was taking form as a slower and more ambient record than both Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust and Takk... . The music was also described as melodic but much less noisy and more "out there" than previous albums. The unnamed album was expected to be released sometime in 2010. However, the band later revealed that the recordings had been scrapped. In a 2010 interview, Jónsi confirmed "We haven't got another album ready", he said. "It

2304-454: The album were untitled, though the band later published song names on their website. All of the lyrics on ( ) are sung in Vonlenska , also known as Hopelandic, a language without semantic meaning, which resembles the phonology of the Icelandic language. It has also been said that the listener is supposed to interpret their own meanings of the lyrics which can then be written in the blank pages in

2368-489: The authorities. The case was dismissed in October 2019 but this decision was later overruled by an appellate court. Three members were cleared, but the charges against Jónsi and his company Frakkur proceeded. On March 24, 2023, all charges were dismissed. In October 2020, the band announced that a new album, Odin's Raven Magic , an orchestral work that was debuted live in 2002, would be released on 4 December 2020. This album

2432-605: The band had already started work on a new album, due to be released some time in 2013. He described it as a dramatic change of direction, "an anti-Valtari". The band performed a new song, entitled " Brennisteinn " ('brimstone'), in Reykjavík on 4 November at the Iceland Airwaves 2012 festival, to favourable reception. On 12 November 2012, the band announced a new North American tour, to take place in March and April 2013. The band also announced that every ticket purchased will include

2496-492: The band playing live, the Icelandic nature shaping their music, along with interviews, where they tell the viewers what it was like to play at home in addition to sharing their overall experience of the tour. To promote their film Heima , the band scheduled a series of premiere screenings throughout the world, featuring a short acoustic set before the film and a question-and-answer session afterwards. Sigur Rós's fifth regular studio album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust ,

2560-473: The band terms Vonlenska . They have released eight studio albums, and attracted critical and commercial attention with their second album Ágætis byrjun . Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson (guitar and vocals), Georg Hólm (bass) and Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson (drums) formed Sigur Rós in Reykjavík in January 1994. The band's name, which means "Victory Rose", is taken from the name of Jónsi's younger sister, Sigurrós, born

2624-742: The best of the band's catalog. Mr. Holm called it "introverted", while Mr. Birgisson said it was "floaty and minimal". "An ambient album" was how Mr. Dýrason described it, with "a slow takeoff toward something". For a visitor who heard a preliminary recording in which Mr. Birgisson's falsetto was surrounded by rich choral voices and what sounded like a pipe organ, the music was thrilling". Beginning in February 2012, Sigur Rós announced their live return with festival appearances at Bestival in England, Summer Sonic Festival in Japan, and other shows in Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, Poland, and Italy. The band

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2688-573: The composer Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson on the soundtrack to The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals . This was released as an album, Circe – Music Composed for The Show of Shows , on the Krunk label in the UK on 28 August 2015. A reissue of the band's second album, Ágætis byrjun , was announced in early 2015. It was announced to feature previously unheard studio and live recordings as well as photographic and documentary material from their personal archives. On 31 January 2017 it

2752-457: The event, but a shortage of police forces on the planned day because of the Belgian national holiday led to the 2016 event being cancelled, with Rihanna rescheduled to appear a month later at Pukkelpop . Since 2008, the organizers created a small version of Rock Werchter on the central square of Arras , in northern France. It is held on the same dates as Rock Werchter, with a similar line-up - which

2816-458: The few things spoken in English. The band released the first song from the album titled " Gobbledigook " for free on their website, along with a music video. On 8 June, the whole album was made available for free streaming on their website. In autumn 2008 Sigur Rós embarked on a world tour supporting their newly released album. The band played as a four-piece without Amiina and the brass band,

2880-461: The film with and then I went to see Sigur Rós perform in Los Angeles and they played this song, "Njósnavélin", that was just perfect. I had to have it." This track is also featured on Canadian TV series Orphan Black in episode 10 of season 3 . Their fourth album, Takk... employs the distinctive sound of their second album in a more rock oriented structure with greater use of the guitar, and

2944-524: The first time the band had played as a four-piece in seven years. The tour started on 17 September 2008 in the United States, at the United Palace Theater in New York City, and finished with a concert in Reykjavík at Laugardalshöll on 23 November 2008. The majority of the tour was European with the exception of concerts in the United States, Australia, Canada and Japan. The track "Festival" from

3008-455: The main event. It usually programs veteran acts like Bruce Springsteen , Phil Collins , The Police , Depeche Mode or Simple Minds , supplemented with younger mainstream Belgian acts. In 2014, The Rolling Stones headlined TW Classic as one of their few festival concerts of 2014. In 2015, Robbie Williams headlined with his Let Me Entertain You Tour , and in 2016 Bruce Springsteen returned to

3072-511: The music". Sigur Rós' music has been described as post-rock , and dream pop . Early influences for the band included British bands Spiritualized , the Verve , Ride , and Irish band My Bloody Valentine . The Scottish dream pop band Cocteau Twins was often cited as an influence on Birgisson early in his career; in fact he had not heard their music, but in an interview noted he was introduced to it subsequently by Alex Somers and remarked of

3136-407: The orchestral and string arrangements for their later work. International acclaim came with 1999's Ágætis byrjun . The album's reputation spread by word of mouth over the following two years. Soon critics worldwide were praising it effusively, and the band drew praise from high-profile acts such as Radiohead , Coldplay and David Bowie . Three songs, "Ágætis byrjun", " Svefn-g-englar ", and

3200-611: The single grew. It was made more widely available by EMI in consequence. This song is also used in the trailer for the Disney movie Earth as well as in the 2011 film We Bought a Zoo . Whilst it does not appear on the film's soundtrack Album, it is also featured in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga . An extended Sæglópur EP was released in July 2006 in most parts of the world and in August in

3264-400: The stage. This new festival was created in 2008 and organised one week after the main festival. It mainly aims at complete families with acts for children, teenagers as well as adults. The main acts in 2008 were Tokio Hotel , Santana and Doe Maar . In 2009 was centered on a concert of Madonna during her Sticky & Sweet Tour . In all, 68,000 tickets were sold for the concert, making it

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3328-722: The three main entrance roads into Werchter (from Haacht , Aarschot and Leuven ), most of them within one kilometer of the festival site, but some located as far as 3 kilometers away. In 2011, for the first time, XL camping tickets are available, allowing festival goers to arrive and camp from 4pm on the Wednesday before the festival. Until the 1990s, the festival attracted mostly Flemish festival goers, but in recent years it has become more and more international with an especially large influx of Dutch , French , Walloon and British visitors, with notable Australian , South African and other contingents. Belgians alternatively go to

3392-409: Was accused of sexual assault by artist Meagan Boyd. On 1 October 2018, he announced that he had decided to leave the band "in light of the scale of this matter". In March 2019, Sigur Rós were charged with tax evasion , accused of having submitted incorrect tax returns from 2011 to 2014, evading 151m Icelandic krona. The band members blamed their former accountant and said they were co-operating with

3456-402: Was also added to Montréal 's Osheaga 2012 lineup, and the 2012 Lollapalooza lineup. After a four-year hiatus, an interview with the band in the March 2012 issue of Q magazine confirmed the completion of a new album, titled Valtari , scheduling its release on 28 May 2012. On 26 March 2012, the band released the first official single from the album, " Ekki múkk ." On 14 April 2012,

3520-510: Was announced that the band would be touring later in 2017, playing concerts in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Croatia, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. The band, in collaboration with Alex Somers , produced two instrumental pieces, "End" and "Match", for

3584-458: Was just a rumour. We started to record something, but then we chucked it all away. So I think we are going to have to start it all again". Without further word on the new album, Sigur Rós were rumoured to be on indefinite hiatus as of January 2010. However, before taking the stage at Coachella in April 2010, Jónsi commented that Sigur Rós would be getting back to work that year: "I'm gonna record some other stuff with Sigur Rós when I'm home", between

3648-399: Was marked, by the band, with a new tour, as well as an interactive musical experience, where fans could live stream a concert, taking control of the camera. The band later performed at the iTunes Festival , on 2 September 2013, where selected portions of their concert were later released on 21 October. The band provided original music and a rendition of " The Simpsons Theme ", as well as

3712-449: Was not commercially released. Sigur Rós' 1997 debut album Von found a US and UK release in October 2004. "Untitled 3" (a.k.a. Samskeyti) from the album is used on the video 6AM by film maker Carmen Vidal, winner of the 2006 Student Academy Award. "Untitled 3" is also used at the end credits of the indie drama movie, Mysterious Skin . It can also be heard in Skins and CSI: Miami and

3776-758: Was recorded at Sundlaugin Studio , on the rural outskirts of Reykjavík. Vonlenska (English: Hopelandic ) is a term coined by the band to refer to the vocalizations that Jónsi sings on ( ) in lieu of lyrics in Icelandic . It takes its name from "Von", a song on Sigur Rós's debut album Von where it was first used. However, not all Sigur Rós songs are in Vonlenska; many are sung in Icelandic. Vonlenska differs from both natural and constructed languages used for human communication. It consists of strings of meaningless syllables containing non-lexical vocables and phonemes . There

3840-500: Was released in June 2008 to generally positive reviews. Stylistically different from their earlier releases, it featured fewer strings and more guitar, and had more pop-oriented songs, making it "the group's most accessible effort" while maintaining the "majestic beauty that defines the band's music." The final track "All Alright" is the band's first to be sung in English, though all the other lyrics are in Icelandic. The band were announced as

3904-408: Was released in September 2005. " Hoppípolla ", the second official single from Takk... , was released in November alongside a new studio remake of "Hafsól", a song that was previously released on the band's 1997 debut, Von . "Hoppípolla" was used in the trailers for the BBC's natural history series Planet Earth in 2006, as well as the closing credits for the 2006 FA Cup final , ITV 's coverage of

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3968-453: Was released on 14 June (releasing two days earlier in Japan, and four days later in the US) and marked both a musical and thematic change for the band, providing a more aggressive sound, compared to their previous albums. The album was well received by critics, scoring 80 on Metacritic, with several reviewers praising for the band's new musical approach, as well as a lack of commercialism. The release

4032-406: Was released on 5 November (6 November in the U.S.), a double compilation album containing studio versions of previously unreleased songs — "Salka", "Hljómalind" (formerly known as "Rokklagið"), "Í Gær" and "Von" on Hvarf , and acoustic studio versions of the songs: "Samskeyti", "Starálfur", "Vaka", "Ágætis Byrjun", "Heysátan" and "Von", on Heim . On the same day (20 November in the U.S.) Heima ,

4096-550: Was the first local band to close the Main Stage on the last day for several years. The days usually start around noon and end around 1am. At the end of the last day there is a big fireworks show. Since 2002, the organizers created TW Classic as a tribute to the early days of Rock Werchter. TW Classic ('TW', as in Torhout-Werchter, is the traditional abbreviation of the festival) is a one day/one stage festival held one week after

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