With Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds the first name for Rock Werchter 2018 is in. The band is in excellent form. The sold out show of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, last month at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, was from a heartbreaking beauty. On Sunday 8 July, they are one of Rock Werchter’s top acts. Belgium’s greatest summer music festival takes place from Thursday 5 July to Sunday 8 July 2018 at the Festivalpark in Werchter.
'Mind-blowing', 'A triumphant gig', 'Perfection'…. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ current tour is one of the most critically acclaimed. The Bad Seeds take live performance to another level and over thirty years have established themselves as perhaps the most dynamic and transcendent live band of their generation. 'Nick Cave is most likely one of the best performers of our time ', the Dutch music magazine Oor recently wrote. With The Bad Seeds he enchants his fans. 'It’s hard to think of another band that can shift so seamlessly from elegance and control to white-knuckled bedlam', The Guardian writes after the show in Manchester. The magic translates into sales figures. The remarkable 'Skeleton Tree' (2016) is their best-selling album in Belgian charts. Rock Werchter and Nick Cave go way back. He first performed at the festival in 1989 and has returned many times. A warm welcome back.
Ticket sales for Rock Werchter 2018 start on Saturday, 25 November at 10 AM. Tickets on sale exclusively at ticketmaster.be. Visit rockwerchter.be for detailed ticket info and practical festival information.
It’s European Festival Awards voting time! Rock Werchter has two nominations in the pocket, for ‘Best Major Festival’ and ‘Best Line-Up’. Last year we won the prestigious ‘Best Major Festival’ award. How we’d love to win another #EFA (or two). There’s still some space left in our trophy case… Wink wink. Public voting is now open. You can have your say here. Voting closes on November 30th. Appreciated!