I don't have a lot to talk about, but
I wanted to let you know that I did have an amazing day at Rock Werchter,
notwithstanding that I was solo there. My dad decided to drive me to Belgium and drop me at the station of Leuven . There was supposed to be a bus to drive people to
the festival area. So when the bus stopped I was surprised I had to walk
another1.5km or so to actually reach the festival area.
When I saw the big
'Welcome' sign at the entrance it amazed me how crowded it was, I mean, okay I
did expect something, but this was like crazy. When I reached the begin of the
I discovered it was only the security. When passed, you had to stand in another
line to show your ticket and to get a wristband. I was finally in and Within
Temptation was performing, I already missed ‘The All American Rejects’ and
‘Bombay Bicycle Club’ I was fed up to the back teeth. I decided to take a look
at the festival area and stopped by the merchandise to look if they had maybe a
nice shirt from ‘The Kooks’ or ‘The Maccabees’, unfortunately they didn’t. Then
I bought a drink and watched the last songs of Within Temptation.
When they
were done I decided to stand in the front section of the main stage where ‘Rise
Against’ would perform pretty soon. It was so crowded there and there were mosh
pits, predictable and even worse was that I wanted to go to ‘The Barn’, another
stage, after a few songs from Rise Against to see ‘The Maccabees’. It was a
hell to get out of the front section but I did it and I didn’t miss my
favourite Maccabees song, thank god. ‘The Maccabees’ were really nice to watch
and to listen to. Plus I finally saw Orlando
Elbow was definitely the most beautiful act of the day if you ask me
(this wasn’t because of the guy who was standing next to me a little bit too
close). After Elbow I went to ‘The Barn’ again to see Selah Sue. She had some
nice songs, it was lovely to hear and it was quite crowded. When Selah Sue was
done I went to the Main stage for ‘The Cure’. They was actually a little too
old for me and I didn’t know any of their songs so after let’s say, two songs I
decided I had to go back to ‘The Barn’ to wait an hour for the performance of
‘The Kooks’.
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| Luke Pritchard |
I wanted to stand right in front of the stage but there were
already quite some people when I arrived. When they were almost ready all the
people who sat that hour suddenly stood up and they pushed. They all wanted to
get right before the stage. I did it, I got right before, there were like 3
people in front of me, but I was able to see Luke Pritchard in real in detail.
It was so freaking hot there in the tent but it was absolutely totally worth
it. I had the time of my life at ‘The Kooks’ and they were the best for last
for me. I heard a song from Skrillex on the background when I was getting a
drink before heading home. When I walked back to the bus I heard ‘D.A.N.C.E.
from Justice’, it was a shame that I had to miss those two acts but I was tired
as hell, my feet hurt a lot and I had to work on Friday.
I have to say, I
really had a great time and I will definitely go again next year, maybe all the
four days, maybe only one, I’ll see, but I will!
