by Tom Skinner Contributor | Photos by Press

Rock Werchter adds more names to huge lineup

Rag 'n' Bone Man, Charli XCX and more

 

Rock Werchter adds more names to huge lineup Photo: Press

Rock Werchter's incredible 2017 lineup just got bigger - with the announcement of more huge names, including double-BRIT Award winner Rag 'n' Bone Man, Charli XCX, Glass Animals, Nothing But Thieves and more. Check out the full lineup below. 

Taking place in Belgium in July, the newly-announced acts will join the likes of Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Kings Of Leon, Linkin Park, Alt-J, Blink 182, James Blake and White Lies. The ridiculously impressive list really does go on and on.

New addition Rag 'n' Bone Man recently won the Critic's Choice and British Breakthrough Act awards at last week's BRITs, and is on course to dominate the festival circuit this summer. He is currently also set to perform at Isle Of Wight Festival and Live At Leeds. 

Passenger, Birdy and Cigarettes After Sex - who have also just been added - are all set to bring a storming display of ambient pop and indie rock to Belgium.

Rapidly evolving into the big dog of European Festivals, Rock Werchter won the Best Major Festival at the European Festival Awards after last year's event. Rock Werchter 2016 saw performances from Tame Impala, Florence + The Machine, Beck, The 1975 and many more.

Rock Werchter 2017 will take place between June 29 - July 2 at Festivalpark, Werchter. 

The full lineup to date is as follows:

Thursday 29 June:
Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, The Chainsmokers, Imagine Dragons, Lorde, Prophets of Rage, Agnes Obel, Mark Lanegan Band, Mura Masa, Xavier Rudd, Cigarettes After Sex, Whitney

Friday 30 June:
Radiohead, James Blake, Oscar And The Wolf, Royal Blood, Bazart, Birdy, Future Islands, Kaleo, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Warhaus, White Lies, Maggie Rogers

Saturday 1 July:
Linkin Park, System Of A Down, Blink-182, Bonobo (live), Crystal Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, Passenger, Charli XCX, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Glass Animals, Machine Gun Kelly

Sunday 2 July:
 Foo Fighters, alt-J, Soulwax, Dropkick Murphys, G-Eazy, The Kills, The Lumineers, Rae Sremmurd, Rag’n’Bone Man, Tourist LeMC, Benjamin Clementine, Nothing But Thieves

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