Het was een drukke week in festivalland, met veel nieuwe aankondigingen (o.a. Pinkpop, Live is Live, Lowlands, Pukkelpop) die van invloed zijn op het lijstje met kanshebbers voor Rock Werchter. De grootste aankondiging (Lowlands) betekent meestal een kleinere kans op RW (want grote kans op Pukkelpop). Daar zijn natuurlijk ook weer uitzonderingen op (IDLES, aangekondigd voor RW maar nog niet ‘officieel’ bevestigd).
Verder wat opgeschoond onder namen die te groot zijn voor de nog resterende slots.
De wijzigingen t.o.v. de vorige lijst in vet.
Zeker:
geen nieuwe namen
Zeer waarschijnlijk:
de Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, Amyl and the Sniffers, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, the Mysterines, Tom Odell, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Keane, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Royal Republic, Soccer Mommy, Blondshell, ISE, IDLES, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
Goede mogelijkheid: Wet Leg, Angèle, Fall Out Boy, the Vaccines, Pommelien Thijs, Brihang, Parov Stelar, Miles Kane, the Clockworks, Deftones, Badbadnotgood, Charli XCX, Disclosure, Scowl, Blonde Redhead, Mitski, American Football, Beth Gibbons, Joanna Sternberg, the Lemon Twigs, Model/Actriz, Roosevelt, Shabaka, Slow Pulp, Yo la Tengo, S10, the Kills, Floating Points, Osees, Folamour, Elias Mazian, Jalen Ngonda, Mdou Moctar, Nana Benz du Togo, Nusantara Beat, Sho Madjozi, Miike Snow, Portugal. The Man, Therapy?, Admiral Freebee, RHEA, the Vices, Psychonaut, Arsenal, My Baby, Belle and Sebastian, Loreen, Tramhaus, Glen Hansard, Neck Deep, Against the Current, Cian Ducrot, Lankum, Robin Kester, Fleet Foxes, Coely, Chibi Ichigo, the Heavy, Black Honey, Garbage, Genesis Owusu, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Masego, Noname, Placebo, White Lies, Heilung, Black Country New Road, Kara Jackson, Underworld, Worakls Orchestra, Bat for Lashes, Baxter Dury, Ice Spice, Suzanne Vega, Bazart, the Struts, Enter Shikari, Ty Segall, Two Door Cinema Club, Declan McKenna, Giant Rooks, Teddy Swims, bdrmm, Alice Phoebe Lou, I Love You Honey Bunny, Goose, Courtney Barnett, English Teacher, Maximo Park, Bwana, Yesnomaybe, Soft Play, Palaye Royal, Skindred, the Cat Empire, Grace Cummings, Altin Gün, the Snuts, Bombay Bicycle Club, Gary Clark jr., Troye Sivan
Verrassing:
Crowded House, Fontaines DC, the Prodigy, Empire State Bastard, Noel Gallagher, the Smile, Beach House, M83, Primus, Nine Inch Nails, Weezer, Anohni and the Johnsons, Sabaton, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Smith & Burrows, Nabihah Iqbal, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Royel Otis, Sugababes, Nelly Furtado, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Sea Girls, Post Malone, Tove Lo, Hallan, Wunderhorse, JPEGMAFIA, First Aid Kit, the Bloody Beetroots, Public Service Broadcasting, Glass Animals, LCD Soundsystem, DEADLETTER, King Krule, Damien Rice, Foals, Yard Act, Crows, Sports Team, Enola Gay, Gurriers, Heavy Lungs, Opus Kink, Do Nothing, Macklemore, Caroline Polachek, Young Fathers, Tyla, Sekou, Olivia Dean, Dinosaur jr., Biffy Clyro, Bloc Party, the Royston Club, Nation of Language, Coach Party, Sprints, Swim School, London Grammar, Rag N Bone Man, Landmvrks, Yaeji, John Newman, Purple Disco Machine, Louis Tomlinson, Pretenders, ZZ Top, Julie Byrne, Pet Shop Boys, Drake, Evanescence, Warmduscher, Paul Kalkbrenner, Beartooth, Egyptian Blue, NF, Denzel Curry, Campus, Cornflames, Libertines, Grandaddy, John Coffey, Highly Suspect, Ăo, DIRK., the Hickey Underworld, Cold War Kids, St. Vincent, Triggerfinger, Pip Blom, Oproer, Ghinzu, Tropical Fuck Storm, Sevdaliza, De Mens, Noordkaap, Boston Manor, Lizzie McAlpine, Diiv, Only the Poets, Brutalismus 3000, Bleachers, No Doubt, Tyler the Creator, Lorde, Maruja, Sublime, Julien Baker, Geese, the Beths, Blur, Crystal Fighters, Meltheads, Kali Uchis, Elbow, Pulp, Kings of Leon, Tsar B, Zimmerman, Spellling, Tourist LeMC, Stavroz, Anderson .Paak, Black Midi, the Japanese House, Cypress Hill, the Big Moon, Sleep Token, Death Grips, Jazz Brak, Master Peace, Kids with Buns, Jamie T, Folly Group, NI, Fleddy Melculy, Anouk, Cherry Glazerr, Jockstrap, the Amazons, Vulfpack, Peggy Gou, Romy, Skrillex, Overmono, Soulwax, Fat Dog, Ramkot, Jorja Smith, Joost
Kans nihil/afgevallen:
Coldplay, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, the National, Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran, Bring Me The Horizon, Tool, Suede, Metallica, Vampire Weekend, Jai Paul, Clipse, FKA Twigs, Alvvays, the Killers, James Blake, Bicep, Pearl Jam, Nia Archives, Chase & Status, the Cure, Depeche Mode, Eminem, Paul McCartney, Hozier, Nick Cave, Lana del Rey, Billie Eilish, Air, STAKE, Electric Callboy, Turnstile, Limp Bizkit, Pixies, the War on Drugs, Patti Smith Quartet, Doja Cat, John Fogerty, Ethel Cain, Phoenix, Jain, Girl in Red, Simple Minds, Larkin Poe, Lost Frequencies, Korn, the Last Shadow Puppets, Bikini Kill, Nickelback, Ghost, Justice, Kenya Grace, Queens of the Stone Age, Bar Italia, Massive Attack, Heart, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Gossip, Zornik, Sam Smith, SZA, Florence and the Machine, Tame Impala, Sault, Arcade Fire, the Offspring