Festival No. 0000080 · Est. 1977
Who's playing, and when
Festival lineup
Wednesday
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Voices from the field
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6+ acts on the bill and not one answer yet. Four questions - the lineup, the atmosphere, how it was run, and whether it was worth the ticket - and this page starts telling people what Rock Werchter 1979 was actually like to be at.
Every edition since 1977
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Somewhere in Werchter
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Rock Werchter 1979
- City
- Werchter, Belgium
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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Bintangs formed in Noord-Holland, Netherlands, in 1961. Plays blues rock, hard rock, indorock. -
Dire Straits formed in Deptford, United Kingdom, in 1977, and split up in 1995, after 18 years. Plays blues rock, classic rock, pop rock, pub rock, rock, rock and roll, roots rock, soft rock.
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Kevin Coyne was born in Derby, United Kingdom, on 27 January 1944, and died on 2 December 2004, aged 60. Plays rock, singer-songwriter.
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Rory Gallagher was born in County Donegal, Ireland, on 2 March 1948, and died on 14 June 1995, aged 47. Plays blues, blues rock, folk, hard rock, rock.
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Talking Heads formed in New York, United States, in 1974, and split up in December 1991, after 17 years. Plays afrobeat, alternative rock, art pop, art punk, art rock, funk rock, new wave, pop rock.
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Tom Robinson Band formed in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 1976, and split up in 1979, after 3 years.