Festival No. 0000080 · Est. 1977
Who's playing, and when
Festival lineup
Sunday
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Voices from the field
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8+ 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 1983 was actually like to be at.
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Somewhere in Werchter
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Rock Werchter 1983
- City
- Werchter, Belgium
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
Apartments and hotels near Rock Werchter 1983, Werchter for the nights of the festival. The map comes from Stay22. If you book through it, we earn a commission, which helps keep the site running.
For the record
About the artists
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Eurythmics formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1980, and split up in 2005, after 25 years. Plays art pop, dance-rock, electronic, new wave, pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop. -
John Cale was born on 9 March 1942. Plays art pop, art rock, avant-garde pop, baroque pop, drone, experimental rock, minimalism, modern classical.
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Peter Gabriel was born in Cobham, United Kingdom, on 13 February 1950. Plays art pop, art rock, chamber pop, crossover prog, experimental, folk, new wave, pop.
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Simple Minds formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1977. Plays art rock, electronic, glam rock, new wave, pop, pop rock, post-punk, rock.
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The Scabs formed in Diest, Belgium, in 1981. Plays punk.
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U2 formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1976. Plays alternative dance, alternative pop, alternative rock, arena rock, dance-rock, electronic, indie rock, new wave.
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Van Morrison was born in Belfast, United Kingdom, on 31 August 1945. Plays blue-eyed soul, blues, chamber folk, classic rock, contemporary folk, folk, folk pop, folk rock.
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Warren Zevon was born in Chicago, United States, on 24 January 1947, and died on 7 September 2003, aged 56. Plays alternative rock, blues, blues rock, comedy rock, country, country rock, folk, folk rock.