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 1984 was actually like to be at.
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Somewhere in Werchter
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Rock Werchter 1984
- City
- Werchter, Belgium
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
Apartments and hotels near Rock Werchter 1984, 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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Chris Rea was born in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, on 4 March 1951, and died on 22 December 2025, aged 74. Plays blues, blues rock, british blues, electric blues, pop, pop rock, rock, soft rock. -
David Johansen was born in Staten Island, United States, on 9 January 1950, and died on 28 February 2025, aged 75. Plays rock.
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Joe Jackson was born in Burton Upon Trent, United Kingdom, on 11 August 1954. Plays jazz, jazz pop, new wave, piano rock, pop, punk, sophisti-pop.
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John Hiatt was born in Indianapolis, United States, on 20 August 1952. Plays blues, blues rock, folk.
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Lou Reed was born in Brooklyn, United States, on 2 March 1942, and died on 27 October 2013, aged 71. Plays art rock, classic rock, experimental, experimental rock, glam rock, hard rock, new wave, noise.
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Nona Hendryx was born in Trenton, United States, on 9 October 1944.
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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 Alarm formed in Rhyl, United Kingdom, in 1981. Plays new wave, punk, rock.