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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9+ 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 1986 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 1986
- City
- Werchter, Belgium
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
Apartments and hotels near Rock Werchter 1986, 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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Beat Farmers formed in San Diego, United States, in 1983, and split up in 1995, after 12 years. Plays country rock, cowpunk, roots rock. -
Elvis Costello And The Attractions formed in California, United Kingdom, in 1977, and split up in 1996, after 19 years. Plays country, new wave, pop rock, pop soul, power pop, singer-songwriter.
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Lloyd Cole & The Commotions formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1982. Plays new wave.
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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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Simply Red formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1985. Plays blue-eyed soul, dance-pop, pop, pop soul, r&b, soft rock, sophisti-pop, soul.
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Talk Talk formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1981, and split up in 1991, after 10 years. Plays art pop, art rock, chamber pop, modern classical, new romantic, new wave, post-rock, synth-pop.
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The Robert Cray Band formed in Eugene, United States, in 1974. Plays blues, blues rock, electric blues.
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The Waterboys formed in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in 1983. Plays celtic, celtic rock, folk rock, pop rock, rock.
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UB40 formed in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1978. Plays dub, pop, reggae, reggae-pop, roots reggae.