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 1989 was actually like to be at.
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Somewhere in Werchter
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Rock Werchter 1989
- City
- Werchter, Belgium
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
Apartments and hotels near Rock Werchter 1989, 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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Elvis Costello was born in Paddington, United Kingdom, on 25 August 1954. Plays art rock, country, folk, new wave, pop, pop rock, power pop, pub rock. -
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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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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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1983. Plays alternative rock, art rock, gothic rock, indie rock, post-punk, punk blues, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Pixies formed in Boston, United States, in 1986. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, indie rock, noise pop, noise rock, post-hardcore, punk rock, rock.
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R.E.M. formed in Athens, United States, on 5 April 1980, and split up on 21 September 2011, after 31 years. Plays acoustic rock, alternative country, alternative rock, chamber pop, classic rock, electronic rock, folk rock, glam rock.
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Tanita Tikaram was born in Münster, United Kingdom, on 12 August 1969. Plays folk pop, pop, sophisti-pop.
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Texas formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 1986. Plays alternative rock, blue-eyed soul, indie rock, pop rock, rock, soft rock.
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The Robert Cray Band formed in Eugene, United States, in 1974. Plays blues, blues rock, electric blues.