The line-up of Rock Werchter 2009 is shining even more brightly. Have just confirmed: BLACK EYED PEAS, BOYS NOIZE, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, WHITE LIES, YEAH YEAH YEAHS, REGINA SPEKTOR, THE SCRIPT, DE JEUGD VAN TEGENWOORDIG and EXPATRIATE.

Placebo will release "Battle for the Sun" on June 8. It's their first album since "Meds" (2006) and the first without drummer Steve Hewitt. He left the trio in 2007 because they had 'grown apart.'

Tickets for Rock Werchter are selling like hot cakes. Tickets for Friday, July 3rd, are no longer available since this morning.

Rock Werchter's 35th edition is rapidly taking shape. New on -the already impressive- line-up are: Nine Inch Nails, Kaiser Chiefs, Lily Allen, The Mars Volta, Flaming Lips, Pendulum, Laurent Garnier, Röyksopp, Mogwai, Ghinzu, Fleet Foxes, Social Distortion, Lady Gaga, Just Jack, Priscilla Ahn, ...

Katy Perry is on a roll... Last weekend, the American girl turned a sold-out Ancienne Belgique upside-down. The Belgian audience bought her somewhat controversial single "I kissed a girl" more than 10,000 times and EMI celebrates her because her album "One of the Boys" has been sold 15,000 times.

Write down: 2manydjs, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, The Prodigy, Tiga, Katy Perry, Jason Mraz, Seasick Steve, Emiliana Torrini and Henry Rollins Spoken Word. Why? These acts have also been added to the line-up of the 35th edition of Rock Werchter!

Rock Werchter 2009 presents, as usually, a broad overview of all the interesting and good things that are going on in pop, rock and dance. The best metal band of all time, the biggest British band of the moment. Established acts versus solid young artists. The return of beloved guests. Guitars, elec ...