Festival Pukkelpop 2021, evento que se ia realizar de 19 a 22 de agosto em Kiewit, Hasselt, Bélgica, foi cancelado devido às novas exigências do governo belga. A organização do festival, que tinha anunciado mais de 160 nomes, onde se destacavam: Liam Gallagher, Editors, Marshmello, Balthazar, Future, Burna Boy, Anne-Marie, Netsky, Idles, dEus, 2manydjs, Andy C, entre outros, revelou que apenas de 8 em cada 10 festivaleitos estariam vacinados, e que as alterações impostas pelas autoridades à validade dos testes, obrigaria a triplicar o número de testes, o que impossibilita a realização do Festival.
NO PUKKELPOP 2021
If there’s one certainty with Covid-19 it’s the uncertainty and when you’re trying to organise a festival like Pukkelpop that‘s not exactly helpful. As an organiser you must eventually decide on a deadline to get the preparations for your event underway. Otherwise you have no crew, no infrastructure and no artists. This deadline also marked the start of ticket sales. When 75% of combi tickets sold out in a matter of hours it was clear that Pukkelpoppers were gearing up for a memorable edition.
These past weeks and months we’ve worked in close consultation with the government and our medical partners. Throughout we have given all concerns, wishes and guidelines our full attention. However, last Monday it became clear that the current framework has made it impossible for us to organise Pukkelpop. The additional demands in terms of testing would require us to almost triple the testing capacity at and in the run-up to the festival.
The government finds itself in an unenviable position and so do we.
Originally a negative PCR test carried out within 72 hours of arrival was enough but on Monday this was reduced to 48 hours. In addition, a negative antigen test was no longer sufficient for fans to be admitted to the festival. Since Thursday antigen testing is allowed again but the initial validity of 48 hours has been reduced to 24 hours.
Initially we planned for a capacity of up to 7,000 tests per day at the Pukkelpop site but the 24/48 hour limit for the validity of, respectively, a rapid antigen test (RAT) or a PCR test means that we would have to triple this capacity. To put things into perspective: this is 21 times the capacity of the Park Spoor Noord testing village in Antwerp at the height of its activities. The 24/48 hour limit effectively means tripling the number of tests but there is no way we could guarantee the government we can organise this under safe circumstances. This is simple math and a healthy dose of common sense.
Despite the best efforts of the Vaccination Task Force and the many vaccination centres in the province of Limburg and beyond, we are forced to conclude that the vaccination rate within our target demographic is not as we had hoped. Almost 8 in 10 of our young audience would have to submit to testing. For a multi-day mass event with such a young audience, many of which haven’t had the opportunity to get vaccinated, daily testing of so many youngsters is simply not feasible.
Pukkelpop mainly targets youngsters. They are the DNA of Pukkelpop, our core audience. Their happiness, but also their safety, is one of our number one concerns.
We deeply regret the fact that the authorities made this decision just one month before the start of the festival but the Covid measures were always going to be subject to the latest developments. As a result, Pukkelpop 2021 can no longer take place as planned.
After all, Pukkelpop has a huge responsibility to its audience and our youths in particular. From an organisational standpoint we were prepared to go to great lengths to ensure everyone’s safety. Throughout this process we have relied on the recommendations and advice of an extensive team of experts. These past few days we have examined every possible scenario together in detail but the conclusion was always the same: under these new rules we cannot possibly guarantee a safe and carefree Pukkelpop environment.
Following consultations with the Pukkelpop team the federal government has today decided not to allow the festival to proceed in its current form. As a result, Pukkelpop is postponed to 2022.
Our heart bleeds, especially for all those youngsters who were so looking forward to Pukkelpop this year. More than anything we were rooting for them but in the end a favourable outcome wasn’t in the cards.
Pukkelpoppers who have bought a ticket will be contacted via email before 8 August. They will be given a choice to have their ticket refunded or automatically rolled over to our 2022 edition.
In closing, the Pukkelpop organisers would like to thank all Pukkelpoppers from the bottom of their hearts for their tremendous support these past months. We also extend our gratitude to the various cabinets and governments and the municipality of Hasselt in particular. And of course there’s our amazing team that moved heaven and earth to make Pukkelpop 2021 an unforgettable event. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be.
Pukkelpop 2022 takes place from Thursday-Sunday 18-21 August 2022.
Festival Pukkelpop 2021 (cancelado) | |
Anne-Marie Balthazar Editors Liam Gallagher Marshmello 2manydjs live ANDY C + Tonn Piper Bazart Boys Noize Charlotte de Witte dEUS Helena Hauff IDLES Jamie xx Kölsch Lianne La Havas Modeselektor live Netsky Nina Kraviz Noisia dj set Paula Temple Peggy Gou Pendulum Trinity Skepta Underworld Whispering Sons Slow Crush Alfred Anders Alignment Altin Gün De Ambassade Amber Broos ANNA Antal Arlo Parks Ashnikko Bab L’ Bluz Beabadoobee Bearsøme Berwyn Bibi Seck Biesmans Billy Nomates Blck Mamba Bob Vylan The Boilerboys Burna Boy Caribou Cellini Charles Chibi Ichigo Cisco FM CJ Pandit cleopatrick Compact Disk Dummies The Cool Greenhouse Crack Cloud Daniël Busser & Hometown Declan McKenna Delv!s Denis Sulta DIKKE DIRK. DJ Fresh Dry Cleaning Duma Eefje de Visser Emma Bale Enrico Sangiuliano Eris Drew Eva De Roo feat. Double D Faisal Fever 333 Freddie Konings Frenna Deluxe Froukje Future Giant Rooks Goldband Goldfox HAAi Hakimm & J.Roots |
Hazard Heideroosjes High Hi Holly Humberstone Hyalyte IBE Ilse Liebens Inhaler Intergalactic Lovers Ivorian Doll Jack Garratt Jerro De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig Joe & The Shitboys Joost Josylvio Joyhauser Kampire & Decay Kelly Lee Owens Kestified Kevin & The Animals King Halloumi (Alia B2B Lefto) Klaps Kokoroko Lady Blackbird Laston & Geo Lil Kleine & The Entourage Little Dragon Lola Haro Mabel Mahalia Mall Grab Mauro Pawlowski MC Yallah & Debmaster Meute Michael Midnight Midland Milky Chance Millionaire Milo Meskens Moses Boyd Nadiem Shah & MC Six Naethan Nordmann O’Flynn Oliver Tree Omdat Het Kan feat. Average Rob ONYVAA The Opposites Optimo Oscar Jerome Pa Salieu Palaye Royal Ramkot Ramon Tapia Sam Fender San Soda SaSaSaS Shame Shanti Celeste slowthai SONS Sons Of Kemet The Sore Losers Squid Strand Of Oaks The Subs The Haunted Youth The Lathums Tiga & Hudson Mohawke Timmerman Tyga UNOS Viagra Boys Vukovi Willie Wartaal dj set Working Men’s Club Yong Yello Yooth Yung Mavu Zwangere Guy |
Vídeos dos concertos completos do Pukkelpop 2018 | |||
Imagine Dragons | Papa Roach | Charlotte de Witte | Nothing But Thieves |
Lineup do Festival Pukkelpop 2019 | |||
15 de agost | 16 de agosto | 17 de agosto | |
The National Post Malone blackwave. Dermot Kennedy Franz Ferdinand James Blake Jauz Jon Hopkins Martin Solveig Modeselektor Sigma Stormzy White Lies Agoria (live) Alison Wonderland Avalon Emerson BeraadGeslagen Big Thief Crystal Fighters Dounia Ekali Flohio Frank Carter & Rattlesnakes Harvey Sutherland IDLES Jeremy Zucker Job Jobse Joost Kamaal Williams Loyle Carner MDC III Modestep Nilüfer Yanya nothing,nowhere. Portland Raketkanon Sharon Van Etten slowthai The Comet is Coming Volvox YBN Nahmir Yves Tumor |
Royal Blood Tame Impala Anne-Marie Chase & Status Eels Gossip Jorja Smith Mike D Sam Paganini Stephan Bodzin The Streets The Black Madonna Altin Gün Basement Brass Against Brutus Camo & Krooked Channel Tres Cocaine Piss Code Orange Compact Disk Dummies Equal Idiots Ezra Collective Franc Moody Frank Turner & Sleeping Souls Honey Dijon Hot Chip Hunee Jeremy Underground De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig LIFE Mella Dee Meute Mini Mansions Palms Trax Parcels Penelope Isles Pond PUP Ross From Friends Skegss SOHN The Subs The Chats The Story So Far TheColorGrey Whitney |
The National Prophets of Rage Twenty One Pilots A Day To Remember Amelie Lens Anderson .Paak & Free Nationals Billie Eilish Charli XCX Good Charlotte Johnny Marr Pennywise Airbourne Anna Calvi Bamba Pana & Makaveli Bodega Bullet for my Valentine Camelphat Cavetown Connan Mockasin Curtis Alto Durand Jones Fisher Ghostemane Girl in Red Hyukoh IDKHBTFM Jayda G Jeff Mills & Tony Allen Kate Tempest Kikagaku Moyo LYZZA Macky Gee Pan-pot Pouya Princess Nokia PVRIS Sango Simple Creatures The Beths Tommy Genesis Two Feet Weval (live) Yeasayer |
Lineup do Festival Pukkelpop 2018 | |||
16 de agosto | Arcade Fire, Aurora, Belly, Bonobo, Brockhampton, Charlotte de Witte, Death From Above, Denis Sulta, Dirty Projectors, DJ Guv, Dua Lipa, Flogging Molly, Friction, Grizzly Bear, Horse Meat Disco, Jacin Trill, Joyhauser, Kelly Lee Owens, Kiasmos live, Lauv, Leafs, Marcel Dettmann, Martin Solveig, Nick Murphy (fka Chet Faker), Rag’n’Bone Man, Rejjie Snow, Shellac, Tom Trago, Tourist LeMC, Trixie Whitley, The War On Drugs, Yonaka. | ||
17 de agosto | A-Trak, Amber Run, Amenra, Benjamin Clementine, Børns, Call Super, David August, Deaf Havana, Dimension, Goose, Hazard B2B Hype feat. MC IC3, Incubus, Jax Jones live, JD McPherson, John Maus, Kodaline, Madensuyu, N.E.R.D, Nothing But Thieves, Or:la, Oscar And The Wolf, Rhye, Riton & Kah Lo, Slushii, Sofi Tukker, Sons Of Kemet, The Sore Losers, Sub Focus dj set, SYML, Todiefor, Travis Scott, Yellow Days, You Me At Six, Yungblud. | ||
18 de agosto | $uicideboy$, A.M.C & Turno, Bazart, The Black Angels, The Blaze, Chase Atlantic, Cigarettes After Sex, Confidence Man, Gogo Penguin, Hockey Dad, Imagine Dragons, J. Bernardt, Jordan Rakei, Justice, Kendrick Lamar, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Kölsch, La Dispute, Louis The Child, Maribou State, Marlon Williams, Møme, Nina Kraviz, Protomartyr, Róisín Murphy, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Ron Gallo, Ronnie Flex & Deuxperience, Tamino, Vitalic ODC live, Welshly Arms, The Wombats. |
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