Lueven Belgium – 06/30

(Michelle) ROCK WERCHTER!! We heard about this music festival from a girl we met in Madrid. It just so happened to be at the same time we were meeting Laura. We weren’t planning on going because we thought Laura was only going to be in town until Sunday, but she decided to change her flight to hang with us longer, so we all went to the festival on Saturday. Lueven is about a 30 minute train ride from Brussels, but the free bus to the festival from the Lueven train stop took us for quite a long ride out into the country. Amy Winehouse was dull, the Blond Redheads were interesting, Peter Gabrial was a disappointment, but Snow Patrol, Killers and Keane were unbelievable. Check out our picture where the singer of Snow Patrol unknowingly posed with us. Like all music festivals, you see all kinds. We were happy to see Bert and Ernie make an appearance, and we also saw some very excited medieval characters.
Upside of going to a music festival in Belgium, the beer on tap (which also was very reasonably priced) was Stella (SWEET). I was somewhat delirious on the bus ride back to the train station and I may have been throwing down repeatedly some variations of an Anchorman quote.

(TJ) I must say I think Europe has some better music festivals than the US. The prices are reasonable unlike the typical gouging that goes on once you are in at US festivals. Not to mention that some of the line ups are excellent, Killers, Snow Patrol and Keane in one night?