Thought Neil Young was one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. Didn't know quite a few songs of it, but he was just really going for it, loved Out of the blue and when the whole of the festival singing along to Heart Of Gold. And coming back on with A day in the life as an encore was genius. could have done with cutting down that last guitar solo though.

Loads of great bands and shows on as well: REM, Radiohead, Justice, Raconteurs, Gnarls Barkley, Vampire Weekend, The National, Jay-Z, MGMT, ...

Crowd was pretty good as well, especially in the tent. Didn't have the wankers you often have back here and had a good number of people dancing.

If there is a festival as good as that over here I've yet to see it. Loads of brits over there this time, probably about 1/5 - 1/4 of the people there. Hardly any went when I last was there in 2004.

had a fantastic time
Neil Young was amazing!

The line-up was brilliant, saw so many great bands

What most impressed me, however, was the free loo roll + soap dispensers + how often the toilets were cleaned!

It was my first time at Werchter & I'd only heard about it through a Radiohead forum a couple of months ago, but I'm highly recommending it to all my friends for next year.

The festival itself was superbly organised: transport to & from the site was very easy; there were ample, clean toilet facilities for the mass of festival goers; and when I used the medical tent, I was treated very well.

As for the line up, the UK festivals just can't compete with it this year: REM, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Beck, The Verve, Kings of Leon, The Raconteurs, Chemical Brothers, Moby, Kaiser Chiefs, The Kooks, Jay-Z - all of these could easily headline at V, Glastonbury or Reading/Leeds, yet we got to see them all at one festival, amazing.

The atmosphere in the Pyramid Marquee was excellent; Vampire Weekend were one of the highlights, as were Soulwax and Justice, both did great sets to a raptuous crowd (chanting "Ayyyyyy Ayyyyy" much to many Brits' annoyance!). On the whole, a great weekend and acts I wasn't too fussed about seeing were amongst my favourites (Jay-Z, Ben Folds, Moby). I was slightly disappointed at the seeming lack of atmosphere in the crowd during Radiohead, but perhaps that's because we were packed like sardines in the front pit. MGMT were a little average, as were The National (not much to get the crowd going) I think the hypemachine has gone into overdrive with them both.

On a scale of 1-10, Rock Werchter went to 11; I'm just stumped as to how they'll match this year's bill in 2009...