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It equaled the record set in 2004 and Mahassine’s team was particularly pleased with the 50,000 sellout crowd that showed on the third day, which had a main stage lineup including
It’s a vast site and the crowd size and festival infrastructure are based on the very maximum numbers it’s likely to pull, so a sellout means Mahassine’s highest hopes were fulfilled.
Another no-show from
It was Pukkelpop’s 21st, although it missed 1989 because the headliners pulled out with only six weeks to go.
Mahassine set it up in 1985 with Live Nation promoter Herman Schueremans, whose
Like Schueremans, Mahassine is a member of the Flemish parliament, and the name of the Sociaal, Progressief and Alternatief party he stands for might equally serve as a description of his festival.
Among the other acts being social, progressive and alternative at Kiewit-Hasselt August 17-19 were
– John Gammon
