17 August 2022

Last Sunday a new one-day festival called HEAR HEAR in Hasselt, Belgium
was a stellar success. Turn Up The Volume was there, on the hottest day
of the heatwave.

Top 5 and their score.

– LIAM GALLAGHER –
Felt like Manchester City winning
the UEFA Champions League Finale
with a sing-along choir of 20.000.

5/5

– WOLF ALICE –
Non-stop pop sparks.
Elevating experience.

4.5/5

– PIXIES –
Black Francis was still looking for his mind
but the band’s best-of-set turned into
a topmost triumph.

4.5/5

– PARQUET COURTS –
Post-punk with funky grooves and concrete rockers.
It was great to see the always confident 4-piece back.

4/5

– THURSTON MOORE GROUP –
An hour of guitar psychedelia.
Mindboggling electricity

4/5

The festival’s atmosphere in 5 pics.

Rock festival or not, they needed their Sunday afternoon nap

Lots of good ideas

Hot day and hot night

Mind you, there were plenty of beer bars too…
and free water for everybody to avoid dehydration
on this heatwave day

Never a minute alone