Rock Werchter is going to dance! On Sunday 5th July, MOBY will take the stage at the festival. It will be a warm reunion. The American musician, producer, and animal-rights activist last appeared at Rock Werchter back in 2008. Last year, MOBY celebrated the 25th anniversary of his timeless album Play in Antwerp. The show drew heaps of praise: pure party atmosphere, phenomenal, ecstatic. Expect a concert next summer that both evokes memories and creates new ones.
MOBY was born Richard Melville Hall in Harlem, NYC in 1965. His father gave him his nickname “Moby” when he was 10 minutes old, as a result of his hereditary relationship to Herman Melville. Moby started playing classical music and studying music theory when he was 9 years old, and then came of age musically in the punk rock scene in and around NYC in the early 80’s. He released his first single, “Go,” in 1991 (listed as one of “Rolling Stone” magazine’s best records of all time), and has been making albums ever since.
He has sold over 20,000,000 albums worldwide. In addition to making his own records, Moby has also produced and remixed artists as varied and disparate as David Bowie, Public Enemy, Ozzy Osbourne, The Beastie Boys, and Daft Punk, to name a few. Moby also works with and supports a variety of non-profit organisations, including The Humane Society, Emily’s List, The ACLU, and The Institute for Music and Neurologic Function. He has also branched out into film and television production with his company Little Walnut. In addition to their award-winning documentaries “Moby Doc” and “Punk Rock Vegan Movie,” Little Walnut is planning a summer 2026 release of their first narrative feature, “Tecie.”
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