The strangest booking of Defqon.1 2026: GPF, a collective whose entire brand is treating gabber as the world’s loudest inside joke, get the RED mainstage on Sunday. That’s the ceremonial closing slot, normally handed to a hardstyle institution with a decade of history behind it. This year it goes to the people making uptempo bootlegs of pop songs. I’m fully on board.
1. GPF, DJ Gollum, BassWar & CaoX - I Want It That Way (Uptempo)
Yes, it’s the Backstreet Boys. Yes, it’s pushing 180 BPM and completely sincere about being ridiculous. The whole point of GPF is that you can headbang and laugh at the exact same time, and parking that on the Sunday mainstage is the most self-aware thing Q-dance has pulled in years.
Soft festivals would never. See you in Biddinghuizen.