The historical score shows how big an act was at the time of that edition, on a scale of 100 against the biggest acts of all editions. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
Chances for 2027
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Figures
Folk & singer-songwritersinger-songwriterrockbelgianBelgiumalternative rock
Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2016
- Active since
- 1999
- Albums
- Raw Fun 2026
- The Gardener 2021
- A Duet for One 2017
- Wake Up and Dream 2016
- The Great Scam 2014
- Hits since 2015
- Let It Shine BE #43, 2016
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 4 nummers, hoogste #540 (Rags 'n' Run)
- in the list since 2020, 6 years
- per song
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 5 albums, 0 singles
- The Honey & The Knife goud, 2011
- Admiral Freebee platina, 2007
- Songs platina, 2007
- Wild Dreams Of New Beginnings goud, 2007
- and 1 more
- Biggest own venue
- Cactus Club, Brugge
- ±400 plaatsen
- 2024 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Willy 72 2.4 a day Studio Brussel 14 0.5 a day VRT Radio 1 8 0.3 a day Since we track the stationWilly 1.803 2.6 a day since Dec 2024 Studio Brussel 484 0.4 a day since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 8 0.2 a day since Oct 2026 NPO 3FM 2 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 KINK 2 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 - Home act
- 93% of worldwide search volume comes from Belgium and the Netherlands (typically a few percent)
De Tijdloze on StuBru
De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.
| Song | From | Years in the list | 2025 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rags 'n' Run | 2003 | 6 (2020–2025) | #540 | #385 (2024) | #800 (2022) |
| Oh Darkness | 2005 | 6 (2020–2025) | #824 | #589 (2024) | #850 (2022) |
| Einstein Brain | 2003 | 5 (2021–2025) | #1062 | #990 (2022) | #1616 (2024) |
| Ever Present | 2003 | 5 (2021–2025) | #1304 | #1084 (2023) | #1836 (2022) |
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Fun | 2026 | #137 (1 wk) | – | – |
| The Gardener | 2021 | #11 (12 wk) | – | – |
| A Duet for One | 2017 | #7 (8 wk) | – | – |
| Wake Up and Dream | 2016 | #1 (29 wk) | – | – |
| The Great Scam | 2014 | #1 (39 wk) | #76 (1 wk) | – |
| The Honey & The Knife | 2010 | #1 (34 wk) | #95 (2 wk) | gold BE |
| Wild Dreams of New Beginnings | 2006 | #1 (28 wk) | – | gold BE |
| Songs | 2005 | #1 (43 wk) | – | gold BE, platinum BE |
| Admiral Freebee | 2003 | #1 (70 wk) | – | platinum BE |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box | 2023 | #83 (2 wk) | – | – |
| Digital Blues | 2021 | #80 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost | 2020 | #141 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Wreck Collection - The Singles | 2011 | #25 (17 wk) | – | – |
How popular is Admiral Freebee compared with other countries?
Much bigger in Belgium than you would expect.
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2016 | 32 | B | 21 / 154 | 94 | 33 | 36 | 22 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ●21/03/2026 · Cactus Club, Brugge
- ●15/11/2024 · Cactus Club, Brugge
- ●29/07/2017 · Cactus, Brugge
- ▲Wednesday, August 2016 · Pukkelpop
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Einstein Brain 118 · Rags'n' Run 95 · Oh Darkness 36 · The Hunger 4 · Living For The Weekend 3 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Rags 'n' Run 2 · Faithful To The Night 1 · Faithful to the night 1 · Walking Wounded 1 · Coming Of The Light 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | The Hunger 216 · Q&A With Myself 213 · Future Fathers Of Utopia 123 · Oh Darkness 102 · Rags 'N' Run 91 |