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Career
- Line-ups
- Rock Werchter 2017, Best Kept Secret 2017, Pukkelpop 2018
- Active since
- 2001
- Albums
- Pink Elephant 2025
- WE 2022
- Everything Now 2017
- Reflektor 2013
- The Suburbs 2010
- Hits since 2015
- Everything Now BE #21, 2017
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 8 nummers, hoogste #120 (Rebellion (Lies))
- in the list since 2007, 19 years
- per song
- Awards
- Juno Award gewonnen 2011
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 1 album, 0 singles
- The Suburbs goud, 2011
- Biggest own venue
- Sportpaleis, Merksem
- ±23.000 plaatsen
- 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Willy 51 1.7 a day KINK 47 1.6 a day Studio Brussel 29 1.0 a day egoFM 12 0.4 a day VRT Radio 1 7 0.2 a day DR P3 5 0.2 a day BBC Radio 6 Music 4 0.1 a day NPO 3FM 2 0.1 a day Since we track the stationKINK 1.719 1.6 a day since Nov 2023 Willy 1.102 1.6 a day since Dec 2024 Studio Brussel 1.051 1.0 a day since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 261 0.2 a day since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 133 0.2 a day since Oct 2024 BBC Radio 1 31 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 egoFM 12 0.3 a day since Oct 2026 VRT Radio 1 10 0.2 a day since Sep 2026 - Similar to
- The National, Vampire Weekend, The War On Drugs, Editors, Foals, The Shins
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebellion (Lies) | 2004 | 19 (2007–2025) | #120 | #13 (2012) | #120 (2025) |
| No Cars Go | 2007 | 7 (2019–2025) | #705 | #290 (2021) | #712 (2024) |
| Everything Now | 2017 | 7 (2019–2025) | #763 | #352 (2020) | #763 (2025) |
| The Suburbs | 2010 | 7 (2019–2025) | #814 | #240 (2020) | #814 (2025) |
| Intervention | 2007 | 6 (2020–2025) | #936 | #486 (2021) | #1072 (2023) |
| Reflektor | 2013 | 6 (2020–2025) | #1217 | #795 (2021) | #1686 (2023) |
| Ready to Start | 2010 | 7 (2019–2025) | #1255 | #477 (2019) | #1255 (2025) |
| Wake Up | 2004 | 6 (2020–2025) | #1628 | #618 (2020) | #1836 (2024) |
| Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) | 2004 | 4 (2020–2024) | – | #929 (2020) | #1394 (2024) |
| We Used to Wait | 2010 | 2 (2020–2023) | – | #999 (2020) | #2224 (2023) |
| Afterlife | 2013 | 5 (2020–2024) | – | #1019 (2020) | #1609 (2023) |
| Keep the Car Running | 2007 | 1 (2021) | – | #1739 (2021) | #1739 (2021) |
| Suburban War | 2010 | 1 (2022) | – | #1919 (2022) | #1919 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pink Elephant | 2025 | #3 (3 wk) | #26 (1 wk) | – |
| WE | 2022 | #4 (20 wk) | #1 (4 wk) | – |
| Everything Now | 2017 | #1 (64 wk) | #2 (10 wk) | – |
| Reflektor | 2013 | #1 (22 wk) | #6 (19 wk) | – |
| The Suburbs | 2010 | #1 (61 wk) | #4 (28 wk) | gold BE |
| Neon Bible | 2007 | #5 (18 wk) | #13 (11 wk) | – |
| Funeral | 2004 | #59 (17 wk) | #42 (8 wk) | – |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Her | 2021 | #130 (1 wk) | – | – |
Awards
Awards won and nominations according to Wikidata (major awards only; counted per category).
| Award | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Juno Award | 1 (2011) | – |
How popular is Arcade Fire compared with other countries?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2017 | 57 | A | 8 / 65 | 31 | 62 | 47 | 59 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2017 | 46 | A | 2 / 53 | 52 | 48 | 39 | 63 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2018 | 70 | A | 3 / 113 | 26 | 73 | 61 | 75 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2018 | Arcade Fire & The War On Drugs @ Pukkelpop: Overwinning van de indiehelden | Dansende Beren | 17/08/2018 | about this act |
| Pukkelpop 2018 | Pukkelpop 2018: Festivaldag 2 | Dansende Beren | 17/08/2018 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2017 | Best of Best Kept Secret 2017 Dag 2 | Dansende Beren | 20/06/2017 | dagverslag |
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
- ●28/09/2022 · Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- ●12/09/2022 · Sportpaleis, Merksem
- ▲Thursday, August 2018 · Pukkelpop
- ●11/06/2018 · Ahoy, Rotterdam
- ●19/04/2018 · Sportpaleis, Merksem
- ▲Thursday, July 2017 · Rock Werchter
13 earlier dates
- ▲Saturday, June 2017 · Best Kept Secret
- ●10/06/2014 · Sportpaleis, Merksem
- ●24/11/2013 · Hallen Van Schaarbeek / Halles de Schaerbeek, Schaarbeek / Schaerbeek
- ●29/08/2011 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●13/11/2007 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●02/11/2007 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ●17/08/2007 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●04/04/2007 · Hallen Van Schaarbeek / Halles de Schaerbeek, Schaarbeek / Schaerbeek
- ●19/08/2005 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●15/05/2005 · Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus, Brussels
- ●12/05/2005 · Nighttown, Rotterdam
- ●11/05/2005 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●11/03/2005 · The Max, Amsterdam
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KINK | Netherlands | The Suburbs 6 · No Cars Go 4 · We Used To Wait 4 · Reflektor 3 · Ready To Start 3 |
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | Rebellion 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Ready To Start 117 · Everything Now 113 · No Cars Go 100 · The Suburbs 77 · Rebellion 75 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | The Suburbs 3 · No Cars Go 3 · Neighborhood #1 1 · The Lightning I,ii 1 · Everything Now 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Rebellion 137 · The Suburbs 130 · Ready To Start 129 · Keep The Car Running 128 · No Cars Go 124 |
| DR P3 | Denmark | Everything Now 5 |
| FIP Rock | France | Keep The Car Running 1 |
| KEXP | United States | The Suburbs 1 · Month of May 1 · Everything Now 1 · Rebellion 1 · Creature Comfort 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Rococo 1 · Keep The Car Running 1 · Afterlife 1 · No Cars Go 1 · Rebellion 1 |