Popularity today
23
Belgium 19 · the Netherlands 25 · Worldwide 31 · on a scale of 100
Score back then at Rock Werchter 2025
30
Belgium 28 · Netherlands 29 · Worldwide 41 · level C
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
Probability estimates remain estimates and are not an official announcement.
No rumours, no inside knowledge. Tap Why? for the reasons.
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetnothing suggests this act is in Europe at that timeno concrete indication of a booking
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetprofile fits this festival lessnothing suggests this act is in Europe at that time
(Nearly) impossible
If this act plays this festival: 24 points (C), now 10 of 10 acts
Why?
few indications of a booking yetplayed here two years ago, and returning that soon is rarenothing suggests this act is in Europe at that time
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetnothing suggests this act is in Europe at that time
Figures
Spotify listeners
1.099.918
Deezer 48.742 · streams per day 120.395
Last.fm listeners
2.562.312
rank 1734 in Belgium · rank 1783 in the Netherlands
Instagram followers
142.721
@brighteyesofficial · updated on 04/11/2026
Search interest
–
not measured: the name also means something else
Wikipedia, 12 months
144.683
EN 142.084 · NL 1.002 · FR 1.597
indiefolksinger-songwriterindie rockemo
Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2022, Rock Werchter 2025
- Active since
- 1995
- Albums
- Five Dice, All Threes 2024
- Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was 2020
- The People’s Key 2011
- Concerts per year
- 2026 22
- 2025 91
- 2024 3
- 2022 85
- 2021 8
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2024
- 1 nummer, hoogste #1997 (First Day of My Life)
- in the list since 2022, 2 years
- per song
- Discogs
- 29,809 times in a collection
- 7,608 on a wishlist
- 51 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Motion Sickness 2000 · 1.156
- Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground 2002 · 1.657
- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning 2005 · 3.141
- Digital Ash In A Digital Urn 2005 · 1.915
- Cassadaga 2007 · 3.071
- Four Winds 2007 · 1.284
- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (A Companion) 2022 · 1.694
- Letting Off The Happiness (A Companion) 2022 · 1.411
- Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground (A Companion) 2022 · 1.177
- A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995-1997 (A Companion) 2022 · 1.147
All 51 releases
- A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995-1997 1997 · 589
- Letting Off The Happiness 1998 · 136
- Every Day And Every Night 1999 · 149
- Motion Sickness 2000 · 1.156
- Bright Eyes Vs. Her Space Holiday 2000 · 226
- Don't Be Frightened Of Turning The Page 2000 · 74
- Fevers And Mirrors 2000 · 1.103
- 3 New Hit Songs 2001 · 188
- Oh Holy Fools - The Music Of Son, Ambulance And Bright Eyes 2001 · 619
- Home: Volume IV 2002 · 113
- A Christmas Album 2002 · 406
- 3 More Hit Songs From 2002 · 214
- Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground 2002 · 1.657
- There Is No Beginning To The Story EP 2002 · 451
- Collaboration Series No. 1 2002 · 498
- Vinyl Box Set 2003 · 280
- Lua 2004 · 541
- Take It Easy (Love Nothing) 2004 · 339
- One Jug Of Wine, Two Vessels 2004 · 556
- When The President Talks To God 2005 · 12
- Easy/Lucky/Free 2005 · 99
- First Day Of My Life 2005 · 628
- Motion Sickness: Live Recordings 2005 · 434
- Digital Ash In A Digital Urn 2005 · 1.915
- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning 2005 · 3.141
- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning / Digital Ash In A Digital Urn 2005 · 90
- Noise Floor (Rarities 1998-2005) 2006 · 622
- Hot Knives -&- If The Brakeman Turns My Way 2007 · 294
- Four Winds 2007 · 345
- Four Winds 2007 · 1.284
- Susan Miller Rag 2007 · 175
- Cassadaga 2007 · 3.071
- Singularity 2011 · 145
- The People's Key 2011 · 424
- Shell Games 2011 · 9
- We're Gonna Be Friends 2015 · 5
- The Studio Albums 2000-2011 2016 · 84
- Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was 2020 · 581
- Forced Convalescence 2020 · 2
- One and Done 2020 · 0
- Persona Non Grata 2020 · 4
- Miracle Of Life 2020 · 1
- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (A Companion) 2022 · 1.694
- Digital Ash In A Digital Urn (A Companion) 2022 · 13
- Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground (A Companion) 2022 · 1.177
- Letting Off The Happiness (A Companion) 2022 · 1.411
- Fevers And Mirrors: A Companion 2022 · 44
- A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995-1997 (A Companion) 2022 · 1.147
- Pan And Broom (Eve Maret Remix) 2023 · 0
- Five Dice, All Threes 2024 · 1.074
- Kids Table 2025 · 589
- Biggest own venue
- Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ±1.500 plaatsen
- 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
VRT Radio 1 6 1,4 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 4 0,9 per week KINK 2 0,5 per week Willy 2 0,5 per week Radio X 1 0,2 per week egoFM 1 0,2 per week FluxFM 1 0,2 per week FM4 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKINK 167 1,1 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 67 0,6 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 62 0,4 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 9 0,1 per week since Dec 2024 VRT Radio 1 6 0,6 per week since Sep 2026 NPO 3FM 4 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Radio X 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026 - Similar to
- Rilo Kiley, Christian Lee Hutson, Julien Baker, Waxahatchee, The Front Bottoms, Sufjan Stevens
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 | 2024 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Day of My Life | 2005 | 2 (2022–2024) | #1997 | #1848 (2022) | #1997 (2024) |
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI), and how many Discogs members own the record. Data provided by Discogs.
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum | Discogs collections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five Dice, All Threes | 2024 | – | – | – | 1.074 |
| Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was | 2020 | #34 (3 wk) | #62 (1 wk) | – | 581 |
| The People’s Key | 2011 | #60 (1 wk) | #67 (1 wk) | – | 424 |
| Cassadaga | 2007 | #25 (7 wk) | #36 (4 wk) | – | 3.071 |
| Digital Ash in a Digital Urn | 2005 | #64 (3 wk) | #95 (1 wk) | – | 1.915 |
| I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning | 2005 | #41 (7 wk) | #53 (8 wk) | – | 3.141 |
| A Christmas Album | 2002 | – | – | – | 406 |
| LIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground | 2002 | – | – | – | 1.657 |
| Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance & Bright Eyes | 2001 | – | – | – | – |
| Fevers and Mirrors | 2000 | – | – | – | 1.103 |
| Letting Off the Happiness | 1998 | – | – | – | 136 |
| A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995–1997 | 1998 | – | – | – | 589 |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salutations (Conor Oberst) | 2017 | #81 (4 wk) | – | – |
| Ruminations (Conor Oberst) | 2016 | #103 (6 wk) | – | – |
| Upside Down Mountain (Conor Oberst) | 2014 | #54 (9 wk) | #88 (1 wk) | – |
| Conor Oberst (Conor Oberst) | 2008 | #35 (5 wk) | #73 (3 wk) | – |
Discogs: 29,809 times in a collection. 7,608 times on a wishlist.
Upcoming concerts
Benelux first, then Europe. Alle data op Ticketmaster.
| Date | Stad | Country | Zaal of festival | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/01/2027 | Brooklyn | United States | Brooklyn Paramount | Bright Eyes performing Wide Awake and Digital Ash |
| 12/01/2027 | Brooklyn | United States | Brooklyn Paramount | Bright Eyes performing Wide Awake and Digital Ash |
| 14/01/2027 | Brooklyn | United States | Brooklyn Paramount | Bright Eyes performing Wide Awake and Digital Ash |
On the map, until the end of September 2027
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The numbers follow the dates, also in the timeline above. Hover or tap a number for the date and venue.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Let's Not Shit Ourselves (to Love and to Be Loved)
LIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
op Deezer
LIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
op 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 2022 | 27 | B | 33 / 137 | 97 | 29 | 24 | 23 | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2025 | 30 | C | 26 / 92 | 53 | 28 | 29 | 41 | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2025 | Rock Werchter 2025 (Festivaldag 3): Hoop voor de toekomstige headliners | Dansende Beren | 06/07/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2022 | Pukkelpop 2022 (Festivaldag 4): En op het einde wint de groove | Dansende Beren | 22/08/2022 | 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
- ▲Saturday, July 2025 · Rock Werchter
- ●06/07/2025 · Amsterdamse Bostheater, Amstelveen
- ●27/06/2025 · Doornroosje, Nijmegen
- ●22/08/2022 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●21/08/2022 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ▲Sunday, August 2022 · Pukkelpop
17 earlier dates
- ●07/07/2011 · Tivoli, Utrecht
- ●21/02/2011 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●11/07/2007 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●10/07/2007 · Effenaar, Eindhoven
- ●31/03/2007 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●12/07/2005 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●23/02/2005 · Tivoli, Utrecht
- ●21/02/2005 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●14/11/2004 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●10/11/2004 · Desmet Studio's, Amsterdam
- ●21/06/2004 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●08/08/2003 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●15/11/2002 · La Rotonde, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●14/11/2002 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●13/11/2002 · Rotown, Rotterdam
- ●13/05/2001 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●12/05/2001 · KC Belgium, Hasselt
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | We Are Nowhere And It's Now 4 · First Day of My Life 1 · Wonderful Life 1 · At the Bottom of Everything 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Forced Convalescence 3 · First Day of My Life 2 · Rainbow Overpass 1 · Bells and Whistles 1 · Dyslexic Palindrome 1 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Devil Town 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | Four Winds 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Four Winds 4 · First Day of My Life 4 · At the Bottom of Everything 3 · We Are Nowhere And It's Now 2 · Dyslexic Palindrome 2 |
| egoFM | Germany | At the Bottom of Everything 1 |