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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Career
- Line-ups
- Rock Werchter 2025
- Active since
- 1971
- Albums
- Renascence 2025
- A Simple Act of Faith 2015
- Concerts per year
- 2026 9
- 2025 30
- 2024 11
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 8,663 times in a collection
- 15,855 on a wishlist
- 21 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Bra / Apache ? · 189
- Cymande 1972 · 3.962
- The Message 1972 · 561
- Second Time Round 1973 · 307
- Bra / Ras Tafarian Folk Song 1973 · 237
- Promised Heights 1974 · 1.250
- Arrival 1981 · 235
- The Message 1999 · 255
- Renegades Of Funk EP 2005 · 312
- Renascence 2025 · 751
All 21 releases
- Smokin' Cheeba-Cheeba / Bra ? · 54
- Bra / Apache ? · 189
- Who Is He And What Is He To You / Bra ? · 12
- Cymande 1972 · 3.962
- The Message 1972 · 561
- Bra / The Message 1972 · 9
- Bra / Ras Tafarian Folk Song 1973 · 237
- Fug 1973 · 43
- Second Time Round 1973 · 307
- Bra / One More 1973 · 38
- Promised Heights 1974 · 1.250
- Brothers On The Slide 1974 · 85
- Friends / One More 1976 · 14
- Vicious Rap / Bra 1980 · 56
- Arrival 1981 · 235
- The Best Of Cymande 1991 · 175
- The Message 1999 · 255
- The Message (Ed Rush & Optical Remix) 2003 · 2
- Renegades Of Funk EP 2005 · 312
- A Simple Act Of Faith 2015 · 116
- Renascence 2025 · 751
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 4 0,9 per week KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 178 1,6 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 91 0,6 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renascence | 2025 | – | – | – | 751 |
| A Simple Act of Faith | 2015 | – | – | – | 116 |
| Arrival | 1981 | – | – | – | 235 |
| Promised Heights | 1974 | – | – | – | 1.250 |
| Second Time Round | 1973 | – | – | – | 307 |
| Cymande | 1972 | – | – | – | 3.962 |
Discogs: 8,663 times in a collection. 15,855 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Cymande compared with other countries?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2025 | – | D | 77 / 92 | 100 | – | 11 | – | Wikipedia, search volume, 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 |
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Bra 2 |
| KEXP | United States | Brothers on the Slide 5 · Dove 3 · Bra 3 · The Message 3 · Brothers On the Side 2 |