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 ›
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2025
- Active since
- 1993
- Albums
- Make It Fit 2024
- Concerts per year
- 2026 0
- 2025 37
- 2024 9
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 6,237 times in a collection
- 2,790 on a wishlist
- 16 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Karate 1995 · 626
- Operation: Sand / Empty There 1997 · 791
- In Place Of Real Insight 1997 · 433
- The Bed Is In The Ocean 1998 · 624
- Unsolved 2000 · 439
- Some Boots 2002 · 809
- Cancel / Sing 2002 · 464
- Pockets 2004 · 632
- 595 2007 · 274
- Make It Fit 2024 · 306
All 16 releases
- Karate 1995 · 626
- Death Kit 1995 · 98
- The Lune / Karate 1996 · 258
- In Place Of Real Insight 1997 · 433
- Operation: Sand / Empty There 1997 · 791
- The Bed Is In The Ocean 1998 · 624
- Unsolved 2000 · 439
- Some Boots 2002 · 809
- Cancel / Sing 2002 · 464
- Pockets 2004 · 632
- In The Fishtank 12 2005 · 142
- 595 2007 · 274
- Time Expired 2022 · 180
- Fantasma 2023 · 75
- Make It Fit 2024 · 306
- If You Can Hold Your Breath 2025 · 86
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
VRT Radio 1 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 4 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 2 0,0 per week since Oct 2024 Willy 2 0,0 per week since Dec 2024 VRT Radio 1 1 0,1 per week since Sep 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make It Fit | 2024 | – | – | – | 306 |
| Pockets | 2004 | – | – | – | 632 |
| Some Boots | 2002 | – | – | – | 809 |
| Unsolved | 2000 | – | – | – | 439 |
| The Bed Is in the Ocean | 1998 | – | – | – | 624 |
| In Place of Real Insight | 1997 | – | – | – | 433 |
| Karate | 1996 | – | – | – | 626 |
Discogs: 6,237 times in a collection. 2,790 times on a wishlist.
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 2025 | – | D | 85 / 128 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2025 | Pukkelpop 2025 (Festivaldag 2): Zwetende vleermuizen | Dansende Beren | 16/08/2025 | 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
- ▲Friday, August 2025 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | The Roots And The Ruins 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | If You Can Hold Your Breath 1 |
| KEXP | United States | It’s 98 Stop 1 · There Are Ghosts 1 · Diazapam 1 |