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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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2019
- Active since
- 1982
- Albums
- Come Ahead: The Remixes, Vol 2 (Dubs) 2025
- Come Ahead 2024
- Chaosmosis 2016
- More Light 2013
Stature
- Biggest own venue
- Ronda, Utrecht
- ±2.000 plaatsen
- 2025 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Willy 24 5,6 per week Radio X 20 4,7 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 14 3,3 per week KINK 12 2,8 per week KEXP 4 0,9 per week VRT Radio 1 1 0,2 per week FIP Rock 1 0,2 per week egoFM 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKINK 570 3,6 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 444 4,4 per week since Dec 2024 BBC Radio 6 Music 330 3,1 per week since Nov 2024 KEXP 124 0,8 per week since Nov 2023 Radio X 20 4,0 per week since Oct 2026 BBC Radio 1 15 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 13 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 6 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, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Come Ahead: The Remixes, Vol 2 (Dubs) | 2025 | – | – | – |
| Come Ahead | 2024 | – | – | – |
| Chaosmosis | 2016 | #121 (2 wk) | – | – |
| More Light | 2013 | #62 (6 wk) | – | – |
| Beautiful Future | 2008 | – | – | – |
| Riot City Blues | 2006 | – | – | – |
| Evil Heat | 2002 | – | – | – |
| XTRMNTR | 2000 | – | – | – |
| Vanishing Point | 1997 | – | – | – |
| Give Out but Don’t Give Up | 1994 | – | #56 (6 wk) | – |
| Screamadelica | 1991 | – | – | – |
| Primal Scream | 1989 | – | – | – |
| Sonic Flower Groove | 1987 | – | – | – |
How popular is Primal Scream compared with other countries?
Much bigger in the United Kingdom than you would expect; bigger in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2019 | 18 | B | 10 / 60 | 37 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 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
- ●09/06/2025 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ▲June 2019 · Best Kept Secret
- ●16/06/2017 · De Roma, Borgerhout
- ●15/06/2017 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●22/11/2013 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●13/11/2013 · Vooruit, Ghent
12 earlier dates
- ●05/09/2011 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●08/08/2009 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●23/09/2008 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●07/07/2002 · Wellingtonrenbaan, Ostend
- ●09/04/2000 · Nighttown, Rotterdam
- ●16/09/1997 · Chapiteau, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●04/09/1994 · Zuiderpark, Rotterdam
- ●15/08/1994 · Oude Markt, Leuven
- ●08/05/1994 · Mirano, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●12/01/1992 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●03/04/1986 · Melkweg, Amsterdam
- ●02/04/1986 · Paard van Troje, The Hague
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 | Rocks 3 · Loaded 2 · Country Girl 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Loaded 2 · Rocks 2 · Movin' On Up 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Rocks 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Rocks 151 · Jailbird 80 · Loaded 78 · Movin' On Up 35 · Country Girl 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Autobahn 66 1 · Higher Than The Sun 1 · Loaded 1 |
| FIP Rock | France | Jailbird 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Slip Inside This House 8 · Movin’ on Up 6 · Loaded 5 · Come Together (7″ version) 3 · Kowalski 3 |
| Radio X | United Kingdom | Movin' On Up 3 · Rocks 2 · Country Girl 1 · Loaded 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Movin' On Up 1 |