Soft Cell
Points show how well known and in demand an act is today in Belgium and the Netherlands, based on public figures such as listeners and hits. They say nothing about the quality of a show. 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.
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 1 nummer, hoogste #854 (Tainted Love)
- in the list since 1993, 7 years
- per song
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Joe 9 2,1 per week Willy 7 1,6 per week NPO 3FM 5 1,2 per week Studio Brussel 3 0,7 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 3 0,7 per week Oui FM 2 0,5 per week VRT Radio 1 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationWilly 136 1,4 per week since Dec 2024 NPO 3FM 112 0,7 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 70 0,6 per week since Oct 2024 Studio Brussel 53 0,3 per week since Nov 2023 KEXP 53 0,3 per week since Nov 2023 Joe 52 1,9 per week since May 2026 KINK 7 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tainted Love | 1981 | 7 (1993–2025) | #854 | #91 (1993) | #924 (2022) |
Records
Albums in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) and with gold or platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Happiness Not Included | 2022 | #175 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Hits And Pieces – The Best Of Marc Almond And Soft Cell | 2017 | #134 (2 wk) | – | – |
| The Art Of Falling Apart | 1983 | – | #43 (1 wk) | – |
| Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing | 1982 | – | #42 (3 wk) | – |
How popular is Soft Cell compared with other countries?
Bigger in Italy than you would expect.
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Upcoming concerts
Benelux first, then Europe. Alle data op Ticketmaster.
| Date | Stad | Country | Zaal of festival | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/11/2026 | El Cajon | United States | The Magnolia | Soft Cell |
| 10/11/2026 | Napa | United States | Uptown Theatre Napa | Soft Cell |
| 11/11/2026 | San Francisco | United States | The Regency Ballroom | Soft Cell |
| 13/11/2026 | Reno | United States | Grand Sierra Resort and Casino | Soft Cell |
| 14/11/2026 | Huntington Beach | United States | Huntington State Beach | Darker Waves |
On the map, until the end of September 2027
The numbers follow the dates, also in the timeline above. Hover or tap a number for the date and venue.
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.
Not available yet.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Joe | Netherlands | Tainted Love 52 |
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | Tainted Love 1 |
| Qmusic | Belgium | Tainted Love 2 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Tainted Love 37 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Tainted Love 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Torch 54 · Tainted Love 54 |
| KEXP | United States | Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 7 · Tainted Love 7 · Memorabilia 3 · Sex Dwarf 3 · Out Come the Freaks 1 |
| Oui FM | France | Tainted Love 2 |