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 2023, Best Kept Secret 2023, Rock Werchter 2024, Pukkelpop 2025
- Active since
- 1985
- Concerts per year
- 2026 0
- 2025 0
- 2024 0
- 2023 0
- 2022 0
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 2,757 times in a collection
- 931 on a wishlist
- 9 uitgaven
Per album, times in a collection- Real Delusion / The Day Of Death 1987 · 146
- Stone 1988 · 710
- Back To The Stone Age / Symptom Of The Universe 1988 · 248
- No Anaesthesia! 1989 · 640
- Colours 1990 · 413
- Emotional Playground 1991 · 229
- Free 1992 · 123
- Stone Age 1998 · 147
- Light Entertainment – Complete Early Works 2018 · 101
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Willy 21 4,9 per week KINK 19 4,4 per week Studio Brussel 12 2,8 per week Since we track the stationKINK 1.980 1.8 a day since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 1.279 1.2 a day since Nov 2023 Willy 518 0.7 a day since Dec 2024 NPO 3FM 349 0.3 a day since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 68 0.1 a day since Nov 2023 KEXP 12 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0.0 a day since Oct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emotional Playground | 1991 | – | – | – | 229 |
| Colours | 1990 | – | – | – | 413 |
| No Anaesthesia! | 1989 | – | – | – | 640 |
| Stone | 1988 | – | – | – | 710 |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy | 2026 | #40 (1 wk) | – | – |
Discogs: 2,757 times in a collection. 931 times on a wishlist.
How popular is STONE compared with other countries?
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 2023 | 26 | C | 35 / 95 | 100 | 23 | 29 | 30 | search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – | charts, setlist.fm, stature | |
| Rock Werchter 2024 | 26 | C | 33 / 94 | – | 23 | 28 | 30 | search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2025 | 22 | C | 27 / 128 | 50 | 21 | 27 | 18 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2025 | Queens of the Stone Age @ Pukkelpop 2025: Tot de laatste snik | Dansende Beren | 18/08/2025 | about this act |
| Pukkelpop 2025 | Pukkelpop 2025 (Festivaldag 2): Zwetende vleermuizen | Dansende Beren | 16/08/2025 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2024 | Rock Werchter 2024 (Festivaldag 1): Zonneslag bij heldere hemel | Dansende Beren | 05/07/2024 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2023 | Queens of the Stone Age @ Rock Werchter 2023: Steen door de ruit | Dansende Beren | 02/07/2023 | about this act |
| Rock Werchter 2023 | Kijk terug: Queens of The Stone Age op Rock Werchter 2023 | Festileaks | 30/08/2023 | about this act |
| Rock Werchter 2023 | Rock Werchter 2023 (Festivaldag 3): Geen huis zonder kruis | Dansende Beren | 02/07/2023 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | Best Kept Secret 2023 (Festivaldag 2): Door het stof gehaald | Dansende Beren | 11/06/2023 | 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
- ▲Thursday, July 2024 · Rock Werchter
- ▲Saturday, July 2023 · Rock Werchter
- ▲June 2023 · Best Kept Secret
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 | Money 6 · Monkey See Monkey Do 2 · Queen 1 · Stack Up The Reasons 1 · Never Again 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Monkey See Monkey Do 277 · Money 97 · If You Wanna 78 · Autonomy 67 · My Thoughts Go 21 |
| Willy | Belgium | Monkey See Monkey Do 110 · Stack Up The Reasons 66 · My Thoughts Go 51 · Money 48 · If You Wanna 42 |
| KEXP | United States | Jelly 2 · Sozzy 2 · Steady 2 · Feely 2 · Les Framboises 1 |