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
- Rock Werchter 2024, Pukkelpop 2026
- Active since
- 1993
- Albums
- The Hives Forever Forever the Hives 2025
- The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons 2023
- Lex Hives 2012
- Concerts per year
- 2026 38
- 2025 62
- 2024 57
- 2023 85
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2024
- 1 nummer, hoogste #2076 (Hate To Say I Told You So)
- in the list since 2023, 2 years
- per song
- Discogs
- 18,687 times in a collection
- 3,989 on a wishlist
- 31 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Barely Legal 1997 · 1.966
- Veni Vidi Vicious 2000 · 1.511
- Your New Favourite Band 2001 · 1.832
- Tyrannosaurus Hives 2004 · 3.003
- The Black And White Album 2007 · 1.398
- Lex Hives 2012 · 795
- I'm Alive / Good Samaritan 2019 · 804
- Live At Third Man Records 2020 · 1.912
- The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons 2023 · 1.071
- The Hives Forever Forever The Hives 2025 · 1.147
All 31 releases
- Live In New York 7/22/04 ? · 1
- Oh Lord! When? How? 1996 · 80
- Barely Legal 1997 · 1.966
- A.K.A I-D-I-O-T 1998 · 128
- A Killer Among Us 1998 · 35
- Veni Vidi Vicious 2000 · 1.511
- Hate To Say I Told You So 2000 · 43
- Your New Favourite Band 2001 · 1.832
- Main Offender 2001 · 305
- Supply And Demand 2001 · 242
- Die, All Right! 2001 · 48
- Tyrannosaurus Hives 2004 · 3.003
- Two-Timing Touch And Broken Bones 2004 · 122
- Walk Idiot Walk 2004 · 332
- Tussles In Brussels 2005 · 68
- A Little More For Little You 2005 · 429
- Throw It On Me 2007 · 35
- The Black And White Album 2007 · 1.398
- Primer 2007 · 30
- Tick Tick Boom 2007 · 92
- We Rule The World (T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.) 2007 · 297
- A Christmas Duel 2008 · 54
- Black, White, And Run: Nike+ Original Remix 2008 · 9
- Tarred And Feathered 2010 · 308
- Wait A Minute 2012 · 9
- Go Right Ahead 2012 · 581
- Lex Hives 2012 · 795
- I'm Alive / Good Samaritan 2019 · 804
- Live At Third Man Records 2020 · 1.912
- The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons 2023 · 1.071
- The Hives Forever Forever The Hives 2025 · 1.147
- Biggest own venue
- AFAS Live, Amsterdam
- ±6.000 plaatsen
- 2025 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KINK 14 3,3 per week Kerrang! Radio 14 3,3 per week egoFM 6 1,4 per week Oui FM 3 0,7 per week Willy 3 0,7 per week Studio Brussel 2 0,5 per week Radio X 2 0,5 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKINK 1.248 1.1 a day since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 429 0.4 a day since Nov 2023 Willy 241 0.3 a day since Dec 2024 BBC Radio 6 Music 123 0.2 a day since Nov 2024 KEXP 106 0.1 a day since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 28 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 Kerrang! Radio 14 0.4 a day since Oct 2026 NPO 3FM 8 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 - Similar to
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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 | 2024 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hate To Say I Told You So | 2000 | 2 (2023–2024) | #2076 | #1723 (2023) | #2076 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hives Forever Forever the Hives | 2025 | #15 (2 wk) | – | – | 1.147 |
| The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons | 2023 | #64 (3 wk) | – | – | 1.071 |
| Lex Hives | 2012 | #126 (2 wk) | – | – | 795 |
| The Black and White Album | 2007 | #83 (3 wk) | – | – | 1.398 |
| Tyrannosaurus Hives | 2004 | #88 (1 wk) | #60 (4 wk) | – | 3.003 |
| Veni Vidi Vicious | 2000 | – | – | – | 1.511 |
| Barely Legal | 1997 | – | – | – | 1.966 |
Discogs: 18,687 times in a collection. 3,989 times on a wishlist.
How popular is The Hives 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 2024 | 23 | C | 34 / 94 | 33 | 23 | 21 | 29 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2026 | 28 | B | 21 / 138 | 24 | 30 | 21 | 32 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2026 | Pukkelpop 2026 (Festivaldag 2): Doordraaien in stijl | Dansende Beren | 22/08/2026 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2024 | Rock Werchter 2024 (Festivaldag 1): Zonneslag bij heldere hemel | Dansende Beren | 05/07/2024 | 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 2026 · Pukkelpop
- ●22/11/2025 · AFAS Live, Amsterdam
- ●19/11/2025 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ▲Thursday, July 2024 · Rock Werchter
- ●19/06/2024 · Gelredome, Arnhem
- ●27/09/2023 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
32 earlier dates
- ●25/09/2023 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●23/06/2022 · Agrobaan, Ysselsteyn
- ●15/11/2021 · De Roma, Borgerhout
- ●14/07/2019 · Poeyelheide, Gierle
- ●19/08/2017 · OJC Nirwana, Lierop
- ●02/09/2016 · Rengerspark, Leeuwarden
- ●12/07/2015 · Poeyelheide, Gierle
- ●11/07/2015 · Parc Astrid de Coronmeuse, Liège
- ●06/09/2014 · Groeneputte, Stekene
- ●03/05/2014 · De Vlessenhoeve, Meerhout
- ●09/12/2012 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●28/11/2012 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●18/08/2012 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●02/12/2007 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●29/11/2007 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●17/08/2007 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●18/08/2005 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●29/10/2004 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●15/10/2004 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●13/02/2002 · Vera, Groningen
- ●25/08/2001 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●25/02/2001 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●24/02/2001 · LVC, Leiden
- ●23/02/2001 · Scouting Impeesa, Groningen
- ●22/02/2001 · W2 Concertzaal, 's-Hertogenbosch
- ●21/02/2001 · Studio Amstel, Amsterdam
- ●15/12/2000 · Effenaar, Eindhoven
- ●14/12/2000 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●28/05/2000 · Magasin 4, Brussels
- ●06/03/1998 · Hof Ter Lo, Borgerhout
- ●05/03/1998 · Noorderligt, Tilburg
- ●04/03/1998 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
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 | Tick Tick Boom 4 · Hate to Say I Told You So 3 · The Hives Forever Forever The Hives 3 · Hate To Say I Told You So 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Legalize Living 157 · Enough Is Enough 146 · Two Kinds Of Trouble 6 · Hate To Say I Told You So 5 · Tick Tick Boom 5 |
| Willy | Belgium | Legalize Living 101 · Hate To Say I Told You So 57 · Paint A Picture 14 · Enough Is Enough 11 · Tick Tick Boom 5 |
| KEXP | United States | Legalize Living 22 · Enough Is Enough 22 · Paint a Picture 10 · Hate to Say I Told You So 2 · Roll Out the Red Carpet 2 |
| Kerrang! Radio | United Kingdom | Main Offender 3 · Die All Right 2 · Aka I-d-i-o-t. 2 · Go Right Ahead 1 · Abra Cadaver 1 |
| Oui FM | France | Tick Tick Boom 2 |
| egoFM | Germany | Bogus Operandi 1 · Tick Tick Boom 1 |