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
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Active since
- 1997
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 1 nummer, hoogste #1261 (The Seed (2.0))
- in the list since 2020, 6 years
- per song
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 8 1,9 per week Studio Brussel 4 0,9 per week VRT Radio 1 4 0,9 per week egoFM 3 0,7 per week Radio Nova 2 0,5 per week FluxFM 1 0,2 per week KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 265 1,7 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 156 1,4 per week since Oct 2024 Studio Brussel 148 0,9 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 105 0,7 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 12 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 6 0,6 per week since Sep 2026 NPO 3FM 6 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 egoFM 3 0,6 per week since Oct 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Seed (2.0) | 2002 | 6 (2020–2025) | #1261 | #735 (2021) | #1575 (2023) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And Then You Shoot Your Cousin | 2014 | #67 (3 wk) | #63 (2 wk) | – |
| Wise Up Ghost And Other Songs 2013 | 2013 | #31 (9 wk) | #35 (2 wk) | – |
| Betty Wright - The Movie | 2012 | – | #44 (1 wk) | – |
| Wake Up! | 2010 | #57 (3 wk) | #6 (20 wk) | – |
| How I Got Over | 2010 | #86 (1 wk) | #33 (6 wk) | – |
| Game Theory | 2006 | – | #78 (2 wk) | – |
| The Tipping Point | 2004 | #51 (8 wk) | #44 (8 wk) | – |
| Phrenology | 2003 | – | #54 (10 wk) | – |
| Things Fall Apart | 1999 | – | #92 (4 wk) | – |
How popular is The Roots compared with other countries?
Much bigger in Denmark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/01/2027 | Chicago | United States | The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed) | The Roots |
| 16/01/2027 | Bethlehem | United States | The Wind Creek Event Center | The Roots |
| 17/01/2027 | Atlantic City | United States | Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena | The Roots with Special Guest Tierra Whack |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | The Seed 72 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | The Seed 2.0 6 · You Got Me 2 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | The Seed 1 |
| KEXP | United States | What They Do 15 · The Seed 12 · Somebody’s Gotta Do It 7 · You Got Me 6 · The Next Movement 5 |
| Radio Nova | France | How I Got Over 2 |
| egoFM | Germany | The Fire 1 · Guns Are Drawn 1 |