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
- Best Kept Secret 2022
- Active since
- 1998
- Albums
- Reality Awaits 2026
- The New Abnormal 2020
- Comedown Machine 2013
- Angles 2011
- New album
- Reality Awaits · 24/07/2026
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 4 nummers, hoogste #969 (Last Nite)
- in the list since 2020, 6 years
- per song
- Biggest own venue
- Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- ±17.000 plaatsen
- 2026 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KINK 45 1.5 a day Radio X 22 0.7 a day Studio Brussel 19 0.6 a day VRT Radio 1 16 0.5 a day BBC Radio 6 Music 13 0.4 a day egoFM 11 0.4 a day BBC Radio 1 8 0.3 a day NPO 3FM 6 0.2 a day Since we track the stationKINK 1.692 1.5 a day since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 991 0.9 a day since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 656 0.9 a day since Oct 2024 NPO 3FM 187 0.2 a day since Nov 2023 KEXP 155 0.1 a day since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 144 0.1 a day since Nov 2023 Willy 111 0.2 a day since Dec 2024 VRT Radio 1 25 0.4 a day since Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Nite | 2001 | 6 (2020–2025) | #969 | #438 (2021) | #986 (2024) |
| Reptilia | 2003 | 6 (2020–2025) | #1010 | #605 (2021) | #1010 (2025) |
| Someday | 2001 | 6 (2020–2025) | #1330 | #701 (2021) | #1330 (2025) |
| Hard to Explain | 2001 | 2 (2021–2025) | #2127 | #1888 (2021) | #2127 (2025) |
| Under Cover of Darkness | 2011 | 2 (2021–2022) | – | #1573 (2022) | #1768 (2021) |
| Happy Ending | 2013 | 1 (2021) | – | #1907 (2021) | #1907 (2021) |
| Machu Picchu | 2011 | 1 (2021) | – | #1946 (2021) | #1946 (2021) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reality Awaits | 2026 | #12 (4 wk) | #18 (1 wk) | – |
| The New Abnormal | 2020 | #7 (25 wk) | #38 (2 wk) | – |
| Comedown Machine | 2013 | #31 (15 wk) | #42 (2 wk) | – |
| Angles | 2011 | #18 (6 wk) | #23 (3 wk) | – |
| First Impressions of Earth | 2005 | #21 (8 wk) | #23 (6 wk) | – |
| Room on Fire | 2003 | #14 (10 wk) | #23 (5 wk) | – |
| Lasting Memory | 2002 | – | – | – |
| Is This It | 2001 | #47 (9 wk) | #54 (7 wk) | – |
How popular is The Strokes compared with other countries?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20/11/2026 | PE | Estadio San Marcos | The Strokes | |
| 20/11/2026 | México | Mexico | Autodromo Hnos. Rodriguez | Abono Banamex Plus Corona Capital 2026 |
| 22/11/2026 | México | Mexico | Autodromo Hnos. Rodriguez | Individual General Corona Capital 2026 |
| 22/11/2026 | Temple City | United States | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez - Redirect | Corona Capital |
| 20/02/2027 | Sydney | Australië | Centennial Park | The Strokes - Reality Awaits |
1 more dates
Rest of the world (1)
| Date | Stad | Country | Zaal of festival | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/02/2027 | Tempe | United States | Tempe Beach Park | Innings Festival |
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.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2022 | 44 | A | 2 / 50 | 97 | 52 | 34 | 67 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2022 | The Strokes @ Best Kept Secret 2022: Goedemorgen | Dansende Beren | 12/06/2022 | about this act |
| Best Kept Secret 2022 | Best Kept Secret (Festivaldag 2): Weinig geheimen, weinig verrassingen | Dansende Beren | 12/06/2022 | 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
- ●11/10/2026 · Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- ▲Saturday, June 2022 · Best Kept Secret
- ●11/07/2006 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●06/12/2005 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●12/12/2003 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●28/02/2002 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
3 earlier dates
- ●26/02/2002 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●01/07/2001 · Zuiderpark, Rotterdam
- ●30/06/2001 · VPRO Radio, 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 | Last Nite 6 · Bad Decisions 6 · Heart in a Cage 4 · Hard To Explain 2 · Someday 2 |
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | Is This It 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Going Shopping 125 · Lonely In The Future 111 · Someday 98 · Last Nite 84 · Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus 67 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Lonely In The Future 19 · Going Shopping 4 · Hard To Explain 3 · Someday 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Going To Babble On 101 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Last Nite 1 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Last Nite 3 · Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | Threat of Joy 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Reptilia 12 · Last Nite 9 · The Modern Age 9 · Going Shopping 8 · The Adults Are Talking 7 |
| Oui FM | France | Bad Decisions 1 · 12:51 1 · Someday 1 |
| RADIO BOB! | Germany | Last Nite 1 |
| Radio Nova | France | Someday 1 |
| Radio X | United Kingdom | Someday 3 · Hard To Explain 3 · Last Nite 2 · Reptilia 1 · Juicebox 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Machu Picchu 1 · Reptilia 1 · Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus 1 · Under Cover Of Darkness 1 · Last Nite 1 |