Absynthe Minded
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
- Active since
- 2006
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 2 nummers, hoogste #222 (My Heroics, Part One)
- in the list since 2006, 20 years
- per song
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 2 albums, 2 singles
- Absynthe Minded goud, 2010
- New Day goud, 2007
- Biggest own venue
- Doornroosje - Paarse zaal, Nijmegen
- ±1.100 plaatsen
- 2027 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Willy 30 1.0 a day VRT Radio 1 20 0.7 a day Studio Brussel 13 0.4 a day FIP Rock 1 0.0 a day Oui FM 1 0.0 a day Qmusic 1 0.0 a day Since we track the stationWilly 681 6,8 per week since Dec 2024 Studio Brussel 405 2,6 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 26 2,8 per week since Sep 2026 Qmusic 4 0,0 per week since Feb 2025 FIP Rock 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026 Oui FM 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026 NPO 3FM 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 - Home act
- 73% of worldwide search volume comes from Belgium and the Netherlands (typically a few percent)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Heroics, Part One | 2005 | 20 (2006–2025) | #222 | #11 (2010) | #222 (2025) |
| Envoi | 2009 | 6 (2020–2025) | #565 | #288 (2021) | #642 (2022) |
| Moodswing Baby | 2009 | 2 (2023–2024) | – | #1873 (2023) | #2247 (2024) |
| Papillon | 2009 | 1 (2022) | – | #2015 (2022) | #2015 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Painter | 2023 | #30 (3 wk) | – | – |
| Saved Along The Way - The Best Of | 2021 | #3 (18 wk) | – | – |
| Riddle Of The Sphinx | 2020 | #16 (9 wk) | – | – |
| Jungle Eyes | 2017 | #7 (21 wk) | – | – |
| As It Ever Was | 2012 | #1 (58 wk) | #90 (1 wk) | – |
| Fill Me Up - The Best Of | 2010 | #27 (22 wk) | – | – |
| Absynthe Minded | 2009 | #5 (56 wk) | #100 (1 wk) | gold BE |
| There Is Nothing | 2007 | #8 (13 wk) | – | – |
| New Day | 2005 | #21 (64 wk) | – | gold BE |
| Acquired Taste | 2004 | #28 (9 wk) | – | – |
singles met goud of platina: Belgium 2, the Netherlands 0.
How popular is Absynthe Minded compared with other countries?
Much bigger in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/03/2027 | Nijmegen | Netherlands | Doornroosje - Paarse zaal | Absynthe Minded |
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.
Festivals and own concerts
- ●27/03/2027 · Doornroosje - Paarse zaal, Nijmegen (planned)
- ●11/11/2017 · Cactus, Brugge
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Qmusic | Belgium | Envoi 4 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Envoi 122 · My Heroics, Part One 74 · Papillon 2 · Tower Of Joking 1 · Moodswing Baby 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Tower Of Joking 13 · Envoi 6 · My Heroics, Part One 2 · In The Shade 1 · Sunday Child 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | My Heroics, Part One 119 · Papillon 118 · Envoi 67 · Mixing The Medicine 60 · Easy 40 |
| FIP Rock | France | Pretty Horny Flow 1 |
| Oui FM | France | Envoi 1 |