Barry Can't Swim
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
Probability estimates remain estimates and are not an official announcement.
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2024, Rock Werchter 2025, Best Kept Secret 2025
- Concerts per year
- Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 1,023 times in a collection
- 602 on a wishlist
- 5 uitgaven
Per album, times in a collection- Amor Fati EP 2021 · 210
- When Will We Land? 2023 · 220
- Kimbara 2024 · 2
- Loner 2025 · 270
- LateNightTales 2026 · 321
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
FluxFM 10 2,3 per week KEXP 10 2,3 per week NPO 3FM 9 2,1 per week BBC Radio 1 9 2,1 per week Studio Brussel 8 1,9 per week egoFM 7 1,6 per week 1LIVE 4 0,9 per week FM4 3 0,7 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 1 1.686 1.5 a day since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 254 0.2 a day since Nov 2023 KEXP 250 0.2 a day since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 110 0.1 a day since Oct 2024 Studio Brussel 77 0.1 a day since Nov 2023 FluxFM 10 0.3 a day since Oct 2026 egoFM 7 0.2 a day since Oct 2026 1LIVE 4 0.1 a day since Oct 2026 - Similar to
- Swimming Paul, O'Flynn, Elkka, Fred Again.., Overmono, Jayda G
How popular is Barry Can't Swim compared with other countries?
Bigger in the United Kingdom than you would expect.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2024 | – | D | 66 / 108 | 100 | – | 11 | – | Wikipedia, search volume, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2025 | – | D | 81 / 92 | 50 | – | 12 | 11 | Wikipedia, search volume, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | – | C | 38 / 85 | 100 | – | 12 | 12 | Wikipedia, search volume, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2025 | Rock Werchter 2025 (Festivaldag 3): Hoop voor de toekomstige headliners | Dansende Beren | 06/07/2025 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | Best Kept Secret 2025 (Festivaldag 1): Subtropisch zweten | Dansende Beren | 14/06/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2024 | Pukkelpop 2024 (Festivaldag 3): Hit(te)effect | Dansende Beren | 18/08/2024 | 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
- ▲Saturday, July 2025 · Rock Werchter
- ▲Friday, June 2025 · Best Kept Secret
- ▲Saturday, August 2024 · Pukkelpop
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | Kimbara 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Kimbara 19 · I Could Be Madonna 18 · How It Feels 6 · Sunsleeper 5 · Return To Bhibo 3 |
| 1LIVE | Germany | Dance Dance Dance! 2 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | The Person You’d Like to Be 1 |
| DR P3 | Denmark | Dance Dance Dance! 1 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Machine Noise For A Quiet Daydream 2 · Return To Bhibo 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | Dance Dance Dance! 3 · Some Day I Will 1 · Sonder 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Kimpton 43 · Dance Dance Dance! 23 · The Person You’d Like to Be 21 · Cars Pass by Like Childhood Sweethearts 18 · Childhood 11 |
| egoFM | Germany | Always Get Through To You 2 · Cars Pass by Like Childhood Sweethearts 1 · Childhood 1 |