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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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2017, Rock Werchter 2018, Pukkelpop 2019, Rock Werchter 2023, Pukkelpop 2023, Pinkpop 2023, Pukkelpop 2025
- Active since
- 2016
- Albums
- no sleep in LA 2022
- ARE WE STILL DREAMING? 2019
- Mic Check 2017
- Hits since 2015
- Elusive (Blackwave. feat. David Ngyah) BE #44, 2017
- Concerts per year
- 2026 3
- 2025 4
- 2024 6
- 2023 21
- 2022 12
- 2019 34
- 2018 48
- 2017 35
- 2016 2
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 1 nummer, hoogste #1315 (Elusive)
- in the list since 2022, 4 years
- per song
- Discogs
- 1,187 times in a collection
- 377 on a wishlist
- 3 uitgaven
Per album, times in a collection- Mic Check 2017 · 227
- Are We Still Dreaming? 2019 · 742
- No Sleep in LA 2022 · 218
- Biggest own venue
- Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ±2.000 plaatsen
- 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Studio Brussel 21 4,9 per week VRT Radio 1 2 0,5 per week Since we track the stationStudio Brussel 831 5,3 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 3 0,3 per week since Sep 2026 NPO 3FM 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,0 per week since Oct 2024 KINK 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 - Similar to
- Bazart, Compact Disk Dummies, Zwangere Guy, Loyle Carner, Brihang, Absynthe Minded
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elusive | 2017 | 4 (2022–2025) | #1315 | #683 (2024) | #1598 (2022) |
Records and awards
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no sleep in LA | 2022 | #1 (9 wk) | – | – | 218 |
| ARE WE STILL DREAMING? | 2019 | #4 (35 wk) | – | – | 742 |
| Mic Check | 2017 | #161 (3 wk) | – | – | 227 |
Discogs: 1,187 times in a collection. 377 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Blackwave. 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.
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 2017 | – | – | – | – | – | – | charts, setlist.fm, stature | |
| Rock Werchter 2018 | – | – | – | – | – | – | charts, setlist.fm, stature | |
| Pukkelpop 2019 | 15 | C | 38 / 111 | – | 17 | 14 | 11 | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2023 | 19 | C | 52 / 95 | – | 23 | 15 | 11 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pinkpop 2023 | 19 | C | 32 / 49 | 12 | 23 | 19 | 14 | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2023 | 20 | C | 29 / 136 | – | 24 | 16 | 11 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2025 | 19 | C | 36 / 128 | – | 20 | 17 | 19 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2025 | Pukkelpop 2025 (Festivaldag 2): Zwetende vleermuizen | Dansende Beren | 16/08/2025 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2023 | Rock Werchter 2023 (Festivaldag 3): Geen huis zonder kruis | Dansende Beren | 02/07/2023 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2023 | Pukkelpop 2023 (Festivaldag 1): Van rustig inbollen geen sprake | Dansende Beren | 18/08/2023 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2023 | Pinkpop 2023 (Festivaldag 2): Roze kopjes op allerlei wijzen | Dansende Beren | 18/06/2023 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2019 | Pukkelpop 2019 (Dag 2): Topdag onder een muzikale vlag | Dansende Beren | 17/08/2019 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2018 | Rock Werchter 2018: Festivaldag 3 | Dansende Beren | 08/07/2018 | dagverslag |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert (the last three and what is planned). Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ●08/08/2026 · Terrein Dikkebusstraat, Dranouter
- ●13/10/2025 · Beursschouwburg, Brussels
- ●20/09/2025 · Atomiumsquare, Laken / Laeken
Earlier dates count in the figures above (concerts per year, largest own venue) and are not listed separately.
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 of Wikipedia and search volume.
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 | Big Dreams 118 · Whasgood?! 116 · Elusive 63 · A-okay 55 · Goodenough 35 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Whasgood?! 1 · Champion 1 · The Antidote 1 |