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 ›
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Rock Werchter 2017, Pinkpop 2017, Pukkelpop 2022, Rock Werchter 2024
- Active since
- 2014
- Albums
- What Happened to the Beach? 2024
- Zeros 2020
- What Do You Think About the Car? 2017
- Tribes 2014
- Concerts per year
- 2026 6
- 2025 33
- 2024 99
- 2023 63
- 2022 56
- 2021 26
- 2017 120
- 2016 109
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 2,655 times in a collection
- 2,409 on a wishlist
- 13 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Stains (EP) 2016 · 164
- What Do You Think About The Car? 2017 · 487
- British Bombs 2019 · 850
- Beautiful Faces / The Key To Life On Earth 2020 · 506
- Zeros 2020 · 218
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 1 105 3.5 a day Studio Brussel 5 0.2 a day egoFM 4 0.1 a day NPO 3FM 2 0.1 a day FluxFM 1 0.0 a day Since we track the stationBBC Radio 1 815 5,2 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 163 1,0 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 115 0,7 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 101 0,6 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 16 0,1 per week since Oct 2024 egoFM 4 0,8 per week since Oct 2026 FluxFM 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026 KEXP 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 - Similar to
- Wallows, Blossoms, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Inhaler, Sam Fender, Circa Waves
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What Happened to the Beach? | 2024 | – | – | – | – |
| Zeros | 2020 | – | – | – | 218 |
| What Do You Think About the Car? | 2017 | #130 (1 wk) | – | – | 487 |
| Tribes | 2014 | – | – | – | – |
Discogs: 2,655 times in a collection. 2,409 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Declan McKenna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2017 | – | D | 52 / 65 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pinkpop 2017 | – | C | 35 / 45 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2022 | 16 | C | 57 / 137 | 72 | 16 | 16 | 19 | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2024 | 19 | C | 48 / 94 | 39 | 16 | 20 | 27 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2024 | Rock Werchter 2024 (Festivaldag 2): Regengeur en maneschijn | Dansende Beren | 06/07/2024 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2022 | Pukkelpop 2022 (Festivaldag 2): Wispelturige mengelmoes | Dansende Beren | 20/08/2022 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2017 | 20.000 mensen minder op dag 2 van Pinkpop | Festileaks | 04/06/2017 | 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
- ▲Friday, July 2024 · Rock Werchter
- ▲Friday, August 2022 · Pukkelpop
- ▲Thursday, July 2017 · Rock Werchter
- ▲Saturday, June 2017 · Pinkpop
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 | Brazil 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Brazil 82 |
| BBC Radio 1 | United Kingdom | Additional Driver 18 · Brazil 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home 1 · Isombard 1 |