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
- Best Kept Secret 2023, Pukkelpop 2024, Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 2021
- Concerts per year
- 2026 0
- 2025 46
- 2024 67
- 2023 13
- 2022 3
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 3,988 times in a collection
- 2,440 on a wishlist
- 2 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Mirage 2021 · 1.234
- Mahal 2024 · 2.754
- Biggest own venue
- Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
- ±350 plaatsen
- 2024 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 89 0,6 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 10 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 10 0,1 per week since Oct 2024 NPO 3FM 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
How popular is Glass Beams compared with other countries?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – | setlist.fm, stature | |
| Pukkelpop 2024 | – | D | 60 / 108 | 45 | – | 11 | – | Wikipedia, search volume, setlist.fm, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | 15 | B | 20 / 85 | 18 | – | 18 | 17 | Wikipedia, search volume, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | Best Kept Secret 2025 (Festivaldag 1): Subtropisch zweten | Dansende Beren | 14/06/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2024 | Pukkelpop 2024 (Festivaldag 4): Van Kidibul tot whiskey | Dansende Beren | 19/08/2024 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | Best Kept Secret 2023 (Festivaldag 1): Stralend van start | Dansende Beren | 10/06/2023 | 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
- ●29/06/2025 · Kasteeldomein Ribaucourt, Perk
- ▲Friday, June 2025 · Best Kept Secret
- ●09/06/2025 · Park Den Brandt, Antwerp
- ●18/08/2024 · Club, Hasselt
- ▲Sunday, August 2024 · Pukkelpop
- ●05/04/2024 · La Rotonde, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
3 earlier dates
- ●01/04/2024 · Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
- ●31/03/2024 · Club, Amsterdam
- ▲June 2023 · Best Kept Secret
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Mahal 4 |
| KEXP | United States | Mahal 9 · Black Sand 3 · Mirage 3 · Taurus 2 · Orb 2 |