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Latest update on the afternoon of 5 November 2026. May be temporarily behind.
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Novastar

Official siteSpotifyDeezerYouTubeWikipediaLast.fmsetlist.fm
Popularity today
–
Belgium – · the Netherlands – · Worldwide 12 · on a scale of 100
Score back then at Best Kept Secret 2022
41
Belgium 46 · Netherlands – · Worldwide 35 · level A

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.

No rumours, no inside knowledge. Tap Why? for the reasons.

Best Kept Secret 2027
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
Pinkpop 2027
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
Rock Werchter 2027
(Nearly) impossible
If this act plays this festival: 31 points (C), now 10 of 10 acts
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
Pukkelpop 2027
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festivalprofile fits this festival less
Figures
Spotify listeners
346.000
Deezer 6.389 · streams per day –
Last.fm listeners
131.603
rank 1119 in Belgium · rank 2058 in the Netherlands
Instagram followers
–
Not available yet
Search volume per month
–
Not available yet
Wikipedia, 12 months
12.084
EN 10.959 · NL 0 · FR 1.125

Folk & singer-songwriterbelgiansinger-songwriterrockalternativeBelgium

Career

Line-ups
Rock Werchter 2018, Pukkelpop 2018, Best Kept Secret 2022
Active since
1996
Albums
  • The Best Is Yet to Come 2024
  • Holler and Shout 2021
  • Live is All - In The Cold Light of Monday - Stripped 2019
  • In the Cold Light of Monday 2018
  • Inside Outside 2014
Hits since 2015
  • Velvet Blue Sky BE #43, 2021
  • Your World BE #50, 2022

Stature

De Tijdloze 2025
  • 3 nummers, hoogste #655 (Wrong)
  • in the list since 2002, 10 years
  • per song
Gold and platinum
Belgium: 6 albums, 0 singles
  • Almost Bangor platina, 2009
  • Almost Bangor goud, 2008
  • Another Lonely Soul platina, 2005
  • Another Lonely Soul goud, 2004
  • and 2 more
the Netherlands: 1 album, 0 singles
  • Almost Bengor goud, 2012
Biggest own venue
  • Grote Zaal, Utrecht
  • ±2.000 plaatsen
  • 2025 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.

Today

Radio
Last 30 days
Willy491.6 a day
Studio Brussel110.4 a day
KINK90.3 a day
VRT Radio 180.3 a day
Qmusic40.1 a day
MNM20.1 a day
Since we track the station
Willy6236,2 per weeksince Dec 2024
Studio Brussel5333,4 per weeksince Nov 2023
KINK4322,7 per weeksince Nov 2023
Qmusic770,8 per weeksince Feb 2025
NPO 3FM110,1 per weeksince Nov 2023
VRT Radio 181,6 per weeksince Oct 2026
MNM20,4 per weeksince Oct 2026
all stations

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.

SongFromYears in the list2025HighestLowest
Wrong200010 (2002–2025)#655#84 (2003)#774 (2021)
The Best Is Yet to Come20006 (2020–2025)#720#673 (2022)#1392 (2023)
Caramia20003 (2023–2025)#1918#1682 (2023)#2153 (2024)
Mars Needs Woman20081 (2023)–#2157 (2023)#2157 (2023)
Because20081 (2023)–#2264 (2023)#2264 (2023)

Records

Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).

AlbumYearBelgian album chartDutch album chartGold/platinum
The Best Is Yet to Come2024#1 (11 wk)#42 (1 wk)–
Holler and Shout2021#8 (11 wk)#47 (1 wk)–
Live is All - In The Cold Light of Monday - Stripped2019–––
In the Cold Light of Monday2018#2 (20 wk)#21 (3 wk)–
Inside Outside2014#1 (55 wk)#8 (6 wk)–
Almost Bangor2008#2 (51 wk)#7 (43 wk)gold BE, gold NL, platinum BE
Another Lonely Soul2004#1 (56 wk)#36 (27 wk)gold BE, platinum BE
Novastar2000#1 (69 wk)#66 (7 wk)gold BE, platinum BE

Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):

AlbumYearBelgian album chartDutch album chartGold/platinum
Novastar + Another Lonely Soul2009–#96 (1 wk)–

How popular is Novastar compared with other countries?

Much bigger in Belgium than you would expect; bigger in the Netherlands than you would expect; smaller in the United Kingdom.

Belgium×7,32,373 per month
Netherlands×3,01,733 per month
Spain×2,21,201 per month
Italy×1,8981 per month
Zweden×1,0220 per month
France×0,9915 per month
Poland×0,9310 per month
Germany×0,7906 per month
Denmark×0,692 per month
United Kingdom×0,3883 per month

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.

DateStadCountryZaal of festivalEvent
14/11/2026AmsterdamNetherlandsA'DAM TorenTo the Moon and Back | Novastar | Blok 1

Best-known songs (Deezer)

Wrong
Novastar
op Deezer
The Best Is Yet to Come
Novastar
op Deezer
When The Lights Go Down On The Broken Hearted
When The Lights Go Down On The Broken Hearted
op 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.

EditionScoreLevelRankExceptionalBelgiumNetherlandsWorldSources
Rock Werchter 201821C37 / 821220–25Wikipedia, charts, stature
Pukkelpop 201822C23 / 113–20–25Wikipedia, charts, stature
Best Kept Secret 202241A2 / 502146–35Wikipedia, charts, stature

Reviews and reports

Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.

EditionTitelBronDateSoort
Best Kept Secret 2022Best Kept Secret (Festivaldag 3): En we leefden nog lang en gelukkig…Dansende Beren13/06/2022dagverslag
Rock Werchter 2018Rock Werchter 2018: Festivaldag 4Dansende Beren09/07/2018dagverslag
Pukkelpop 2018Pukkelpop 2018: Festivaldag 1Dansende Beren16/08/2018dagverslag

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

196 earlier dates

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
StationCountryMost played
KINKNetherlandsBecause 3 · Wrong 1
MNMBelgiumThe Best Is Yet To Come 1 · Wrong 1
QmusicBelgiumThe Best Is Yet To Come 33 · Wrong 32 · Never Back Down 1
Studio BrusselBelgiumWrong 80 · The Best Is Yet To Come 74 · Home Is Not Home 28 · Light Up My Life 14 · Deep Are The Eyes 14
VRT Radio 1BelgiumToday Yesterday 6 · Because 1 · When The Lights Go Down On The Broken Hearted 1
WillyBelgiumNever Back Down 128 · The Best Is Yet To Come 123 · Wrong 116 · Today Yesterday 40 · Caramia 2
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