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
Folk & singer-songwritersinger-songwriterindieScottishpopmale vocalists
Career
- Line-ups
- Rock Werchter 2023, Best Kept Secret 2024
- Active since
- 2006
- Albums
- Last Night in the Bittersweet 2022
- Caustic Love 2014
- Hits since 2015
- Iron Sky NL #24, 2015
- Concerts per year
- 2026 0
- 2025 0
- 2024 33
- 2023 39
- 2022 65
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 2 nummers, hoogste #35 (Iron Sky)
- in the list since 2019, 7 years
- per song
- Gold and platinum
- the Netherlands: 1 album, 0 singles
- Caustic Love goud, 2015
- Discogs
- 4,153 times in a collection
- 1,748 on a wishlist
- 21 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- These Streets 2006 · 429
- Last Request 2006 · 183
- Sunny Side Up 2009 · 264
- Caustic Love 2014 · 1.891
- Last Night In The Bittersweet 2022 · 1.118
- Biggest own venue
- Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus, 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 10 2,3 per week Radio X 10 2,3 per week Willy 9 2,1 per week KINK 5 1,2 per week NPO 3FM 2 0,5 per week egoFM 2 0,5 per week VRT Radio 1 1 0,2 per week BBC Radio 1 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKINK 402 2,6 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 353 2,2 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 293 1,9 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 218 2,2 per week since Dec 2024 BBC Radio 1 76 0,5 per week since Nov 2023 Radio X 10 2,0 per week since Oct 2026 BBC Radio 6 Music 8 0,1 per week since Nov 2024 egoFM 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026 - Similar to
- Sam Fender, Ben Howard, David Gray, James Morrison, George Ezra, James Bay
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Sky | 2014 | 7 (2019–2025) | #35 | #30 (2024) | #163 (2019) |
| Candy | 2009 | 6 (2020–2025) | #311 | #311 (2025) | #780 (2021) |
| New Shoes | 2007 | 1 (2022) | – | #1874 (2022) | #1874 (2022) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Night in the Bittersweet | 2022 | #5 (22 wk) | #1 (8 wk) | – | 1.118 |
| Caustic Love | 2014 | #9 (103 wk) | #3 (89 wk) | gold NL | 1.891 |
| Sunny Side Up | 2009 | #15 (27 wk) | #18 (18 wk) | – | 264 |
| These Streets | 2006 | – | #17 (38 wk) | – | 429 |
Discogs: 4,153 times in a collection. 1,748 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Paolo Nutini compared with other countries?
Much bigger in the United Kingdom than you would expect; bigger in Italy and the Netherlands 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 2023 | 53 | B | 8 / 95 | 37 | 47 | 61 | 58 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2024 | 57 | A | 1 / 94 | 29 | 50 | 61 | 56 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2024 | Best Kept Secret 2024 (Festivaldag 2): Bergopwaarts | Dansende Beren | 09/06/2024 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2023 | Rock Werchter 2023 (Festivaldag 3): Geen huis zonder kruis | Dansende Beren | 02/07/2023 | 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
- ●29/06/2024 · Middenvijver, Antwerp
- ▲Saturday, June 2024 · Best Kept Secret
- ▲Saturday, July 2023 · Rock Werchter
- ●09/10/2022 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●08/10/2022 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●05/10/2022 · Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus, Brussels
22 earlier dates
- ●29/06/2022 · De Helling, Utrecht
- ●20/08/2015 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●11/07/2015 · Ahoy, Rotterdam
- ●20/11/2014 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●12/11/2014 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ●06/07/2014 · Gashouder Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
- ●03/05/2014 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ●04/03/2014 · MC theater, Amsterdam
- ●18/06/2011 · Leijpark, Tilburg
- ●17/06/2011 · Paard van Troje, The Hague
- ●30/08/2010 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●24/08/2010 · Openluchttheater Rivierenhof, Deurne
- ●26/05/2010 · De Oosterpoort, Groningen
- ●25/05/2010 · Tivoli, Utrecht
- ●26/04/2010 · De Oosterpoort, Groningen
- ●25/04/2010 · Tivoli, Utrecht
- ●18/11/2009 · Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus, Brussels
- ●13/11/2009 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●20/08/2009 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●14/01/2007 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●07/11/2006 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●06/08/2006 · Julianapark, Venlo
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 | Iron Sky 1 · Shine a Light 1 |
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | New Shoes 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Writer 52 · Iron Sky 37 · Through The Echoes 16 · Candy 10 · New Shoes 8 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Let Me Down Easy 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | New Shoes 77 · Shine A Light 44 · Through The Echoes 42 · Candy 1 |
| Radio X | United Kingdom | Jenny Don't Be Hasty 2 · Iron Sky 1 · Candy 1 |