The Gaslight Anthem
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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Career
- Line-ups
- Rock Werchter 2024
- Active since
- 2006
- Albums
- History Books 2023
- Get Hurt 2014
- Handwritten 2012
- American Slang 2010
- Concerts per year
- 2026 0
- 2025 50
- 2024 67
- 2023 45
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2023
- 1 nummer, hoogste #1708 (The '59 Sound)
- in the list since 2021, 3 years
- per song
- Discogs
- 15,944 times in a collection
- 3,114 on a wishlist
- 27 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- The '59 Sound 2008 · 3.165
- American Slang 2010 · 2.438
- Hold You Up 2012 · 1.841
- "Forty-Five" / You Got Lucky 2012 · 1.820
- History Books 2023 · 786
- Biggest own venue
- Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ±2.000 plaatsen
- 2024 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KINK 14 3,3 per week RADIO BOB! 8 1,9 per week egoFM 6 1,4 per week Kerrang! Radio 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKINK 702 4,5 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 15 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 RADIO BOB! 8 1,6 per week since Oct 2026 NPO 3FM 7 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 7 0,1 per week since Dec 2024 egoFM 6 1,2 per week since Oct 2026 BBC Radio 1 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,0 per week since Oct 2024 - Similar to
- The Menzingers, Hot Water Music, The Bouncing Souls, Alkaline Trio, The Flatliners, Social Distortion
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 | 2023 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The '59 Sound | 2009 | 3 (2021–2023) | #1708 | #1523 (2022) | #1911 (2021) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Books | 2023 | #148 (1 wk) | – | – | 786 |
| Get Hurt | 2014 | #26 (10 wk) | #19 (3 wk) | – | – |
| Handwritten | 2012 | #16 (15 wk) | #3 (7 wk) | – | – |
| American Slang | 2010 | #54 (5 wk) | #44 (8 wk) | – | 2.438 |
| The ’59 Sound | 2008 | – | – | – | 3.165 |
| Sink or Swim | 2007 | – | – | – | – |
Discogs: 15,944 times in a collection. 3,114 times on a wishlist.
How popular is The Gaslight Anthem 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2024 | 25 | C | 36 / 94 | 39 | 23 | 26 | 30 | 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 1): Zonneslag bij heldere hemel | Dansende Beren | 05/07/2024 | 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
- ▲Thursday, July 2024 · Rock Werchter
- ●16/03/2024 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ●14/03/2024 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●26/08/2015 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ●21/08/2015 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●15/11/2014 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
15 earlier dates
- ●03/11/2014 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●31/03/2013 · Manegeclub De Molenheide, Schijndel
- ●23/10/2012 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●21/10/2012 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●16/08/2012 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●14/11/2010 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●01/07/2010 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●10/06/2009 · Doornroosje, Nijmegen
- ●09/06/2009 · Grote Zaal, Eindhoven
- ●01/03/2009 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●28/02/2009 · Vera, Groningen
- ●27/02/2009 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●26/02/2009 · Desmet Studio's, Amsterdam
- ●28/06/2008 · Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam
- ●07/09/2007 · Lintfabriek, Kontich
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 | The '59 Sound 5 · “45” 5 · Old White Lincoln 3 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Blue Jeans & White T-shirts 2 · Here's Lookin At You, Kid 1 · The '59 Sound 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | The '59 Sound 4 · History Books 1 |
| Kerrang! Radio | United Kingdom | The '59 Sound 1 |
| RADIO BOB! | Germany | American Slang 2 · The '59 Sound 2 · Handwritten 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Halloween 2 · The '59 Sound 1 |