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The Hickey Underworld
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The Hickey Underworld

SpotifyDeezerWikipediaLast.fmsetlist.fm
Popularity today
17
Belgium 22 · the Netherlands 11 · Worldwide 11 · on a scale of 100
Score back then at Pukkelpop 2023
17
Belgium 18 · Netherlands 16 · Worldwide 13 · level C

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: 14 points (D), 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 festival
Figures
Spotify listeners
8.200
Deezer 2.755 · streams per day –
Last.fm listeners
32.029
rank 4855 in Belgium
Instagram followers
–
Not available yet
Search volume per month
850
Belgium 850 · the Netherlands 80 · Worldwide 1.030
Wikipedia, 12 months
4.702
EN 1.475 · NL 2.920 · FR 307

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Career

Line-ups
Pukkelpop 2023
Active since
2005
Albums
  • Cold Sun 2026
  • III 2015
  • I'm Under the House, I'm Dying 2012
Concerts per year
  • 2026 12
  • 2025 2
  • 2023 9
  • 2022 0
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.

Stature

De Tijdloze 2023
  • 1 nummer, hoogste #2006 (Future Words)
  • in the list since 2021, 3 years
  • per song
Discogs
  • 560 times in a collection
  • 68 on a wishlist
  • 4 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection
  • The Hickey Underworld 2009 · 254
  • I'm Under The House, I'm Dying 2012 · 176
  • The Frog 2012 · 0
  • Ill 2015 · 130
op Discogs
Data provided by Discogs.
Biggest own venue
  • De Kreun, Kortrijk
  • ±500 plaatsen
  • 2026 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.

Today

Radio
Last 30 days
Willy51,2 per week
Studio Brussel10,2 per week
Since we track the station
Willy2983,0 per weeksince Dec 2024
Studio Brussel340,2 per weeksince Nov 2023
KINK10,0 per weeksince Nov 2023
all stations
Home act
90% of worldwide search volume comes from Belgium and the Netherlands (typically a few percent)

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 list2023HighestLowest
Future Words20093 (2021–2023)#2006#1721 (2021)#2006 (2023)

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.

AlbumYearBelgian album chartDutch album chartGold/platinumDiscogs collections
Cold Sun2026––––
III2015#28 (13 wk)–––
I'm Under the House, I'm Dying2012#8 (11 wk)––176
The Hickey Underworld2009#3 (23 wk)––254

Discogs: 560 times in a collection. 68 times on a wishlist.

How popular is The Hickey Underworld compared with other countries?

Belgium×98850 per month
Netherlands×5,280 per month
Denmark×1,35 per month
Poland×1,09 per month
Spain×0,710 per month
Zweden×0,53 per month
Italy×0,57 per month
France×0,512 per month
Germany×0,310 per month
United Kingdom×0,210 per month

Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.

Best-known songs (Deezer)

Blonde Fire
The Hickey Underworld
op Deezer
Future Words
The Hickey Underworld
op Deezer
Flamencorpse
The Hickey Underworld
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
Pukkelpop 202317C36 / 13618181613Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature

Reviews and reports

Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.

EditionTitelBronDateSoort
Pukkelpop 2023Pukkelpop 2023 (Festivaldag 1): Van rustig inbollen geen sprakeDansende Beren18/08/2023dagverslag

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

113 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
Studio BrusselBelgiumFuture Words 12 · Blonde Fire 3 · Constant Wave On A Rock 3 · Euromancer 2
WillyBelgiumCapt Fragile 75 · Future Words 59 · Blonde Fire 57 · Constant Wave On A Rock 34 · Euromancer 33
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