The Waterboys
Points show how well known and in demand an act is today in Belgium and the Netherlands, based on public figures such as listeners and hits. They say nothing about the quality of a show. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
Chances for 2027
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Active since
- 1986
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 2 nummers, hoogste #369 (The Whole of the Moon)
- in the list since 2019, 7 years
- per song
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KINK 12 2,8 per week VRT Radio 1 2 0,5 per week FIP Rock 2 0,5 per week Since we track the stationKINK 357 2,3 per week since Nov 2023 KEXP 72 0,5 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 38 0,4 per week since Nov 2024 NPO 3FM 6 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026 FIP Rock 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whole of the Moon | 1985 | 7 (2019–2025) | #369 | #311 (2024) | #494 (2023) |
| Fisherman's Blues | 1988 | 5 (2021–2025) | #1342 | #1342 (2025) | #1868 (2023) |
Records
Albums in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) and with gold or platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Rain - The Lost Fisherman's Blues Recordings | 2026 | #90 (1 wk) | – | – |
| 1985 | 2024 | #164 (2 wk) | – | – |
| All Souls Hill | 2022 | #168 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Good Luck, Seeker | 2020 | #120 (1 wk) | #53 (1 wk) | – |
| Where The Action Is | 2019 | #146 (2 wk) | – | – |
| Out Of All This Blue | 2017 | #27 (7 wk) | – | – |
| Modern Blues | 2015 | #18 (13 wk) | #18 (4 wk) | – |
| Fisherman's Box | 2013 | – | #92 (1 wk) | – |
| Book Of Lightning | 2007 | – | #73 (2 wk) | – |
| Dream Harder | 1993 | – | #54 (11 wk) | – |
| The Best Of The Waterboys '81-'90 | 1991 | – | #69 (5 wk) | – |
| Room To Roam | 1990 | – | #69 (5 wk) | – |
| Fisherman's Blues | 1988 | – | #60 (3 wk) | – |
| This Is The Sea | 1985 | – | #4 (29 wk) | – |
How popular is The Waterboys compared with other countries?
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.
| Date | Stad | Country | Zaal of festival | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/12/2026 | Port Chester | United States | The Capitol Theatre | 12th JH Friends: Fishermans Blues Revue -The Waterboys ft. Steve Earle |
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.
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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.
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 | A Girl Called Johnny 3 · The Whole of the Moon 1 · Girl Called Johnny 1 · Whole of the Moon 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | A Girl Called Johnny 1 · A Man Is In Love 1 |
| FIP Rock | France | The Whole of the Moon 1 · Fisherman's Blues 1 |
| KEXP | United States | This Is the Sea 12 · The Whole of the Moon 10 · Fisherman's Blues 4 · We Will Not Be Lovers 1 · Medicine Bow 1 |