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
- Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 1980
- Concerts per year
- Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 1,989 times in a collection
- 8,681 on a wishlist
- 19 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Lazy Bones!! 1975 · 194
- Movin-On 1980 · 113
- Kuomboka 1984 · 98
- We Intend To Cause Havoc! 2012 · 344
- Zango 2023 · 779
- Biggest own venue
- Cactus Club, Brugge
- ±400 plaatsen
- 2026 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KEXP 3 0,7 per week FIP Rock 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 256 1,6 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 93 0,9 per week since Nov 2024 Willy 2 0,0 per week since Dec 2024 FIP Rock 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026 NPO 3FM 1 0,0 per week since Nov 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).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Wanda's Fish and Ego Circus | 1995 | – | – | – |
| Strangling Rosa | 1991 | – | – | – |
| Pierre Jose Frankenstein (Extended Album) | 1988 | – | – | – |
| Rock 'n' Roll with a Dead Man | 1985 | – | – | – |
| Journey of the Enchanted One | 1984 | – | – | – |
| Becky Thatcher | 1984 | – | – | – |
| SQUAWK! | 1984 | – | – | – |
| Space Cadaver | 1983 | – | – | – |
| Little Tragedies | 1983 | – | – | – |
| Psychedelic Oyster | 1982 | – | – | – |
| The Bastard Days (Early Songs and Outtakes) | 1982 | – | – | – |
| Something Out of a Nightmare | 1981 | – | – | – |
| Around the World on a Broom | 1980 | – | – | – |
Discogs: 1,989 times in a collection. 8,681 times on a wishlist.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | 15 | B | 22 / 85 | 100 | 13 | 18 | – | Wikipedia, search volume, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | Best Kept Secret 2025 (Festivaldag 2): Gezien en gezien worden | Dansende Beren | 15/06/2025 | 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
- ●03/05/2026 · Cactus Club, Brugge
- ▲Saturday, June 2025 · Best Kept Secret
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FIP Rock | France | Queenless King 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Queenless King 34 · Once In A Lifetime 23 · Nadi 18 · Kamusale 16 · Bang Bang 13 |