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
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2016
- Active since
- 1992
- Albums
- War Music 2019
- Freedom 2015
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 11 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 5 0,0 per week since Nov 2024 Studio Brussel 2 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 2 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 2 0,0 per week since Dec 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| War Music | 2019 | – | – | – |
| Freedom | 2015 | – | – | – |
| The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts | 1998 | – | – | – |
| Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent | 1996 | – | – | – |
| This Just Might Be… the Truth | 1994 | – | – | – |
How popular is Refused 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2016 | – | D | 95 / 154 | 33 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
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
- ▲Friday, August 2016 · Pukkelpop
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Willy | Belgium | Summerholidays Vs. Punkroutine 1 |
| KEXP | United States | New Noise 5 · Rather Be Dead 1 · The Refused Party Program 1 · Poetry Written in Gasoline 1 |