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 ›
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Rock Werchter 2017, Best Kept Secret 2018, Rock Werchter 2024, Best Kept Secret 2024
- Active since
- 1989
- Albums
- everything is alive 2023
- Slowdive 2017
- Hide Yer Eyes 2011
- Concerts per year
- 2026 14
- 2025 38
- 2024 93
- 2023 44
- 2018 59
- 2017 86
- 2016 6
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 23,616 times in a collection
- 19,020 on a wishlist
- 21 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Slowdive 1990 · 1.805
- Just For A Day 1991 · 2.102
- Original Album Classics 2012 · 2.372
- Slowdive 2016 · 2.982
- Everything Is Alive 2023 · 5.931
- Biggest own venue
- Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus, 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
BBC Radio 6 Music 5 1,2 per week KEXP 3 0,7 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 235 1,5 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 58 0,6 per week since Nov 2024 Studio Brussel 35 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 6 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 5 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 4 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 3 0,0 per week since Dec 2024 - Similar to
- my bloody valentine, Ride, Beach House, Mazzy Star, she's green, DIIV
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| everything is alive | 2023 | #9 (6 wk) | #4 (1 wk) | – | 5.931 |
| Slowdive | 2017 | #29 (11 wk) | #38 (2 wk) | – | 2.982 |
| Hide Yer Eyes | 2011 | – | – | – | – |
| Pygmalion | 1995 | – | – | – | – |
| Souvlaki | 1993 | – | #79 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Just for a Day | 1991 | – | – | – | 2.102 |
Discogs: 23,616 times in a collection. 19,020 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Slowdive 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 2017 | 11 | D | 50 / 65 | 31 | 10 | 12 | 12 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2018 | 15 | B | 19 / 55 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 16 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2024 | 20 | C | 44 / 94 | 32 | 19 | 20 | 25 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2024 | 20 | B | 12 / 94 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 24 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2024 | Kijk terug: Slowdive op Rock Werchter 2024 | Festileaks | 03/09/2024 | about this act |
| Rock Werchter 2024 | Rock Werchter 2024 (Festivaldag 1): Zonneslag bij heldere hemel | Dansende Beren | 05/07/2024 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2024 | Best Kept Secret 2024 (Festivaldag 2): Bergopwaarts | Dansende Beren | 09/06/2024 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2018 | Best Kept Secret 2018: Festivaldag 2 | Dansende Beren | 10/06/2018 | 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
- ●08/04/2025 · De Roma, Borgerhout
- ●31/03/2025 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ●30/03/2025 · Grote Zaal, Eindhoven
- ▲Thursday, July 2024 · Rock Werchter
- ▲Saturday, June 2024 · Best Kept Secret
- ●27/05/2024 · Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus, Brussels
20 earlier dates
- ●16/01/2024 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●15/07/2018 · Minnewaterpark, Bruges
- ▲Saturday, June 2018 · Best Kept Secret
- ●07/10/2017 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●06/10/2017 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ▲Friday, July 2017 · Rock Werchter
- ●31/03/2017 · Grote Zaal, The Hague
- ●18/07/2015 · Olmenhof, Herk-de-Stad
- ●14/08/2014 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●24/04/1994 · Casemates, Mons
- ●22/04/1994 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●13/10/1993 · Effenaar, Eindhoven
- ●10/10/1993 · Vooruit, Ghent
- ●23/02/1992 · Paard van Troje, The Hague
- ●22/02/1992 · Gigant, Apeldoorn
- ●21/02/1992 · Effenaar, Eindhoven
- ●20/02/1992 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●19/02/1992 · Nighttown Café Theater, Rotterdam
- ●11/12/1991 · Gemeenschapscentrum De Vaartkapoen, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek / Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
- ●04/12/1991 · Melkweg, Amsterdam
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Alison 3 · When The Sun Hits 2 · Alife 2 · Sugar For The Pill 1 · The Slab 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Alison 1 · Kisses 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Star Roving 23 · When the Sun Hits 12 · shanty 9 · Souvlaki Space Station 6 · Alison 5 |