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Here’s an update on the earlier Rise Against rumor. We tried to confirm this with their staff, and we got an answer a few minutes ago from Missy Worth, at their management.

This is what it said:

We will not be playing- we won’t be in Europe in august

Sorry to give you this news, but the information on the last.fm page is inaccurate.

We also got some good news from the Rise Against management – the band will play in Budapest in June.

As you may remember, Rise Against were set to play at last year’s Sziget Festival, but it didn’t work out after all. As it seems, an appearance by the band is possible in this year’s Sziget Festival line-up, as their name has shown up on the Sziget last.fm page. We’re trying to find out more about this and will keep you posted on what we discover.

The Sziget 2010 last.fm page confirms another very interesting and important act for this year’s Sziget Festival – Asian Dub Foundation! This is not confirmed  somewhere else yet. If you know more, please tell us (thanks, BT2303)

Our reader kocheba says that two bands from Belarus are also set to play Sziget 2010 – The Toobes and Serebryanaja Svad`ba.

Very good news today! Infected Mushroom have confirmed their presence at this year’s Sziget Festival.

Infected Mushroom will play Sziget Festival 2010 on August 14, according to their official website.

Thanks to our reader chudo_pahan for the tip.

Finally, we have the first confirmed bands for this year’s Sziget Festival. These bands have already confirmed their presence via their official sites or MySpace pages and, although they’re not very big names, it’s still good to know about them.

Here we go, then:

• Eslam is the first name and the way he describes himself is quite interesting:
  

  An ex Lebanese Mafia affiliate turned overweight entertainer, after an 8 Million Dollar sale of a stolen Mammoth tusk from a Siberian excavation went wrong… Born to Syrian and Lebanese parents, Eslam Jawaad (real name ‘Wissam Khodur’) left his mafia past in Lebanon and came to London in October 2003 where he quickly caught on to the vibrant music scene of the bustlin’ city. He found his way into the underground music scene, linking with British acts UK Apache, Visionary Underground, Fun-Da-Mental and Asian Dub Foundation.

His music is old-school hip-hop and he has worked with Damon Albarn’s The Good, The Bad and The Queen. Check Eslam out right here. Eslam will be playing the Main Stage.

• Blues Trappers are next – they’re a Hungarian blues band, that wants to bow before the Blues Brothers. The date is confirmed on their official site.
• Kaido Kirikmäe is an electronic music act from Estonia. According to his MySpace page, he mostly creates electronic yet organic music with experimental beats that is mainly built on loop structures. His presence is confirmed on his MySpace page.

Finally, we can tell you that the wishlist for the artists you guys would like to see at Sziget 2010 has started on the official Sziget site. Only the Hungarian site has it so far, but you can use it very easily.The Sziget 2010 wishlist can be accessed here.

Now, get on it and get your favourite artists to Sziget this year!

And while you’re at it, you can also tell us who you want to see at Sziget this year and check out the discussion on our official Facebook page.

The Surface Unsigned festival could give you this chance. The festival, aimed at unsigned bands, will tour the UK, giving artists from cities such as Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, London, Brighton and Portsmouth the chance to win.

The grand prize is £5,000 in cash, a slot at the 2011 Sziget Festival, a digital distribution contract with Zimbalam Digital and various other incentives.

If you’re from the UK and you’re interested, you only have until January 31 to sign-up, on the official Surface Unsigned website.

We decided to go away from the party for a few moments and wish you a very happy 2010, with everything you want and, of course, a very exciting Sziget Festival.

Lots of new things happening here these days, as you can all see (we’re planning on keeping them coming). Apart from announcing a very possible performance by Blink 182 this year, Sziget News can also be accesed now by simply typing sziget2010.com in your web browser. We thought that would make things easier for you guys.

We also have a Twitter account – we invite you to join us so you can keep up with everything Sziget News – related. It’s twitter.com/szigetnews.

Even more, you can become a Sziget News fan on Facebook, too. This is the Sziget News Facebook page – facebook.com/szigetnews. Join us and become a fan!

That’s it for 2009. Have a great 2010!

Blink 182 have reunited and have already announced the fact that they will play some large European festivals in the summer of 2010.Among them will be Sziget 2010!

Mark Hoppus said:

“Yes indeed!! I have been asked to announce that blink-182 are once again heading back over “the pond” for a few weeks of touring in Europe during the summer of 2010. Exact dates and schedules are going to be released over the next couple of months by the promoters, as well as on blink182.com and our other affiliated sites. We’re very excited to get back on the road overseas this next year. See you at the shows!!”

Supjustin.com says that a few of the dates of these European festivals have already leaked.

Here they are:

August 11-16 – HUN – Sziget Fesztivál

August 19-21 – BEL – Pukkelpop

August 20-22 – NET – Lowlands

August 20-22 – GER – Area4 Festival

August 20-22 – GER – Highfield Festival

August 27-29 – UK – Leeds Festival

August 27-29 – UK – Reading Festival

As you can see, Sziget 2010 is among these dates and we finally can tell you about the first (very possible) headliner, right before the New Year. It’s Blink 182.

Starting now, you can also follow Szigetnews on Twitter – twitter.com/szigetnews is our new Twitter page.

Last week we told you the ticket prices for this year’s Sziget Festival, today we’re telling you that Sziget 2010 ticket sales have already started on at szigetfest.co.uk, szigetfest.com and szigetfestival.nl . (thanks, Martijn)

Hurry to get yours!