There’s still no news about who the last act playing on the Main Stage on August 15th will be and whether there will be one.

Until we find out exactly who that will be, you can watch a video of a very interesting band playing Sziget Festival this year, Kultur Shock. The band will play Sziget on August 13th, at the A38 Stage, starting at 23:00 hours.

What about you? Who would you like as the last name on the Main Stage?

For all of you metalheads going to Sziget this year to see Meshuggah, here’s some live footage of the band playing at Hellfest, three days ago.

We’ve had a lot of feedback from you about the line-up poll and most of you (51% - 188 votes) thought it could have been better this year. Still, a closer look at the Main Stage schedule on the official site will rise a question mark.

There is nothing programmed on Friday August 15th, in the spot between URH and Sex Pistols. Will there be a new announcement soon? That is the question.

It it very hard to think that the spot will remain empty or that URH will play for three whole hours.

You can continue to vote in the poll, too.

Here’s a video of the Sex Pistols from the Isle of Wight Festival, just a few days ago. This way you can get prepared for them…

The Sex Pistols will play Sziget on August 15th.

 

We’ve had the poll on the site for a few days now, and 330 visitors voted. The results were a bit surprising. Out of 330 votes, 163 visitors (49%) thought this year’s Sziget line-up could have been better, while 18% (60 voters) think it’s good and 16% (52 voters) think it’s very good. On the other hand, 38 visitors (12%) found nothing interesting in the line-up. Only 5% of the voters (17 visitors) say that the line-up exceeded their expectations. This is why we’re asking you what it is you think it’s missing.

Which act would have been a good addition to this year’s Sziget Festival?

Was last year’s Sziget line-up better than this year’s? Feel free to comment on the subject.

 

“There are none of the niceties of contemporary festivals. It feels lawless”. That’s what  Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos  says about Sziget in an interesting Guardian article about Europe’s summer Festivals. The same article says that the festival, a week-long party on an island on the Danube is known as one of the wildest in Europe.

The line-up for the A38 Stage, the one featuring Eastern European acts, has been posted here. There are quite a few interesting names, including Romanian band Kumm and Modeselektor. Check out their MySpace pages for videos and music.

Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky has vetoed the Budapest Assembly cityscape comitee’s decision made last month to allow the Sziget Festival to use public areas free of charge for three years, according to caboodle.hu. Committee chairman Attila Ughy has said that the agreement was signed with the festival, and the city could be sued if anyone attempts to break it.

Still, the mayor’s decision does not affect this year’s event.
Ughy also said that the Mayor’s letter did not clearly state whether Demszky objected to the three-year permit or whether his decision also extended to the upcoming Sziget festival.
The Mayor’s office answered that Demszky did not object to the Festival using public areas this year, but the decision to allow it to use them in the next two years under the same conditions. The city would like to receive services in exchange for the free permit to use public areas, valued at 10,6 million Euros. These services would include rehabilitation of green areas used by the festival, improved hygiene at the event, development of parking lots and a larger contribution to tourism marketing. As the event’s biggest backer, the Budapest government would like to be able to set conditions like all other sponsors.

Since the line-up is final (maybe there will be minor modifications, but nothing important), Szigetnews would like to know what you think about it. So please use the poll below to tell everyone what you think about it.

Another interesting name for this year’s festival are electronic synthpop band MGMT. MGMT will play Sziget on August 13th, on the Main Stage.

The line-up for this year’s Sziget Festival has been finalised. The full programme of this year’s festival can be found here.

According to the Budapest Times, the director of Sziget Festival’s organising firm has said that a record number of foreign visitors is expected on the island this year. Their estimated number will be around 40,000.