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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.

Here’s a nice video preview of this year’s festival, that you will most certainly enjoy.

“The Finnish prophets of fictional world music”, as they call themselves, will play Sziget Festival this year. Their performance will take place on August 14th, as mentioned on their website.

More good news for metal fans. British Death Metal legends Carcass will play this year’s Sziget Festival. Carcass will play the Hammerworld Stage, on August 17th, starting at 21:00 hours.

More new and important names for this year’s Sziget. The Presidents of the USA and The Kooks are confirmed for this year’s festival. The Presidents of the USA will play the Main Stage on August 14th, while The Kooks are set to play on August 13th.

The latest important name to be added to this year’s line-up are The Killers. The Killers have been a Sziget headliner last year, too. The Killers will play Sziget on August 17th, at the Main Stage.

Good news for all of you coming to Sziget to see Pendulum. According to their MySpace page, Pendulum will play Sziget on August 17th, starting at 20:00 hours.