Archive for April, 2009

Miss Platnum confirmed for Sziget 2009

Another name was just confirmed on the official Facebook site – Miss Platnum, along with the other import names that were confirmed yesterday and that we wrote about here and here. If you want to book a hotel for your Sziget stay, click here.

Lily Allen confirmed for Sziget 2009

Just when we thought “announcement day” was over, another important name has popped up on the official Sziget Facebook page. Lily Allen will be at this year’s Sziget Festival according to the new poster on the Facebook site, that you can check out below.(thanks, tool!) If you want to take a look at the other  [ Read More ]

…at least that’s what Hungarian music site Zene.hu says in the article (Hungarian) they published today. Faith No More are listed for the Main Stage, and so are Manic Street Preachers. The article also includes some other new names. One of these is Maximo Park, that our friend Mellowmaniac predicted a while ago. Then, there’s  [ Read More ]

Vieux Farka Toure and Zamballarana at Sziget 2009

The Sziget last.Fm page lists two more interesting acts for this year’s Sziget Festival. Vieux Farka Toure, a Malian guitarist/singer/songwriter, as well as French act Zamballarana (that confirms  Sziget Festival on their official MySpace for August 14), will be at Sziget festival 2009.

This Will Destroy You at Sziget 2009?

Szigetnews friend feef. has sent us some very interesting news. He says that he talked to This Will Destroy You and that they told him that they will play at this year’s Sziget Festival. They’re quite an interesting band. Wikipedia says they play instrumental post-rock, we really don’t know if they can be categorized. Anyway,  [ Read More ]

Tricky, Crystal Method & more at Sziget 2009

It seems like today is one of those days in which announcements keep on coming. And we couldn’t be happier. The official Sziget Facebook site lists a whole bunch of new names. And there are quite a few interesting ones, that will certainly make you happy, as there is something to every taste. Here we  [ Read More ]

Travis at Sziget Festival 2009

The poster on the Sziget Last.fm page lists a new addition to the headliners list for this year’s Sziget Festival. We are talking about Travis. Still, there isn’t any other confirmation for this yet. You can see the poster below.

Brujeria at Sziget Festival 2009!

Tonight we have some more good news for all you metalheads coming to Sziget Festival 2009. A few days we announced GWAR, now we’re telling you about legendary masked metal band Brujeria, that will play Sziget Festival 2009 on August 14th. The news is confirmed on their management website. Brujeria will play Sziget Festival on  [ Read More ]

GWAR at Sziget Festival 2009

GWAR’s management, Issachar Entertainment lists the summer festivals dates for GWAR this year on their website, and Sziget Festival is mentioned. They even give a date – August 13. Looks like there’s going to be some serious action on the island, with GWAR there…

The French Sziget site and their Facebook lists another interesting act listed to play Sziget Festival this year – Lord Sassafras. He will play the Roma Tent and is an emblematic character that plays a mix of world music, rock and ethno-techno influences, that he calls “Global Style”. More details on his MySpace. UPDATE: also  [ Read More ]

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