Archive for June, 2009

A Faith No More surprise…

…and it’s not the song “Surprise, You’re Dead”. Faith No More are offering quite a few interesting set on their live set for this tour. But maybe the most interesting one, that the’ve already offered to people seeing them this summer, is the one you can watch below. If you want to book a hotel  [ Read More ]

808 State live at Sziget 2009

British electronic legends 808 State will play at this year’s Sziget Festival. 808 State are one of the electronic music outfits in Britain with the longest activity – the band has started making music in 1988, taking its name from the legendary Roland TR-808 Drum Machine. 808 State will play Sziget’s Party Arena.

Official Sziget 2009 line-up

The Hungarian Official site lists a line-up that looks like the full one, that you can see here. There may be some minor modifications from this point on, but not much will change probably. What do you guys think about it?

La Troba Kung Fu @ Sziget 2009

La Troba Kung Fu, a very interesting Spanish band, will play Sziget Festival this year, on August 14, according to their MySpace page. You can check out some of their music there, too.

Even more metal: Turisas confirmed for Sziget 2009

Even more good news for metal fans. It seems that the metal announcements were saved for last, let’s hope they keep coming. Turisas, the Finnish Viking Metal Band, an interesting act indeed, are confirmed on their website for this year’s Sziget Festival.They will be at Sziget on Saturday, August 15, according to their official site  [ Read More ]

Satyricon to replace GWAR at Sziget 2009

Finally, some good news for all the metalheads coming to Sziget, after GWAR’s cancellation, that probably sadened quite a few people. The official Hungarian site lists Satyricon, the legendary Norwegian Black Metal band, that will come to raise hell at this year’s Sziget Rock Stage.

IMPORTANT: Sorry to says this, but caboodle.hu seems to have been very wrong writing this and something got “lost in translation”. We just quoted them. We’ll keep this post just because we don’t want to lose your comments. The admin on the Italian Sziget forum also confirmed that this was a mistake by caboodle. (thanks  [ Read More ]

Jose Padilla and Eisregen for Sziget 2009?

The Sziget Last.fm page lists two more interesting names, added to what we already know. It seems that Jose Padilla, the Spanish DJ and ambient music producer (read more about him and his music on his MySpace) will be at Sziget Festival. Some good news (if they confirm) for metalheads, too. The same last.fm page  [ Read More ]

GWAR cancelled for Sziget 2009

After so many rounds of good news, we have to give you a bad one, too. GWAR’s show at this year’s Sziget Festival is cancelled, according to the French Official Facebook site. The band is not mentioned on the official site, either, anymore. Too bad, it would have been a great show. (thanks, Tetert)

Marujah, KLB Trio and Modern Art Orchestra for Day Zero!

Three bands are already self-confirmed on their MySpace pages for Day Zero of this year’s Sziget Festival. We’re talking about two Hungarian acts – Modern Art Orchestra and KLB Trio,  as well as one American act, from Nashville, Tennessee, Marujah, that doesn’t play country music, though. The play quite an interesting mix of Reggae and  [ Read More ]

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