ab4 are a very interesting Romanian / Italian alternative rock band, that have been around for quite a few years. ab4 will play Sziget Festival 2009 on August 14, starting at 18:30 hours, according to their official MySpace page, that you can visit if you want to hear some of their songs. If you want [ Read More ]
Archive for June, 2009
According to culture.hu, The Ting Tings are likely to come to the Sziget Festival to play a show that also includes some of their new material, from their new album, that they will start recording soon in Berlin. We have one or two new ideas but we have not started with the demos yet. Once [ Read More ]
First of all, you can download an official PDF of the full Sziget 2009 programmes here (or should we say the programmes so far). The source is the official French site. Second of all, Szigetnews friend Tijn has sent us quite some interesting news. Dutch site Rock Blog says that the Sziget 2009 Zero Day, [ Read More ]
As our friend Tijn telles us, Hanggai, a Chinese band that plays Mongolian folk music, have just confirmed themselves for Sziget Festival 2009 on their official website. They will most certainly play the World Music Main Stage. They will play Sziget on August 16.
This year’s Sziget Festival will, of course, have a Blues Stage, that will feature mostly Hungarian acts, but also Karen Carroll & The Mississippi Grave Diggers. You’ll also get the chance to see a Zappa and a Doors tribute band, both Hungarian. The full schedule of the blues stage for this year’s Sziget festival has [ Read More ]
If you are one of those people that go to Sziget Festival, among other things, to check out the great gypsy acts at the Roma Tent, you will surely appreciate Parno Graszt, a fantastic Hungarian Gypsy music act that have been around for the last 20 years. They have an album in the works, that [ Read More ]
Maybe they’re not such a well-known name, but this girl band seems to have atitude. Founded by four girls sharing a passion for music, Swedish girl band Kackten E Sait are set, according to their MySpace, to “change the world”. We don’t know if they’ll succeed, but they will play Sziget on August 13, according [ Read More ]
Two more new acts are confirmed for Sziget Festival 2009. The first one is DePedro, the artist name of Spanish guitarist Jairo Zavala. DePedro will be at Sziget Festival 2009 as a special guest of Calexico, as stated on his MySpace. The second name is Hungarian band Esclin Syndo, an interesting mix of intense guitars, [ Read More ]