MTV Live HD will be broadcasting some Sziget Festival 2011 gigs, in case you want to remember the wonderful Sziget mood. Included so far are Sziget Festival performances from White Lies, La Roux, Interpol, as well as Kasabian (pictured). If you are lucky enough to live in a country in which MTV Live HD is [ Read More ]
More interesting schedule news. Mando Diao will play Sziget 2012 on August 12, according to their official site (thanks, mellowmaniac) As always, all of the schedule info is posted in our Sziget 2012 line up page.
UPDATE: Hurts will also play August 8, as stated on their Facebook. (thanks, dragonfly) They will play the Main Stage, as the organizers said in the announcement. A quick piece of information from the official Placebo site. Placebo is set to play Sziget Festival 2012 on August 8. Placebo were officially announced playing Sziget 2012 [ Read More ]
A very interesting hint (thanks for siganlling it, mellowmaniac) on the Sziget Germany Facebook page. It says: Da ist was im Busch, morgen gibt’s Bestätigungen! Which, roughly translated, means that there’s something cooking tomorrow. This means a lineup announcement (probably Placebo, as we told you a few days ago), but could Bush also be a [ Read More ]
Another self-confirmed name: Baltic Balkan have confirmed their presence at Sziget 2012 on their official MySpace page. According to their page, they will be playing the Roma Tent.
UPDATE: this image is on the Placebo official website, so this comes as even more confirmation. After The Stone Roses, announced officially a while ago, it would seem that we’ll officially have the next Sziget 2012 headliner on Monday. And it’s Placebo, a band that last played Sziget in 2009. The band has announced on [ Read More ]
As he does every year, our friend Mellowmaniac has gathered a list of artists touring in the area. It’s always updated on the German Sziget board, bestdayz.net. Some of these artists will certainly play Sziget 2012. Here’s the list, along with festivals they’re playing: Headliner speculations: The Cure (05.-08.07. Roskilde, 07.07. Heineken Jammin, 09.07. Rock [ Read More ]
Romanian band Blue Nipple Boy listed Sziget Festival 2012 as a concert date for 2012, so we’ve asked them about it. Their answer was that even though they’re not yet officially confirmed, they have won the Talent Stage contest at Peninsula 2011 Festival (Felsziget). The first prize was the inclusion in the Sziget 2012 lineup. [ Read More ]
Here’s some great news off the Sziget Italia Facebook page. The first name will be announced tomorrow! A competition is in place, letting people guess who that name is, and it ends at 9:30 tomorrow morning. So we’re guessing the announcement will be made soon after that time! We can’t wait (thanks Mirex and Fab) [ Read More ]
The first lineup announcement for Sziget Festival 2012 could be sooner than we all would have thought. According to the szigetfestival Facebook account, the official Sziget Facebook page for the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, we should expect it soon. Here’s what they’re saying: Did you already know, this [ Read More ]