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Posted by Sziget News on April 22nd, 2009 - Permalink to this entry
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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 August 14. (thanks, Required!)

Posted by Sziget News on April 15th, 2009 - Permalink to this entry
As we already suspected, the news that Rise Against won’t be at Sziget this year, after all, is now confirmed by our reader tool. He wrote an e-mail to their management, asking about this and the reply he got was the following:
They are not coming- it ended up not working out! Sorry, we will be coming there on this album though.

On the other hand, our friend Mellowmaniac has a few more line-up ideas for you, based on current tour dates. Let’s hear him:
Long time no rumours…
To heat the Radiohead discussion up:
The guys seem to move closer and closer to the sziget dates. After confirming Leeds and Reading (29.+30.08.) and anouncing two shows in Poland (23.+25.08) they are now strongly rumoured for the FM4 Frequency festival in Austria (20.-22.08.).
Come on guys: just a few more dates and you’ll play Sziget again! 
Lily Allen seems to be a little bit more available as before (offdays: 11., 12.+13.08).
Arctic Monkeys are still “available†on 11., 12.+16.08.
And as a new guess: Glasvegas. They are supporting U2 on the second leg of their tour and are only playing London on the 15th within the Sziget time frame. (and with Snow Patrol we already have another U2 support band in the line up).
Posted by Sziget News on April 3rd, 2009 - Permalink to this entry
Szigetnews reader Kevin had quite an interesting proposal, in order to make the organizers more aware of what the people that go to Sziget every year want. Here’s what he suggested:
Let’s do a little survey. Everyone give 3 names that you want to see at sziget the most (and that are possible at sziget dates). I’ll start. My first name is Metallica, I know that they said that their European tour is over before Sziget but they don’t have any plans for that time so I still have some hope.
My second name is Limp Bizkit- I don’t know why, I just love them! and they are playing in Europe in July.. So maybe.
the third name is Arctic Monkeys. I know them for just a month and I just love them.
Let’s start making some pressure and make sure they know that the current line-up is just not good enough.
What do you guys think? And what are your three names?

Posted by Sziget News on September 2nd, 2008 - Permalink to this entry
Sziget has been over for two weeks now, but your Sziget accounts keep on coming to Szigetnews.com. Keep them coming through the contact section, or via comment.
Here’s the latest we received, from Szigetnews friend Kevin:
 Sziget was good as always, but it was better the last couple of years… Prices
have gone up extremely over the last two years. Line-up was a nice 90ies-feel
line-up, but we’re living 10 years later…
Two friends of mine were robbed. Both were sleepinh in there tents when people
came into their tents to get stuff out! That’s not your own fault!
Don’t know if I’ll go again. Maybe I’ll try the EXIT-festival next
year… But it’s a hard choice to make. Main reason to go to Sziget is the
massive possibilities to chill in tons of places!
Posted by Sziget News on August 18th, 2008 - Permalink to this entry

This year’s Festival is now over, and, according to preliminary data released by the organizers, this year’s edition of Sziget Festival made approximately 421,000 euros in profit. The Festival was attended by a total of 385,000 people this year.
How was it for you? What did you enjoy most? What disappointed you this year?