Here’s a video of Iron Maiden rocking Sziget Festival last night.



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Band names keep on coming as the date of the festival quickly approaches. Until now, metal fans have all the reasons to be happy. After Iron Maiden, Exodus and Meshuggah, two more bands will be at this year’s festival. We’re talking about gothic-doom metallers Lacrimas Profundere, as well as hardcore legends Pro-Pain.

After a few days without any news, a torrent of headliners for Sziget 2008 was announced today. The list starts with punk legends Sex Pistols, and continues with Kaiser Chiefs, Lauren Harris (daughter of Steve Harris, bassist of Iron Maiden, also headlining the festival) and  Roisin Murphy (formelrly of Moloko). More details to follow soon.

It appears Lauren Harris will open for Iron Maiden, on the 12th of August.

While we wait for more news on this year’s line-up, check out this video of what Iron Maiden can do live and what everyone that comes to Budapest for the Sziget Festival will experience on the 12th of August…

This is a fake flyer for the festival that’s going around the Internet… How do we know it’s a fake? First, the dates are wrong and second, why would the organizers not mention R.E.M.? Still, it would be nice to have all these artists on the island this year…

After Iron Maiden was confirmed to headline this year’s 0-day of the Sziget Festival, R.E.M. is the second large act to honour this year’s Budapest music gathering. As mentioned on their website, remhq.com, R.E.M. will play at Sziget on the 16th of August. Apart from Germans  Die Ärzte, the other known acts until now are Kocani Orkestar, N&SK, and Les Touffes Krétiennes.

Szigetnews.com will keep up with the latest news and rumors about the Sziget Festival, that will take place between the 12th and the 18th of August 2008, on the Obudai Island, in Budapest, Hungary. We’ll do this until day 0, when we’ll be in the front row at the Iron Maiden concert. We’ll also be blogging live from the festival, so make sure you come back soon.