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Posted by Sziget News on April 21st, 2010 - Permalink to this entry
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Radio Barkas, the smallest radio station of the Netherlands, will be at Sziget Festival 2010.
The small truck that spreads music will be at Sziget Festival 2010 throughout the festival, according to its official website. (thanks, TvdF)

Posted by Sziget News on April 16th, 2010 - Permalink to this entry
No new acts this time, just a date that also goes into our lineup page.
Kamelot will play Sziget Festival 2010 on August 14 according to their official website. Most certainly at the Rock Stage.

Posted by Sziget News on April 8th, 2010 - Permalink to this entry
As we told you earlier today, there is a very big chance that the Blink 182 at Sziget 2010 rumor won’t confirm. Some people on the site sounded quite happy about this. So we thought about having a poll here on Sziget News and see what the general opinion is, just for fun.
Comments are most welcome, as they always are.

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Posted by Sziget News on April 6th, 2010 - Permalink to this entry
Another interesting name for this year’s Sziget Festival, that we know about from our friend Mellowmaniac.
Easy Star All-Stars, a very interesting New York-based reggae band, is set to play Sziget Festival 2010, according to their agency’s website and MySpace page.
Easy Star All-Stars usually do cover albums in a reggae / dub style. Their Pink Floyd cover album is probably their most famous work to date.
According to their agency, they will play Sziget Festival 2010 on August 11.

Posted by Sziget News on April 3rd, 2010 - Permalink to this entry
Another band has confirmed its presence in the Sziget Festival 2010 lineup.
We’re talking about German band The Picturebooks, that have confirmed their presence at this year’s Sziget on their official MySpace page.
(thanks, Mellowmaniac)

Posted by Sziget News on March 31st, 2010 - Permalink to this entry
Another act has self-confirmed its presence at Sziget Festival 2010. The Young Punx are an English electronic dance music act whose style “encompasses french house, breakbeat and drum and bass, mashed up with elements as diverse as 1980s pop music, hard rock, disco and glam rock”.
The band has existed since 2003 and virtuoso guitarist Guthrie Govan, as well as Massive Attack vocalist Yolanda Quertey work with them on a constant basis. They’ve also collaborated with Dizzee Rascal on his album Tongue N Cheek.
The Young Punx are self-confirmed for this year’s Sziget Festival on their MySpace page. They’re set to play at Sziget on August 12. (thanks, Mellowmaniac!)

Posted by Sziget News on March 30th, 2010 - Permalink to this entry
The official Hungarian Sziget site confirms a whole number of new acts (most of them for the World Music Main Stage, we presume). Sziget News already told you about some of them.
Here they are (thanks, chudo_pahan):
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Amparo Sanchez
Cankisou
Csík zenekar és vendégei
Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird
Dirtmusic & Tamikrest
Jaune Toujours
Kries
Los De Abajo
Mahala Rai Banda
Oi-Va-Voi
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club & Omara Portuondo
Parno Graszt
Rotfront
Rupa & the April Fishes
Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar
Söndörgo + Ferus Mustafov
Tony Allen
Where there’s a link, you will be taken to the relevant post on Sziget News.
Of course, the whole lineup so far can be found in our constantly updated lineup page.
Posted by Sziget News on March 30th, 2010 - Permalink to this entry
After having to cancel last year’s appearance due to their guitarist’s motorcycle accident, Belgian band Vive LA Fete will make it up to Sziget fans.
They will play Sziget Festival 2010, according to the Vive La Fete MySpace page.
Vive La Fete are set to play Sziget Festival 2010 on August 13. (our thanks go to Mellowmaniac)

Posted by Sziget News on March 28th, 2010 - Permalink to this entry
Here’s a good Sunday news for all of you – another self-confirmed name. Rupa & The April Fishes are self-confirmed on their official MySpace page to play Sziget Festival 2010. (our thanks got chudo_pahan)
Check out the songs they have on their MySpace, if you don’t know this San Francisco-based act. They are quite interesting.
Rupa & The April Fishes are set to play Sziget Festival 2010 on August 14.

Posted by Sziget News on March 23rd, 2010 - Permalink to this entry
(this post is updated constantly)
The first official line-up announcement has just been posted on the official Hungarian website.
The first two very important names are ones that we all suspected – Muse and Iron Maiden!!!


Next come more important names: Kasabian, Billy Talent, The Specials and Gorrillaz Sound System.
Happy hardcore band Enter Shikari and Infected Mushroom (that Sziget News found out about some time ago) will also be there.
Then, Faithless, Danko Jones, the Hives and The Toy Dolls and Bad Religion (both of the last two names were announced here).
Also at Sziget will be Ska-P, that have been at Sziget before, and Gentleman.
Metal fans will be very happy to hear that Paradise Lost, that we told you about, will be joined in the Sziget lineup by The 69 Eyes and Ill Niño. And for the more extreme ones of you guys, Children of Bodom will be at Sziget Festival 2010!
Also on the metal front, Monster Magnet will be there, as well as GWAR, that Sziget News found out about a while ago!
In the same area, Papa Roach are also mentioned on the “Programs” page.
The fabulous lineup is completed with The Cribs, Subsonica and K.I.Z.
We also forgot to mention Lyapis Trubetskoy
Hope you are all as excited as we are! (FIDutchman, you’ve been a great help!)
Later edit: the Dutch Sziget official site also mentions Skindred for the WAN2 stage. (our thanks go to dinges)