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Festival Memories #7

Posted in Sziget 2008, accounts, festival memories, festival stories, final, memories, news, sziget, sziget festival with a total of 2 comments

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!

Sziget 2008 makes profit

Posted in Sziget 2008, final, news, sziget, sziget festival with a total of 1 comment

Posted by Sziget News on August 18th, 2008 - Permalink to this entry

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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?

60-80 consumer protection controllers at Sziget Festival

Posted in Sziget 2008, consumer protection, drugs, news, sziget, sziget festival with a total of 1 comment

Posted by Sziget News on August 12th, 2008 - Permalink to this entry

It has been recently announced that around 60-80 consumer protection officers will work during this year’s Sziget Festival, in order to ensure everything is at an optimal rate. they will focus on food and water quality, as well as the safety of the venue (electric equipment, structures)

The organisers have also announced that police officers will randomly check visitors for drugs upon entrance, using dogs.

Sziget Festival starts tomorrow. Be our reporter!

Posted in Sziget 2008, news, sziget, sziget festival with a total of 2 comments

Posted by Sziget News on August 12th, 2008 - Permalink to this entry

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Tomorrow, Sziget Festival starts with Iron Maiden and Lauren Harris on the Main Stage.

It’s your turn now. Since each one of you is going to the festival to see something different, we think you’re the ones that would cover it best, the ones that have the best Sziget stories.

Szigetnews will wait for your opinions on the festival (as well as pictures), and the most interesting ones will be published on the main page. You can send in your input as a comment, as well as by using the “Contact” section or writing an e-mail on contact (at) szigetnews.com. What are you waiting for?

More than music

Posted in Sziget 2008, culture, links, news, programme, sziget with a total of 1 comment

Posted by Sziget News on August 7th, 2008 - Permalink to this entry

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xpatloop.com features a very interesting article about the many other things you can do at Sziget, (except for going to the many concerts, of course). There’s theatre, literary programmes and many other interesting things to do. Click here to read the article.

Final Sziget Festival 2008 programme

Posted in Sziget 2008, artists, news, programme, schedule, sziget, sziget festival with a total of 1 comment

Posted by Sziget News on August 6th, 2008 - Permalink to this entry

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Only 6 days until Sziget Festival starts. You can get the final official programmation here, so you know exactly what acts you want to see and when.

Justice create clothing line

Posted in Justice, Sziget 2008, artists, clothing line\, confirmed, links, news, sziget festival with a total of 4 comments

Posted by Sziget News on July 31st, 2008 - Permalink to this entry

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The French duo that will play Sziget Festival this year on August 17th, has teamed up with design group Surface2Air to create their personal clothing line, inspired by their own wardrobe. You can already get them at a few retailers (jackets are 790 euros), as well as on Surface2Air’s website

Last name on Main Stage - The Cribs

Posted in Rage Against The Machine, Sziget 2008, The Cribs\, artists, confirmed, line-up, news, sziget festival with a total of 3 comments

Posted by Sziget News on July 20th, 2008 - Permalink to this entry

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Bad news for people hoping for a last minute announcement of Rage Against The Machine playing Sziget’s Main Stage this year. The last band on the Main Stage, playing on August 15, at 16:30, will be The Cribs.

Less than a month until the festival

Posted in Sziget 2008, artists, island, news, sziget festival with a total of 2 comments

Posted by Sziget News on July 16th, 2008 - Permalink to this entry

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Is your backpack ready? Have you bought the tickets? Have you thought about the acts you really want to see? Are these acts overlapping? And if so, which ones and who are you going to choose? How about accommodation? Is staying on the festival grounds in the tent better than living in the city? Szigetnews wants to know what you think about all of this and more!

So feel free to post a comment and tell everybody!

Avantasia: new video blog

Posted in Avantasia, Hammerworld, artists, confirmed, metal, news, video with a total of No comments

Posted by Sziget News on July 7th, 2008 - Permalink to this entry

Amanda Somerville, Epica’s replacement vocalist, has posted a new video blog from the Avantasia world tour, that you can watch below.

Avantasia will rock Sziget on August 13, starting at 21:30 hours, at the Hammerworld Stage.

“Boring” rock festival

Posted in Sziget 2008, news, sziget with a total of 2 comments

Posted by Sziget News on July 2nd, 2008 - Permalink to this entry

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Still no news about the last headliner and if there will actually be one.

Still, we stumbled across an article about Hungarian band Büdösök on The Little Black Egg, that says Sziget is “a giant, boring rock fest stuffed to the gills with bands a good fifteen years past their sell-by date.”. What do you think? Are they right?

Last name on Main Stage?

Posted in Sziget 2008, artists, confirmed, line-up, news, schedule, sziget festival with a total of 26 comments

Posted by Sziget News on June 24th, 2008 - Permalink to this entry

We’ve had a lot of feedback from you about the line-up poll and most of you (51% - 188 votes) thought it could have been better this year. Still, a closer look at the Main Stage schedule on the official site will rise a question mark.

There is nothing programmed on Friday August 15th, in the spot between URH and Sex Pistols. Will there be a new announcement soon? That is the question.

It it very hard to think that the spot will remain empty or that URH will play for three whole hours.

You can continue to vote in the poll, too.


What do you think about this year’s Sziget line-up?

It exceeded my expectations

Very good

Good

Could have been better

Nothing interesting



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