(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 [ Read More ]
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Two more acts are now self-confirmed for this year’s Sziget Festival on their official MySpace pages (thanks a lot, Mellowmaniac & Gaborka78). First of all, there’s Cankisou, a Czech band (from Brno), that are set to play the Sziget Festival 2010 World Music Stage on August 11, according to their official MySpace. The date is [ Read More ]
Yes, that’s right, another important act has confirmed its presence at this year’s Sziget Festival. The band that has confirmed its presence in Sziget 2010′s lineup is GWAR. Oderus Urungus’ men were supposed to be at Sziget Festival 2009, this didn’t happen, but they will be here this year. GWAR is known to be a [ Read More ]
AND ANOTHER UPDATE: the Paradise Lost official site also confirms this, so it’s 100% sure. UPDATE: the news is also on Paradise Lost’s official Facebook page. An important name is self-confirmed to be at this year’s Sziget Festival. Paradise Lost have just confirmed themselves on their official MySpace page for this year’s Sziget Festival. According [ Read More ]
Disco Ensemble, the Finnish punk sensation that will play Sziget Festival 2009′s Main Stage on August 16, have just released a video for their song “Back on the MF Street”, off the newly released EP of the same name. You can watch the video below. The band are in full form as they embarked on [ Read More ]
First of all, you can download an official PDF of the full Sziget 2009 programmes here (or should we say the programmes so far). The source is the official French site. Second of all, Szigetnews friend Tijn has sent us quite some interesting news. Dutch site Rock Blog says that the Sziget 2009 Zero Day, [ Read More ]
Two more new acts are confirmed for Sziget Festival 2009. The first one is DePedro, the artist name of Spanish guitarist Jairo Zavala. DePedro will be at Sziget Festival 2009 as a special guest of Calexico, as stated on his MySpace. The second name is Hungarian band Esclin Syndo, an interesting mix of intense guitars, [ Read More ]
According to the Official French Facebook Sziget site, a new act has been confirmed for this year’s Sziget Festival. French ska and reggae group Babylon Circus are confirmed to play at the WAN2 stage of this year’s festival on August 15.
More good news for all you metal fans travelling to Sziget Festival 2009! Swedish industrial goth metal band Deathstars will play Sziget Festival 2009 on August 14. (thanks go to from Hungary and Tibor). This good news is confirmed on the official Deathstars website. Szigetnews friend Tibor also tells us that you will also be [ Read More ]
A new article on the official Hungarian page, that lists the bands playing the Main Stage, also lists a new and very interesting name – Danko Jones will play at Sziget Festival 2009, on the last day. (thanks, Required and fromhungary)