Here’s a rumor that we told you about a while ago, that is now confirmed. Many of you metalheads going to Sziget this year will be happy to hear that Meshuggah will play this year’s Sziget Festival. The news is confirmed on their official site. Meshuggah will play Sziget on August 16th.
A rumor that’s been very persistent on a lot of forums and websites lately, the one about the legendary-just-reformed Rage Against The Machine playing at this year’s Sziget Festival. There are even some sources that say that the announcement is just a matter of time and that the band will play on August 17th. Nothing officially confirmed yet, though. We’ll keep you posted the moment we have more on this.
According to Sziget’s Last.fm page, the latest name for this year’s festival are Pete Doherty’s Babyshambles. We’ll keep you posted if any other new names pop up.
Later edit: Babyshambles have disappeared from the last.fm page, but they are confirmed on the French forum of the Festival. We’ll see if it all falls into place, after all…
Although the organizers are still keeping the list for this year’s festival very quiet, we just heard about another artist playing at Sziget this year. We’re talking about Pascal Arbez, a.k.a. Vitalic. You can watch his video for “My Friend Dario” below.
More good news for metal fans going to Sziget this year. Another band rumored to be playing this year’s festival are Swedish progressive metallers Meshuggah. The band have a new album called “obZen”, to be released this month and probably played live at Sziget.
Just inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the reclusive singer has confirmed a very varied tour for this summer. The tour includes this year’s Sziget Festival, where Mr. Cohen will play, probably on the 12th of August
We finally have more information on Natacha Atlas’ performance at this year’s Sziget Festival. Rumor has it that Atlas will play with Transglobal Underground, her former band, on the World Music Stage. The concert will take place on the 14th of August, according to Natacha Atlas’ website Here’s something to watch while you wait for august to come - the video of “C’est la vie”, by Jean Michel Jarre featuring Natacha Atlas.