Don’t tell anyone, but we just heard a rumor that Sigur Ros might play at this year’s Sziget Festival and that the information is listed in this month’s edition of Hungarian Magazine WAN2 magazine (thanks, Tibor). Szigetnews reader Erik is telling us some more great news. He says that Amy Winehouse is also listed in [ Read More ]
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The dates for the U2 tour have been announced today. No Sziget date yet, but who knows? As our reader Mellowmaniac noticed, a zero-day appearance is quite possible, since the date is still open.
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it as many times as possible – the Szigetnews readers are the best. This time it’s Szigetnews reader Mussi that found some very interesting rumors on the Guano Apes message boards. We all knew the band has reunited for a few festival appearances this summer, but what you [ Read More ]
One of our most active readers, Mellowmaniac, has gathered a few more important acts that have confirmed the V and Beautiful Days Festivals and could be a part of the Sziget Festival 2009 line-up. Here’s what he sent us this time (between brackets are dates that are already booked): Lamb (07.-09.08 + 21.-23.08) The Pogues [ Read More ]
It seems that Fatboy Slim will be the first confirmed Main Stage headliner for this year’s Sziget Festival. We hope this will be officially confirmed as soon as possible.Until then, here’s a video of Fatboy Slim performing for 250.000 people at Brighton Beach. Update: sziget2009.com have confirmed it with Fatboy Slim’s management.
Faith No More have announced the lineup for this summer’s European tour. Jim Martin won’t be a part of it, as rumored. The lineup is as follows: Mike Patton – vocals Jon Hudson – guitar Billy Gould – bass Mike Bordin – drums Roddy Bottum – keyboards No tour dates have been announced yet, but [ Read More ]
We’ll be frank with you, we don’t know this one for sure, but many people (including Szigetnews reader Adam Peach) seem to be pretty sure of this. Faith No More have announced their reunion and have also mentioned that they will not play any venues in America. They only confirmed a European tour for this [ Read More ]
According to La Depeche, Les Touffes Kretiennes, the “fuckin’ funky brass band”, as they call themselves, will play Sziget Festival 2009 as part of their current European tour in support of their first album. The date is not yet confirmed on their official site, but you can visit it to find out more about them.
We always said our readers are the best readers a website can have (they’re Sziget Festival goers, so how else could they be?). And to confirm this, Szigetnews friend Mellowmaniac has made an effort for all of us, and we thank him for it. He gathered together almost all of the acts that are playing [ Read More ]
Kings of Leon have already announced a few European summer festival dates for this year, but nothing for August yet. Their official site also mentions that they will announce more European festival dates for this summer soon. We do hope that Sziget will be among those festivals. Cross your fingers, everyone!