sziget 2009 articles

2 live Miss Platnum songs

Here’s a live performance by Miss Platnum, for the ones of you who want to get a preview of her show at Sziget Festival 2009, on August 13, at 15:00 hours, at the Main Stage. The songs are “Give Me The Food” and Justin Timberlake’s “Sexy Back”. If you want to book a hotel for  [ Read More ]

Interesting names on Rock Against Racism Day

Since Szigetnews is a big supporter of the Rock Against Racism concept, we decided to post the whole press release about this very important day for Sziget Festival 2009. Here it goes: Musicians representing successful UK-based anti-racist campaign Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) are taking part in a unique and important show on the opening  [ Read More ]

Lowkey confirmed for Rock Against Racism Day

English political rapper Lowkey, that is also known for working with Reverend & The Makers and with the “political indie-supergroup” Mongrel is confirmed on his MySpace to play Sziget’s Rock Against Racism Day, as our friend Mellowmaniac tells us. It’s still not clear if he’ll be a part of the “all-stars” band or if he  [ Read More ]

We’re all still waiting for the final line-up, but no news yet. The Rock Against Racism Day will provide an interesting act called “Love Music Hate Racism Allstars Special (UK)”, which could promise some interesting musicians, as among the supporters of the Rock Against Racism concept are names like Anti-Flag, Babyshambles, Belle & Sebastian, Mylo,  [ Read More ]

Disco Ensemble release new video

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 ]

Meduza Stage schedule posted!

Our friend Mellowmaniac has noticed that the Meduza Stage schedule has finally been posted on the official site, including Andrew Weatherall. What are you guys looking forward to at the Meduza Stage?

Maxïmo Park – complete video live show!

We bet you can’t wait for Maxïmo Park’s live show at Sziget Festival this year, so here’s a taste of what they can do on stage – a complete live video show by  Maxïmo Park, filmed by our friends at Grandcrew.com. We hope you enjoy it!

Win 2 x Sziget full pass + plane trip

Our friends at grandcrew.com have a very interesting competition in the next two weeks, that allows you to win not only one of the two full passes for this year’s Sziget Festival, but also a return Paris – Budapest plane trip to get you there. All you have to do is to answer the three  [ Read More ]

808 State at the same time as Bloc Party!

Not a lot to tell you about in the past few days. Some interesting and maybe not so good news comes from our friend Mellowmaniac, quoting an e-mail from the Sziget press office. It seems that, if you wanted to see Bloc Party and 808 State, you won’t be able to. They’re both playing at  [ Read More ]

A Faith No More surprise…

…and it’s not the song “Surprise, You’re Dead”. Faith No More are offering quite a few interesting set on their live set for this tour. But maybe the most interesting one, that the’ve already offered to people seeing them this summer, is the one you can watch below.

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