UPDATE: this image is on the Placebo official website, so this comes as even more confirmation. After The Stone Roses, announced officially a while ago, it would seem that we’ll officially have the next Sziget 2012 headliner on Monday. And it’s Placebo, a band that last played Sziget in 2009. The band has announced on [ Read More ]
As he does every year, our friend Mellowmaniac has gathered a list of artists touring in the area. It’s always updated on the German Sziget board, bestdayz.net. Some of these artists will certainly play Sziget 2012. Here’s the list, along with festivals they’re playing: Headliner speculations: The Cure (05.-08.07. Roskilde, 07.07. Heineken Jammin, 09.07. Rock [ Read More ]
Romanian band Blue Nipple Boy listed Sziget Festival 2012 as a concert date for 2012, so we’ve asked them about it. Their answer was that even though they’re not yet officially confirmed, they have won the Talent Stage contest at Peninsula 2011 Festival (Felsziget). The first prize was the inclusion in the Sziget 2012 lineup. [ Read More ]
The European Festival Awards for have only confirmed what all of us already knew – Sziget has won the Best Major Festival Award! Congratulations to the organizers! We’re sure the 2012 edition will be a fabulous one, with an incredible lineup! The news has been posted on the Sziget official Facebook pages. Check out the [ Read More ]
Happy New Year everyone! Have a great 2012, with all your wishes coming true! Just a quick word of advice: make sure you book your Sziget Festival 2012 accommodation, if you’re not camping on the island. We took a look at the hotels and places are getting booked really fast. And even if you do [ Read More ]
UPDATE: Sziget Official website confirms it, so it’s 1000% official. As promised, the first name for Sziget Festival 2012 is confirmed today. It’s The Stone Roses, a band that has reunited after 15 years! The news is confirmed on their official Twitter page, as well as on their Facebook. (thanks, Mirex!)
Here’s some great news off the Sziget Italia Facebook page. The first name will be announced tomorrow! A competition is in place, letting people guess who that name is, and it ends at 9:30 tomorrow morning. So we’re guessing the announcement will be made soon after that time! We can’t wait (thanks Mirex and Fab) [ Read More ]
The first lineup announcement for Sziget Festival 2012 could be sooner than we all would have thought. According to the szigetfestival Facebook account, the official Sziget Facebook page for the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, we should expect it soon. Here’s what they’re saying: Did you already know, this [ Read More ]
We wrote a while ago, quoting the EMI Hungary site, that Bat For Lashes will perform at Sziget 2012. Since the news article has since disappeared from the label’s site, we tried to confirm it with the band. Here’s the answer we got: [...] Bat for Lashes currently has no confirmed live dates for 2012 [ Read More ]
Just a quick reminder that Sziget tickets are already available, on szigetfestival.com, as well as on szigetfest.eu. We already wrote about the prices here.