Some great news for metal fans today. Lacuna Coil, the popular Italian Gothic metal band, has self-confirmed its presence at Sziget Festival 2012. The website says they will be playing Sziget 2012 on August 7, but that seems a bit unlikely. Anyway, the date will probably be confirmed soon. (thanks SkaPanda!) Also, remember that today [ Read More ]
You can only get your early bird tickets until 0:00 hours tonight, so we suggest you act fast if you haven’t done so already. The prices are as follows: Sziget Weekly Pass (with camping) is (till 30 April, 12PM CET) 195 EUR. The full price (after 1 May, 0AM CET) is 225 EUR. Sziget 5 [ Read More ]
Another artist has self-confirmed his presence at Sziget 2012. Blooni will be playing Sziget 2012. It’s actually his third time playing Sziget, but the first time he will play under the name Blooni, according to his Facebook page. He describes himself as a Romanian DJ playing techno / twisted house / electronica / dub.
The Sziget UK website lists a new act, apart from the ones already announced yesterday, as part of the Sziget 2012 lineup. Last but not least, French reggae band Danakil will be playing Sziget 2012. They will play featuring Natty Jean. The news is also confirmed by their booking agency. (thanks, Crazyfrog & Rascal)
As john doe has told us, here comes the announcement. It’s already posted on the Sziget Nederland Facebook page, and it starts with the already predicted The Killers. Lamb will also play, and so will Borgore, Crookers, DJ Fresh (we told you about him), as well as Dope, Dirtyphonics, MC Dynamite, D.O.D, High Contrast, Tiga, [ Read More ]
Another day, another name for Sziget 2012. This time it is a self-confirmation. We are talking about DJ fresh. He has listed Sziget 2012 among his tour dates for this summer on his official Facebook. According to the quoted source, he will play a DJ set at Sziget 2012 on August 12, from 10:00 pm [ Read More ]
According to our friend john doe, new names for this year’s Sziget are coming sooner than we might all think. He says that 19 new names are coming this week, but Foo Fighters won’t be part of this announcement (we don’t know if they’ll be in another one, though). We’re curious who was right about [ Read More ]
And while we’re speculating on New Order or The Killers, how about some certain stuff, to make the day better? Another band has self-confirmed its presence at Sziget 2012, and we think our Dutch friends will be happy. Heideroosjes will play Sziget 2012, according to their official website. The date listed on the website is [ Read More ]
Not an announcement, but some rather sad news. According to Hungary Around The Clock, Vodafone, Sziget’s sponsor in 2009 and 2010, will stop sponsoring the festival as of this year. The company has said that it has cooperated well with the Sziget organizers, and it has called the last two years a success. The reason [ Read More ]
UPDATE: the same Sziget italia Facebook page is also adding another name to the Italian bands playing Sziget 2012: Ministri (not to be mixed up with Ministry, also playing at Sziget 2012) will be at this year’s Sziget, too. (thanks go to mellowmaniac again!) Sziget Italia announces another interesting Italian band for Sziget Festival 2012. [ Read More ]