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 the bigger European festivals this summer, along with the dates when those performances are scheduled. As he says, some of them will surely be at Sziget, as we know Sziget organizers tend to get acts that are nearby at that time.Â
Here’s what he came up with:
I made a list of all the bands who are confirmed for the bigger August festivals right now – some of them should be at Sziget pretty sure (the numbers behind the name are the dates when they are playing or the festival takes place, if the exact date isn’t published yet):
- Apocalyptica 8-9 + 21-23
- Arctic Monkeys 13+21+23
- Baddies 15+22
- Band of Horses 15
- Basement Jaxx 07+14+21
- Bon Iver 12+21+22
- Booka Shade 07+20
- David Byrne 07-09
- Friendly Fires 7-9+28-30
- Lamb 07-09
- Life Of Agony 21-22
- Lily Allen 11-15
- Linkin Park 01-02
- Maximo Park 21-23
- Metallica 02
- Mulatu Astatke & Heliocentrics 07-09
- Nerd 21
- Nightwish 8-9
- Orbital 08
- Prodigy 7+8+9
- Wilco 21
- Wombats 21-23
And here a list of the bands rumoured (many of them close to confirmation) for Reading / Leeds and the V-festivals:
- Kings of Leon 28-30
- Radiohead 28-30
- Glasvegas 28-30
- White Lies 28-30
- Oasis 22-23
- The Killers 22-23
- The Enemy 22-23
- Bloc Party 22-23
- James 22-23
- Kasabian 22-23
- Keane 22-23
- The Specials 22-23
And finally Nick Cave said that he will several european festivals this year!
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