Some very bad news came yesterday. Amy Winehouse, an artist that was supposed to headline Sziget this year, has passed away yesterday in London. May she rest in peace! Amy Winehouse had cancelled her Sziget performance a while ago. She was replaced by 30 Seconds to Mars in the Sziget 2011 line up. If you [ Read More ]
UPDATE: Some more good (or bad) news, depending on the way you see it. Our friend Island was at VOLT and, according to him, Jared Leto’s exact words were I have a surprise for you. We’ll be back. Don’t tell anyone but we’ll be headlining Sziget Festival later this year! This is a speculation that, [ Read More ]
UPDATE!: Sziget confirms it on Facebook. Bad news for those coming to Sziget 2011 to see Amy Winehouse. According to Reuters, quoting a spokespoerson for the troubled singer, she has cancelled the whole European tour. She had serious problems performing in Belgrade a few days ago, and looking intoxicated. Everyone involved wishes to do everything [ Read More ]
Sziget 2011 headliner Amy Winehouse has decided to actually go to rehab, in order to get prepared for her summer gigs, according to this news article on Gigwise. This should calm down fans that were concerned about her well-being…
Just as expected, the organizers have given us the second big Sziget 2011 line up announcement today. And things are as good as they can be. It looks even more like we’re gonna have a brilliant Sziget week this year. Apart from Amy Winehouse and Lostprophets – two acts we told you about, here’s what [ Read More ]
Treat this as a rumor, as that’s what it is (or unconfirmed information, if you will): our reader marciinter says that he has discussed with someone from the Sziget staff and that Amy Winehouse will play Sziget 2011. Now, we don’t have any confirmation on this (if you know more, you know how to get [ Read More ]
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 ]