UPDATED: The Killers @ Sziget 2012?

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UPDATE: John doe has also posted this picture in a comment, making us all think Lamb of God. Let’s hope an official announcement does come soon. (again, this is speculation, it could confirm or not, especially since they have tour dates until July 1st in Europe; not impossible, though). Then again, as our reader no  [ Read More ]

Ben l’Oncle Soul at Sziget 2011?

The Sziget France Twitter and Facebook pages have posted a video of Ben l’Oncle Soul, without any other mentions. Could this mean he will be playing Sziget? Nothing on his official website or MySpace…  

Fanfare Vagabontu @ Sziget 2010

Another interesting act is self-confirmed for Sziget Festival 2010 – Fanfare Vagabontu. This is an act that includes 8 Gypsy musicians from the Moldova region of Romania and Marseille. Their music might sound familiar to you if you’ve played the game Rabbids, as they’re responsible for the music in it. We assume they’ll play the  [ Read More ]

Another rumor for the Sziget 2010 lineup: Rise Against

As you may remember, Rise Against were set to play at last year’s Sziget Festival, but it didn’t work out after all. As it seems, an appearance by the band is possible in this year’s Sziget Festival line-up, as their name has shown up on the Sziget last.fm page. We’re trying to find out more  [ Read More ]

As we already suspected, the news that Rise Against won’t be at Sziget this year, after all, is now confirmed by our reader tool. He wrote an e-mail to their management, asking about this and the reply he got was the following: They are not coming- it ended up not working out! Sorry, we will  [ Read More ]

Sigur Ros and Amy Winehouse at Sziget Festival 2009?

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 ]

More possible Sziget artists

One of our most active readers, Mellowmaniac, has gathered a few more important acts that have confirmed the V and Beautiful Days Festivals and could be a part of the Sziget Festival 2009 line-up. Here’s what he sent us this time (between brackets are dates that are already booked): Lamb (07.-09.08 + 21.-23.08) The Pogues  [ Read More ]

Gary Moore at this year’s Sziget?

Some rumors seem to suggest that the blues legend, that has a new album out, “Bad For You Baby”, and is touring Europe this summer, might be one of this year’s Sziget Festival headliners. And it seems quite possible, since he already has confirmed the Rock of Ages Festival in Germany, on August 1. More  [ Read More ]

Faith No More at Sziget Festival 2009?

We’ll be frank with you, we don’t know this one for sure, but many people (including Szigetnews reader Adam Peach) seem to be pretty sure of this. Faith No More have announced their reunion and have also mentioned that they will not play any venues in America. They only confirmed a European tour for this  [ Read More ]

Les Touffes Kretiennes @ Sziget Festival 2009

According to La Depeche, Les Touffes Kretiennes, the “fuckin’ funky brass band”, as they call themselves, will play Sziget Festival 2009 as part of their current European tour in support of their first album. The date is not yet confirmed on their official site, but you can visit it to find out more about them.

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