A very interesting account of this year’s Sziget experience comes from Szigetnews reader pax. He managed to sum up 7 Sziget days in 200 seconds of images. Enjoy and check out his website, too. 7 days in 200 seconds from pax on Vimeo.
Organisers of this year’s Sziget will provide a clinic specialising in respiratory problems on-site, as well as a round-the-clock pharmacy for those who might feel unwell during the week-long event, Hungarian Health Minister Tamas Szekely and head of the festival Karoly Gerendai told reporters on Monday, according to caboodle.hu. The clinic will have 60 beds [ Read More ]
We’re all still waiting for the final line-up, but no news yet. The Rock Against Racism Day will provide an interesting act called “Love Music Hate Racism Allstars Special (UK)”, which could promise some interesting musicians, as among the supporters of the Rock Against Racism concept are names like Anti-Flag, Babyshambles, Belle & Sebastian, Mylo, [ Read More ]
Disco Ensemble, the Finnish punk sensation that will play Sziget Festival 2009′s Main Stage on August 16, have just released a video for their song “Back on the MF Street”, off the newly released EP of the same name. You can watch the video below. The band are in full form as they embarked on [ Read More ]
Our friend Mellowmaniac has noticed that the Meduza Stage schedule has finally been posted on the official site, including Andrew Weatherall. What are you guys looking forward to at the Meduza Stage?
According to culture.hu, The Ting Tings are likely to come to the Sziget Festival to play a show that also includes some of their new material, from their new album, that they will start recording soon in Berlin. We have one or two new ideas but we have not started with the demos yet. Once [ Read More ]
First of all, you can download an official PDF of the full Sziget 2009 programmes here (or should we say the programmes so far). The source is the official French site. Second of all, Szigetnews friend Tijn has sent us quite some interesting news. Dutch site Rock Blog says that the Sziget 2009 Zero Day, [ Read More ]
This year’s Sziget Festival will, of course, have a Blues Stage, that will feature mostly Hungarian acts, but also Karen Carroll & The Mississippi Grave Diggers. You’ll also get the chance to see a Zappa and a Doors tribute band, both Hungarian. The full schedule of the blues stage for this year’s Sziget festival has [ Read More ]
Maybe they’re not such a well-known name, but this girl band seems to have atitude. Founded by four girls sharing a passion for music, Swedish girl band Kackten E Sait are set, according to their MySpace, to “change the world”. We don’t know if they’ll succeed, but they will play Sziget on August 13, according [ Read More ]