Comment by Mellowmaniac - February 11th, 2009 at 9:45 am

Good question…

Due to the fact that they want to fill the area in front of the mainstage, the band has to be bigger than Green Day or Prodigy.

Metallica would be a good guess – here are some more guesses:

- Depeche Mode (but they are playing Budapest earlier this year and might be in the US at the time)

- Bruce Springsteen (tours earlier, too)

- Coldplay (would be swell)

- Radiohead (yeah, this could fit)

- Neil Young (this would be a big surprise, but he seems to discuss playing european festivals this summer)

I think outt of these chances for Coldplay and Radiohead are best…

Comment by Sziget News - February 11th, 2009 at 9:55 am

We also think Metallica sounds plausible (if a bit expensive compared to Sziget’s standard of bands). Depeche Mode – we don’t think so. The rest of your proposals are all quite possible. Maybe Arctic Monkeys too, even if they’re not as big an act as the rest. We also heard people mentioning AC/DC, but they are way too expensive, too, and they will probably end their tour by then.

Comment by Mellowmaniac - February 11th, 2009 at 10:05 am

It’s just wild guessing… But you’re right: I think Depeche Mode, Metallica and also Bruce Springsteen are too expensive!

Another guess would be Kings Of Leon – but I have no idea how big they are in Hungary (in the UK they are definitely big enough) – or perhaps Take That? *cough*

Comment by Sziget News - February 11th, 2009 at 10:09 am

Probably not Take That ) But Kings of Leon have also been mentioned in lots of places lately…

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Comment by Jonas - February 11th, 2009 at 4:24 pm

Plausible:
The Prodigy
Kings of Leon
Radiohead
Depeche Mode – note that they are headliners at Arvika Festival in Sweden, which really isn’t very big venue.

Way too expensive:
Metallica
AC/DC
Bruce Springsteen
Coldplay

Comment by Pete - February 11th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

Let it be BLINK-182!!! )
(Don’t think so)

Comment by Sziget News - February 11th, 2009 at 10:27 pm

Well, Blink 182 have to reunite first

As for all the bands Jonas mentioned, they’re quite plausible. AC/DC are out of the question, they play Hungary in March and their tour will be over by Sziget.

Comment by Sziget News - February 13th, 2009 at 9:16 am

Szigetnews reader Rick Daams has sent us an e-mail saying he hopes Depeche Mode or Pendulum will headline day one.

Comment by griekimon - February 17th, 2009 at 3:42 am

@Sziget News

Blink-182 is reunited…it happened about a week ago

Comment by Sziget News - February 17th, 2009 at 6:12 am

Who knows? That might make it quite possible…

Comment by erik - February 17th, 2009 at 7:28 am

The Verve would be great.

Comment by Hugo - February 19th, 2009 at 2:14 pm

Let’s go for The Bees as the starting act and The Kooks or the Prodigy as headliner. Actually I want to say U2 being the day zero headliner but that won’t be very realistic…

Comment by Sziget News - February 19th, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Probably The Prodigy is more realistic. The Kooks were at Sziget last year and two years in a row doesn’t seem too plausible.

Comment by Hugo - February 19th, 2009 at 2:44 pm

The Killers closed Sziget two years in a row…

Comment by Sziget News - February 19th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

Yes, forgot about that one. Who knows what might happen?

Comment by gwhoop - February 28th, 2009 at 6:14 pm

RADIOHEAD WOULD BE THE FAR GREATEST!!

Comment by gwhoop - February 28th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

(Or Daft Punk:))

Comment by Lisanne - May 25th, 2009 at 4:48 pm

On the Dutch Sziget site (www.szigetfestival.nl) there is an announcement that on day 0 several bands will play, probably no big names

Comment by Sziget News - May 25th, 2009 at 5:04 pm

Hi Lisanne,

Where exactly is it on the site?

Comment by Mellowmaniac - May 25th, 2009 at 6:40 pm

It is anounced since some weeks that on Day Zero will be a Rock Against Racism festival with international and local bands. You can read about it on several sources, like the italian Sziget site!

Chances for big names are close to zero, but perhaps there will be some “known” bands, too. One of the hosts of one of the international Sziget sites (I think it was the dutch one) wrote that there are some bands in discussion, but no confirmation yet!