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New acts for Balaton Sound

Sziget News — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:38:55 +0000

New acts have been announced for Balaton Sound. As always, these have a very little chance of playing Sziget. Here’s what the Balaton Sound official Facebook has announced today: Armin van Buuren Calvin Harris Martin Solveig De La Soul Guy Gerber Tale of Us

One Way Ticket and Von Pariahs at Sziget 2012!

Sziget News — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:55:38 +0000

Two more bands have self-confirmed their presence at Sziget 2012. First of all, we got a message from the management of Italian band One Way Ticket, L.M. Management. The message says that one way ticket will be playing Sziget 2012 on August 9. One Way Ticket are an Italian rock band with two EPs and [ Read More ]

Bjork cancels Balaton Sound. Sziget?

Sziget News — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:47:59 +0000

As some of you may have already read, Bjork has cancelled her gig at Balaton Sound, forced by vocal cord problems. Doctors have found a polyp affecting her vocal cords, and told her to rest until she is fully recovered. August dates in Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki seem to be still on, according to her [ Read More ]

The Sziget 2012 lineup poll is up!

Sziget News — Sat, 05 May 2012 08:16:02 +0000

As we do every year, we have a Sziget 2012 lineup poll, where you guys can vote on the lineup. Since the lineup is close to being the final one, we thought it would be a good idea to have the poll. Fell free to vote on it – it’s on the page’s right side [ Read More ]

Stage details & more

Sziget News — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:51:35 +0000

The current Sziget newsletter links to some important pages on the Sziget website. There’s one detailing Main Stage acts, as well as one about the smaller stages and what will happen on them. There’s also a “comprehensive intro” to Sziget 20, that you might want to check out.

Announcement: changes & new stuff

Sziget News — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:54:36 +0000

As promised, the organizers have announced some changes to the stages and location. The following announcement regarding this has been posted on the szigetofficial Facebook page. We’re posting it in its entirety, so we can all comment on it. Like we just told you, there will be lots of changes in the structure of Sziget. [ Read More ]

Announcement: new acts for Arena, A38, Roma Stage

Sziget News — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:10:51 +0000

No big names announced today. Still, apart from a lot of structure changes announced by the organizers, quite a few new acts have been announced for Arena, A38, Roma Stage, Giant Street Theatre and Street theatres. Here they are, as posted on the Sziget official Facebook page: Arena: Frittenbude, 1995, Grimus, Elektro Guzzi, Adam Beyer, [ Read More ]

Blaas of Glory @ Sziget 2012

Sziget News — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:12:55 +0000

While we wait for the press conference scheduled today, here’s another self-confirmed name for Sziget 2012. Blaas of Glory will be playing Sziget on August 10, 11 and 12. Duthc outfit Blaas of Glory is a heavy metal marching band, believe it or not. You can check them out on their website, where the dates [ Read More ]

Fishtank Ensemble at Sziget 2012

Sziget News — Thu, 03 May 2012 06:20:09 +0000

As we like to say, another day, another band self-confirmed. This time it’s American band Fishtank Ensemble, a band that plays, in their own words, gypsy jazz. The truth is that they have quite an interesting sound. The date is confirmed in the Shows section of their website. They say they will play Sziget 2012 [ Read More ]

Capeman @ Sziget 2012

Sziget News — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:40:45 +0000

UPDATE: Estonian DJ Kaido Kirikmäe has also self-confirmed his presence at Sziget 2012 on his website. It says he will play on August 12. (thanks, Ilbert) Dutch station 3FM has run a contest whose winner is playing Sziget. And the winner has been announced – it’s Capeman. The news is confirmed on the 3FM website. [ Read More ]