Sziget 2012

[slumberjack]

Looking at the line up, the main stage appears to be complete other than a possible 5th act (5 acts on all other days) for the Friday?

[Lambo_KoRn]

yeah one more band left for the main stage, unless they manage to get someone in last minute and relegate some bands into the tents like they did when maximo park n the roots were announced and they subbed anti flag into the tents

[Lambo_KoRn]

Netsky been accidently comfirmed in a statement by sziget hungary, playing the a38 stage, bit more decent drum and bass on the bill cant be a bad thing

[j...rox]

Happy with Netsky. Dirtyphonics probably the highlight from the d&b selection.

[slumberjack]

Didn't realise that could happen. Wouldn't mind if someone like Maximo Park were added last minute again though.

[guitarbaz]

Didn't realise that could happen. Wouldn't mind if someone like Maximo Park were added last minute again though.

[slumberjack]

Sorry, meant I'd like to see a band of similar quality added to the main stage as a last minute surprise to strengthen the lineup. I was half asleep when I wrote the last post! :-/

Looking forward to some Maximo!

[Lambo_KoRn]

im hoping for a decent band in there not bothered how big they are aslong as i know/like them and know a few of their songs

im dreading some of the clashes though the first 2 days are insane!!!

[AndyBradshaw1]

There are at least 3 bands I want to see each day! Not a bad line up as far as im concerned!

[Ben Holland]

Woeful line up for me. Really glad I didn't buy a ticket early on. My money is going in the Glasto 2013 pot.

[guitarbaz]

Point / missed.

[iagreeyes]

The line up is ridiculously poor compared to usual in fairness.

There's talk of us cancelling because of it.

[Cristall]

You serious?! Even if the line up is disappointing for you, you won't regret going to Sziget. For the experience part, it's the best European festival by miles!

[vinny73]

It's the poorest line up in the four years I've been attending. I can see us skipping a lot of it to spend time downtown instead.

[Cristall]

I always use the days before the festival starts to spend time downtown and will be doing so this year too. For those that do not arrive that early, or will have some days to spend in the city after the festival, I recommend to go into Budapest at least once during the festival. Besides that, I recommend to everyone to go to a spa at least once, there simply is no better way to recover from the days before. But better avoid going there in the afternoon, since the waiting lines can be huge by then. It's much better to go there in the morning (you can continue to sleep in the spa) or late in the afternoon, after 5PM.

Besides that, I also recommend to walk around the festival site and see more than only the big stages. There is so much more! Even if there would be not one single act on Main Stage I'd like to see, I'm sure I would have an amazing week. There is so much to discover. In music, in other venues, in entertainment, in other people coming from all over the world, in everything. Even after five years I keep on discovering new things each day. This and Budapest are two of the reasons why I buy my ticket regardless of line up. Other reasons: the warm weather, the friendly atmosphere, the great offer on cheap but good food and drinks, the adventure of the trip to Hungary, ... No better holiday in Europe for me than a trip to Sziget.

But even though I think line up is relatively unimportant at Sziget, I am quite happy with the acts announced thus far and I think the line up this year is much better than some are saying. The A38 Stage has a line up much better than in most of the previous years and so does the World Music Stage. I understand Main Stage may be disappointing for some, but I think this really is a matter of taste. If I compare the Main Stage programme to the previous five editions, I think it's quite okay. Of course it could have been better, but that's always the case at Sziget. It's not a British festival where they only put acts on the stages that are popular here. Did anyone here know Overflow, Batucada Sound Machine, Ben l'Oncle Soul, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Subsonica, K.I.Z. or Death Valley Screamers before they were announced for Main Stage in the past two years? And weren't Kate Nash and Good Charlotte a bit too outdated? And what about 30 Seconds To Mars and White Lies being a headliner? I think this year every headliner is a better headliner than those two. Korn too. The icing on the cake like Prince last year might be missing and the metal part is also less good than in previous years, but I think the overall line up is quite good for Sziget terms.

But once again, how important is line up for Sziget? In my opinion by far not as important as for other festivals.

[Lambo_KoRn]

ive never been but i agree with this, and going off previous lineups its not that bad, compare it to alot of festivals this year and its not bad at all, they can only book bands/acts that are available and alot of festivals have struggled this year, plus with their apparent poor budget this year think theyve done alright

[Lambo_KoRn]

ps blues stage is back

[Cactusgirl]

After seeing Stone Roses last night I am soooo excited about seeing them at Sziget and hopefully getting a lot closer.

There is so much to do at Sziget there will always be something you want to see or do there regardless of the bands you have heard of.

[slumberjack]

I saw the Stone Roses on Friday night (good gig but getting there/back from Manchester was a pain and it took forever to get a beer!). How popular/well known are they across Europe? During the gig, I was trying to figure out how they'd go down at Sziget but could't come to a conclusion!

[AndyBradshaw1]

For me, the Stone Roses are gonna be the highlight of Sziget in terms of bands. I think they have quite a big fanbase around the rest of Europe. Pretty sure they'll go down just fine

[guitarbaz]

Yeah it'll be interesting to see how they go down there. I think we might underestimate their popularity over Europe way.

Hopefully tho we'll get a damn sight closer than we did on Saturday!! Amazing gig but I do like to be a bit closer to the action.....

[guitarbaz]

Oh and we might stand a better chance of getting a beer too!!

[Lambo_KoRn]

i was at the friday gig for my bday, was fuckin epic! haha we only went to the bar once missed the whole of the wailers set waiting for a beer n got to the front and it was £4 a bottle!! so we bought as many as we could carry lol i think it would probably be an easy way to spot the brits in the crowd singing along with a passion

[spudling]

Hi all going to Sziget for the 1st time this year does anyone know where I can exchange my citypass tickets for the wristband do I need to do this at the main festival site or can I get them from the railway station.? Thanks

[Uncle Liam]

I got mine from the Airport.

There's lot of places you can get it done.