Sziget Festival 2024

[kollektivleuphana]

14 hours ago, birchtree29 said:

Lollapalooza Stockholm got cancelled and Lollapalooza Paris will probably be cancelled as well due to Olympics. They might cancel Lollapalooza Berlin too and not have any festivals in Europe this summer.

Lollapalooza Berlin has Ticket Sales open since September. I dont think they cancel it.

[Moran]

Is "alter ego" maybe pointing toward the band Kaleo? 

They're performing at Granatos festival at Lithuania a couple of days before Sziget👀

 

K

Edited February 17 by Moran

[billybigballs]

4 hours ago, Moran said:

Is "alter ego" maybe pointing toward the band Kaleo? 

They're performing at Granatos festival at Lithuania a couple of days before Sziget👀

 

K

Saw them at a festival in 2017 and they were exceptional. Would be very pleased to see them again. Potential sub?

[gunghoglen]

On 2/16/2024 at 10:54 AM, poelim said:

Excuse me for my pessimism btw. It’s just pretty sad to experience such an amazing festival getting f’d up by some new organisers. 

The owners are a private equity firm out of the US, Providence Equity, they bought Sziget in 2017. They probably thought they could pick up some booming EU festival and milk it for cash, like the Glazer Family does with Manchester United. Then COVID hit and now they actually need to invest to keep it a good brand. Looks like they were unprepared for this. 

Hey, Providence, sell Sziget to Live Nation. If we are all going to get fleeced with high fees, at least do it right. Whatever anyone thinks about Live Nation (and I do not love them), they at least know how to do festivals and touring right. They would never let such a good brand suffer. Sziget was on par with anything in the world short of Coachella and Glastonbury, they were right under that, and that is HUGE. Now it is becoming an also-ran because Providence has no strategy here.

Edited February 19 by gunghoglen
added timeframe

[Ferda]

6 hours ago, gunghoglen said:

The owners are a private equity firm out of the US, Providence Equity, they bought Sziget in 2017. They probably thought they could pick up some booming EU festival and milk it for cash, like the Glazer Family does with Manchester United. Then COVID hit and now they actually need to invest to keep it a good brand. Looks like they were unprepared for this. 

Hey, Providence, sell Sziget to Live Nation. If we are all going to get fleeced with high fees, at least do it right. Whatever anyone thinks about Live Nation (and I do not love them), they at least know how to do festivals and touring right. They would never let such a good brand suffer. Sziget was on par with anything in the world short of Coachella and Glastonbury, they were right under that, and that is HUGE. Now it is becoming an also-ran because Providence has no strategy here.

I see your point but I would argue it's not about Providence as they have number of amazing festivals in their portfolio, such as Wacken, Oya, Sonar, Flow, etc. We need more competition for LN to keep festival industry thriving. Just my 2c...

[billybigballs]

Ten weeks ago today since the first announcement.

You must have booked a few more by now @Sziget2024_Leaks......care to hint at a few? 😉

 

[SweetJesus]

8 hours ago, Ferda said:

I see your point but I would argue it's not about Providence as they have number of amazing festivals in their portfolio, such as Wacken, Oya, Sonar, Flow, etc. We need more competition for LN to keep festival industry thriving. Just my 2c...

Now I know why Wacken have a such a boring lineup

[Sziget2025_Leaks]

On 2/15/2024 at 3:25 PM, lukatej said:

Knock knock? @Sziget2024_Leaks

Who's there? A bloke from West Sussex?

[Sziget2025_Leaks]

2 hours ago, billybigballs said:

Ten weeks ago today since the first announcement.

You must have booked a few more by now @Sziget2024_Leaks......care to hint at a few? 😉

 

[Sziget2025_Leaks]

On 2/17/2024 at 11:48 AM, Moran said:

Is "alter ego" maybe pointing toward the band Kaleo? 

They're performing at Granatos festival at Lithuania a couple of days before Sziget👀

Not that I know of

[Sziget2025_Leaks]

On 2/6/2024 at 1:44 PM, billybigballs said:

The 2nd announcement for Sziget 2023 was on 14 March. I would be surprised if we had to wait beyond that this year. So, at most, we need to wait maybe five weeks, hopefully less.

You won't have to wait beyond that

[bunnyv]

6 minutes ago, Sziget2024_Leaks said:

Raye?!

[bunnyv]

14 minutes ago, Sziget2024_Leaks said:

Who's there? A bloke from West Sussex?

The Cure,Tom Odell?

Edited February 20 by bunnyv

[gfa]

14 minutes ago, Sziget2024_Leaks said:

Who's there? A bloke from West Sussex?

royal blood perhaps too

[poelim]

What do you think @Sziget2024_Leaks will the next announcement be better than the previous one? 😁

[Tom Lobo]

31 minutes ago, Sziget2024_Leaks said:

You won't have to wait beyond that

So my guess was good? 12.03.2024?

Your last dates were struggling a bit...or?

Brittany Howard or Elbow in the list?

[Newjem]

2 minutes ago, Tom Lobo said:

Brittany Howard or Elbow in the list?

Brittany is in the US during Sziget and Elbow don’t seem to be playing festivals (+ not really a type of band Sziget would book nowadays).

[Akujin]

43 minutes ago, Sziget2024_Leaks said:

Not that I know of

Then Tame Impala.. 😉

[DDave]

1 hour ago, bunnyv said:

The Cure,Tom Odell?

Fatboy Slim

[iamdebrii]

3 hours ago, Sziget2024_Leaks said:

This is RAYE - Escapism... maybe 070 Shake too?

Also, welcome back @Sziget2024_Leaks 🎉🎉🎉

Edited February 20 by iamdebrii

[billybigballs]

2 hours ago, DDave said:

Fatboy Slim

Must be

[billybigballs]

41 minutes ago, iamdebrii said:

This is RAYE - Escapism... maybe 070 Shake too?

Also, welcome back @Sziget2024_Leaks 🎉🎉🎉

Sub for Stormzy?

[billybigballs]

3 hours ago, poelim said:

What do you think @Sziget2024_Leaks will the next announcement be better than the previous one? 😁

Got to be better then 'meh' doesn't it?

[Newjem]

44 minutes ago, iamdebrii said:

This is RAYE - Escapism... maybe 070 Shake too?

Don’t think so, played last year and doesn’t have any shows planned for August

3 minutes ago, billybigballs said:

Sub for Stormzy?

Nope, she’s in Finland that day. 

[lukatej]

4 hours ago, Sziget2024_Leaks said:

Who's there? A bloke from West Sussex?

Edited February 20 by lukatej