Newjem

It was announced an hour ago lol Macklemore Chase & Status 50 Cent

Don't think so. Seems like New West, Analog Balaton and Platon Karataev are filling the remaining spots for that day. Main Stage, Revolut Stage and Party Arena are complete. Other smaller stages have majority of their program announced as well.

I believe there are still 3 slots TBA on Saturday? (1 for Main Stage, 2 for Revolut) Or was it also filled with some local names?

They announced they will be back next year.

Lovestream (same weekend as EP, Slovakia) is also announcing their headliners on Friday…

The headliners are in alphabetical order.

They have a show in Budapest few days after Sziget so no need for that...

https://szigetfestival.com/en/exciting-venues-of-sziget There are bands listed for some stages including the smaller ones. Also Europe Stage is now called The Buzz?

*stadium tour They need their own stage as their current show/equipment is not suitable for the regural festival stages. No chance...

Ok but that won't happen this year, that "chick" has other plans with her own band - Stand Atlantic. So 0% chance they're the last headliner we're looking for. Yes, that makes them unavailable...

I don’t know what’s not to understand about the fact both these bands are niche acts in the US. They’re not popular in the rest of the world as they are in the UK. They mostly headline alternative festivals like Primavera (no Werchter, Mad Cool or Open’er) where people love them. I don’t think they would be able to sell out stadiums (or even arenas) in mainland Europe.

6-7 hits that used to be played (or still is) in the radio? No way...

I don't know what he expected tbh. Coachella crowd is generally not the greatest, they've never hit the charts in the US and most of the crowd were little kids (or not even born) when Blur were at their peak. Don't think it would be much better at Sziget nowadays, most of the people (except the Brits ofc) would only know Song 2.

Also nothing after Coachella.

I don't blindly support Sziget's lineup (I don't even have a ticket lol) but if the festivals you picked are the best ones then it just proves my point (even though music taste is subjective). We get that you're dissapointed as a paying customer but you don't have to complain about it here every week. Rock En Seine is solid, I'm not a fan of the headliners apart from Fred and maybe Maneskin. Lana is huge but probably one of the worst live acts in the world right now. Rock Werchter is just weak compared to their previous editions. Lenny as a headliner? And wtf are Sum 41, Khruangbin and Pretenders doing so high up? In general, there are way too many "outdated/irrelevant" bands in big slots this year and barely anything "interesting/fresh". And I'm sorry but Main Square is a joke, man. What kind of crowd are they aiming for? It's like putting lots of random things in a blender and calling it "mystery smoothie". I listen to loads of different stuff but even I think this is way too much.

Jesus Christ, we get it. It's bad but isn't this year bad everywhere? Noone is getting fired when even Coachella and Glastonbury struggle with their lineups. I don't know why you keep expecting miracles.

The thing is they're not European exlusive oficially but they're not planning more dates either. It's been 5 months since the first Download poster was released. If they planned any EU dates, they would be announced by now. They are just finishing their tour for the last album which also included European dates in the autumn of 2023. I guess they want to spend rest of the year with their families and are just doing 'the prestige headline slots' at Download and WWWY.

That's exactly what is happening. No tour, just DL.

There's no European tour planned at the moment. Personally, I don't think it's them but it's not entirely impossible.

So you think they would stay in Europe for almost 4 weeks? Who would pay for their hotels, storage of their gear etc.? I think you don't understand how touring and logistics work... I don't know how much they cost because that depends on so many elements. I just know that stating some artist ask for more money than the other ones is complete bullsh*t. You're not buying socks. I've had a few chats with people who work in the industry and they all told me one festival can pay a lot more for the same band than a different one. The price is based on so many factors like competition between the festivals, credibility of the festival/promoter, logistics, willingness of the band to do festivals etc. The bands don't simple have a price tag. From time to time there are some leaks that a festival/promoter paid a certain amount but that doesn't mean everyone else pay the same amount.

One-off show means coming to Europe for only one show. It's not a good indicator. Period.

Publicly available information about fees is mostly just made up nonsense. Artists don't have fixed fees, it's more of an auction and the fee can differ a lot between the shows. I don't think Pearl Jam have ever done a one-off show in Europe. And I don't even know how many years it's been when they had any EU show in August. They are quite predictable in that so why would they change it all of a sudden? So the answer is no, it's not Pearl Jam.

Well, that’s a Monday ticket for me. Hopefully, the potential Fred/Skrillex/Four Tet set will happen🤞

Agree with that but still felt like I could have stayed at home and watched it on YouTube. We were quite far at the back of the crowd and barely saw the stage so we mostly watched the screens.

That show in 2016 was also a little bit sus. Her vocals sounded way too perfect so wouldn’t be surprised if it was playback, but you couldn’t tell because of the hair covering her face. Plus only pre-recorded videos were shown on the screens…