Sziget 2022

[thetime]

6 minutes ago, swelsbyuk said:

 

The purple names are a real mix - Alan Walker, Jungle, Caribou and.....Nina Kraviz? She just doesn't sit there imho. So difficult to judge.

 

A38 stage

[bunnyv]

The purple names could be the bigger a38/dance arena acts right? Certainly not main stage in my opinion with a couple exceptions 

[thetime]

Just now, bunnyv said:

The purple names could be the bigger a38/dance arena acts right? Certainly not main stage in my opinion with a couple exceptions 

Dance arena gets added later, I'd imagine Steve Aoki will be in a38, rather than party arena. 

[iamdebrii]

2 minutes ago, thetime said:

Dance arena gets added later, I'd imagine Steve Aoki will be in a38, rather than party arena. 

I would argue that he could even be on main stage, he's definitely big enough.

[bunnyv]

3 minutes ago, thetime said:

Dance arena gets added later, I'd imagine Steve Aoki will be in a38, rather than party arena. 

He was in the dance arena last time,though I have no clue how his status might have changed. I don’t mind as long as he’s not on the main stage

[thetime]

3 minutes ago, iamdebrii said:

I would argue that he could even be on main stage, he's definitely big enough.

He won't be on the main stage.

[thetime]

7 minutes ago, bunnyv said:

He was in the dance arena last time,though I have no clue how his status might have changed. I don’t mind as long as he’s not on the main stage

It was announced with the party arena programme, that's why I'm thinking a38. Probably post headliners or even as a headliner. 

[Nikky]

1 hour ago, Matt86 said:

Stromae will be so much better than Bieber…people will be surprised lol.. (u sure about the day ?)

I know he will lol 

Saw back in December date here when his tour was announced. 

https://www.infoconcert.com/news/stromae-en-concert-dans-les-festivals--reservez-votre-billet-pour-le-festival-de-nimes-17237.html

[billybigballs]

Got to be honest and say thats a really poor announcement in my opinion. 

How can you have:

three rock/indie headliners

two pop headliners

one dance headliner

And then fill most of the other slots with dance acts? Seems unbalanced.

 

[m4rkoman]

Any ideas when the day tickets are gonna be available guys?

[Davidoff]

I feel there Is a missing middle line up. We had a few older recognised acts before. I am still thinking a rap act to be added. 

Miles Kane, Glass Animals, Monsters and Men, Keane, Daughter,Foster the People , FKA, Foals, Stormzy. What's happened to this. I thought we were getting a great middle line up and not as much spent on the top heavy acts 

Weller, stereophonics etc. I would have expected something as we had Johnny Marr, Ashcroft . 

 

 

 

[lighthouse]

3 minutes ago, Davidoff said:

I feel there Is a missing middle line up. We had a few older recognised acts before. I am still thinking a rap act to be added. 

Miles Kane, Glass Animals, Monsters and Men, Keane, Daughter,Foster the People , FKA, Foals, Stormzy. What's happened to this. I thought we were getting a great middle line up and not as much spent on the top heavy acts 

Weller, stereophonics etc. I would have expected something as we had Johnny Marr, Ashcroft . 

I really miss Little Simz... 

[thetime]

13 minutes ago, billybigballs said:

Got to be honest and say thats a really poor announcement in my opinion. 

How can you have:

three rock/indie headliners

two pop headliners

one dance headliner

And then fill most of the other slots with dance acts? Seems unbalanced.

 

Hardly full of dance in the other top slots, out of the top 22 names there is 3 or 4 djs.

[dolevshelly]

there are 2 big dance stages, some dance acts play other stages as well.

dont worry about it.

there is still volt stage that is a rock stage, europe stage, a38+ lower main.

i guess they just annouce it little by little

[opel]

As long as we get Glass Animals, Foals and a few rock/indie acts in the next wave, I`m content. 

Tame Impala at Sziget - it`s gonna be legendary

[swelsbyuk]

7 minutes ago, Davidoff said:

I feel there Is a missing middle line up. We had a few older recognised acts before. I am still thinking a rap act to be added. 

Miles Kane, Glass Animals, Monsters and Men, Keane, Daughter,Foster the People , FKA, Foals, Stormzy. What's happened to this. I thought we were getting a great middle line up and not as much spent on the top heavy acts 

Weller, stereophonics etc. I would have expected something as we had Johnny Marr, Ashcroft . 

 

 

 

From a UK-representation point of view (sorry, not being xenophobic in any way, just relating to acts I know outside of the top tiers) we had the following indie type acts.

In 2019 we had:

Richard Ashcroft, Johnny Marr, Frank Turner, Frank Carter, Franz Ferdinand, Razorlight, Idles

In 2022:

Inhaler, Black Honey, Fontaines DC 

I saw all of the seven acts mentioned from 2019. In 2022 I'll be watching Black Honey (despite having seen them 3 times before) and, perhaps, Fontaines DC.

I've really got my fingers crossed for the next announcement!

[thetime]

10 minutes ago, swelsbyuk said:

From a UK-representation point of view (sorry, not being xenophobic in any way, just relating to acts I know outside of the top tiers) we had the following indie type acts.

In 2019 we had:

Richard Ashcroft, Johnny Marr, Frank Turner, Frank Carter, Franz Ferdinand, Razorlight, Idles

In 2022:

Inhaler, Black Honey, Fontaines DC 

 

I've really got my fingers crossed for the next announcement!

Looking at it, perhaps they are trying to move away from the UK generic indie guitar acts. If you look outside the 2 top tiers, not as many acts from the UK.

So looking at European acts to entice more customers from Europe. Perhaps numbers have been down from the UK. 

Edited February 22, 2022 by thetime

[swelsbyuk]

1 minute ago, thetime said:

Looking at it, perhaps they are trying to move away from the UK generic indie guitar acts. If you look outside the 2 top tiers, not as many acts from the UK.

So looking at European acts to entice more customers from Europe. Perhaps numbers have been down from the UK. 

I wondered the same. And, in hindsight, 2019 probably was quite unbalanced in that regard but it feels as though the shift has gone slightly too far the other way.....so far at least.

[Nicklord]

31 minutes ago, swelsbyuk said:

From a UK-representation point of view (sorry, not being xenophobic in any way, just relating to acts I know outside of the top tiers) we had the following indie type acts.

In 2019 we had:

Richard Ashcroft, Johnny Marr, Frank Turner, Frank Carter, Franz Ferdinand, Razorlight, Idles

In 2022:

Inhaler, Black Honey, Fontaines DC 

I saw all of the seven acts mentioned from 2019. In 2022 I'll be watching Black Honey (despite having seen them 3 times before) and, perhaps, Fontaines DC.

I've really got my fingers crossed for the next announcement!

Kensington sounds more like an UK band than anybody else on the lineup. There's also Viagra Boys to an extent and Iceage. You can check those out as well even if they aren't UK acts

Edited February 22, 2022 by Nicklord

[thetime]

1 minute ago, Nicklord said:

Kensington sounds more like an UK band than anybody else on the lineup. There's also Viagra Boys to an extent and Iceage. You can check those out as well even if they aren't UK acts

Iceage look promising after a quick listen.

[Dutchfestivaladdict]

This line up is amazingly poppy . I like the line up and love the new wave of names. 

[bunnyv]

Anyone checks out as the act who hasnt performed for such a big audience because they became very popular in the past 2 years?

[Ralph222]

41 minutes ago, swelsbyuk said:

From a UK-representation point of view (sorry, not being xenophobic in any way, just relating to acts I know outside of the top tiers) we had the following indie type acts.

In 2019 we had:

Richard Ashcroft, Johnny Marr, Frank Turner, Frank Carter, Franz Ferdinand, Razorlight, Idles

In 2022:

Inhaler, Black Honey, Fontaines DC 

I saw all of the seven acts mentioned from 2019. In 2022 I'll be watching Black Honey (despite having seen them 3 times before) and, perhaps, Fontaines DC.

I've really got my fingers crossed for the next announcement!

Inhaler and Fontaine's DC are both Irish and not from the UK

 

[swelsbyuk]

2 minutes ago, bunnyv said:

Anyone checks out as the act who hasnt performed for such a big audience because they became very popular in the past 2 years?

Probably Little Simz!

[swelsbyuk]

3 minutes ago, Ralph222 said:

Inhaler and Fontaine's DC are both Irish and not from the UK

 

Fair point. My bad. Probably strengthens my argument.

Edited February 22, 2022 by swelsbyuk