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On 11/18/2022 at 8:45 AM, opel said:

As a favour to promoters, because The National sales flopped. He could easily do Sziget as a head

If he didn't do it in 2019 why would he now after 4 years and no releases of much significance. Can't see it

Great set though in '19

11 hours ago, Matt86 said:

Anyway, I've been thinking about a rock headline act, and there's not THAT much possibilities :

Queens of the stone age / The Strokes / Green Day / Paramore / Fall Out Boy / RHCP / Biffy Clyro / My Chemical Romance / Pearl Jam / The Killers / Panic! at the disco

 

I'm more looking for the replacement of Foo Fighters (2019) and Arctic Monkeys (2022) , rather than Kings of Leon whos' place might be taken by a band like Blur, Imagine Dragons or Nickelback, a more "popish band" ^^

Thats a lot of possibilities + more you've left out too.

Some very questionable - biffy clyro for one and panic have dropped off a lot too

Grouping Blur with Imagine Dragons and Nickelback is absolutely criminal as well

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7 minutes ago, gfa said:

If he didn't do it in 2019 why would he now after 4 years and no releases of much significance. Can't see it

Great set though in '19

Thats a lot of possibilities + more you've left out too.

Some very questionable - biffy clyro for one and panic have dropped off a lot too

Grouping Blur with Imagine Dragons and Nickelback is absolutely criminal as well

lool 😅 well, whether you like it or not, Blur IS kinda pop-rock...just like imagine dragons or nickelback lol ^^ (even if it's better 😉 )

About Biffy and Panic, they both have recent albums, and biffy headlined download festival last year.. Plus, if poor bands like THE 1975 (sorry 😛 ) can headline sziget, biffy and panic can easily do so ^^

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So, so far we have - and correct me if I am wrong:

- Billie Eilish (Headliner - probably 1° pop head)

- Nothing but Thieves (MS - weak subhead or strong 3° place)

- Moderat (undisputed A38 headliner)

And probably Florence as Indie headliner?

 

2 considerations on my behalf:

1) Rufus du Sol was a last minute booking: although some might say they fit as Bonobo fitted in 2018, do not forget that Bonobo was opening for Gorillaz, which includes a theme similarity and a shared crowd, for the better part. Dua Lipa on the other side is channeling a solo crowd: whoever you put as a sub-head, people in the first row would not really mind, as they are there to be first row for the main event - all good reasons to not make a confront.

Having said this, Moderat are huge in their niche, but not so interesting outside of it. Anybody knows at least a song of them (and like it): reminds me of Fever Ray (2018) or Caribou (2022), hence, A38 headliner - also a big one. Any other slot would be disappointing IMHO

2) IF and I say IF Florence is booked once again, it will be once again proof of how stale the booking situation at Sziget has been for the last 7-8 years. Florence, (and especially) Macklemore and Bastille are all there once every 3 years on average, getting big spots with a decreasing interest and less entertaining albums. Reminds me of Ska P in 2008-2014, but at least they were all about making a good party and were usually lower tier on the MS. Oh well, sic transit gloria mundi.

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So far from our suggestions, we have:

Definitely: Billie Eilish, Nothing But Thieves, Moderat

Probably: Florence and the Machine

Possibly: Swedish House Mafia, Fred Again...., Green Day, Blur, Sam Fender, Paramore, Foals, Wet Leg, Self Esteem, Girl In Red, Beach Bunny, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Big Moon, Lauran Hibberd, Renforshort, Imagine Dragons, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Biffy Clyro, The Killers, Panic! at the Disco, David Guetta, Arcade Fire, Macklemore, Sam Smith, Stormzy, Billie Eilish, Little Simz, Royal Blood, Young Father, Bicep, Metronomy, The Kooks, Alt-J, Yung Lean, The 1975, Yungblud, Placebo, Editors, Kygo, Chemical Brothers, Maroon 5, Jockstrap, Arlo Parks, Lizzo, Hardwell, Rosalía, M83, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Maisie Peters, Kendrick Lamar, Tom Grennan, Dermot Kennedy, M83, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blink-182, Alvvays, Glass Animals, Cigarettes After Sex, George Ezra, Marina, Turnstile, Robin Schulz, Purple Disco Machine, Shaka Ponk, Bjork, Martin Garrix, Marshmello, Eminem, Viagra boys, Flume, Burna Boy, Amelie Lens, Machine Gun Kelly, Finneas, MØ, The Wombats, Becky Hill, Confidence Man, Amyl and the Sniffers, Phoenix, One Republic, The Lumineers, Denzel Curry, Lil Nas X, Paloma Faith, Olivia Rodrigo and...........Nickelback.

Definitely not: Depeche Mode, Maneskin, Muse, Coldplay, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Beyonce, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Harry Styles, Bruce Springsteen, Tove Lo, Queen, Bon Jovi.

Have we managed to get into double figures with our possibly list @Sziget2023_Leaks?

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10 hours ago, Matt86 said:

lool 😅 well, whether you like it or not, Blur IS kinda pop-rock...just like imagine dragons or nickelback lol ^^ (even if it's better 😉 )

About Biffy and Panic, they both have recent albums, and biffy headlined download festival last year.. Plus, if poor bands like THE 1975 (sorry 😛 ) can headline sziget, biffy and panic can easily do so ^^

Biffy may have done download but are they big in mainland europe? I didn't think they really were.

1975 are big whether you like it or not ...

Panic have dropped off a lot, new album hasn't made waves and all of the band left bar brendon urie i think

1 hour ago, swelsbyuk said:

So far from our suggestions, we have:

Definitely: Billie Eilish, Nothing But Thieves, Moderat

Probably: Florence and the Machine

Possibly: Swedish House Mafia, Fred Again...., Green Day, Blur, Sam Fender, Paramore, Foals, Wet Leg, Self Esteem, Girl In Red, Beach Bunny, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Big Moon, Lauran Hibberd, Renforshort, Imagine Dragons, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Biffy Clyro, The Killers, Panic! at the Disco, David Guetta, Arcade Fire, Macklemore, Sam Smith, Stormzy, Billie Eilish, Little Simz, Royal Blood, Young Father, Bicep, Metronomy, The Kooks, Alt-J, Yung Lean, The 1975, Yungblud, Placebo, Editors, Kygo, Chemical Brothers, Maroon 5, Jockstrap, Arlo Parks, Lizzo, Hardwell, Rosalía, M83, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Maisie Peters, Kendrick Lamar, Tom Grennan, Dermot Kennedy, M83, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blink-182, Alvvays, Glass Animals, Cigarettes After Sex, George Ezra, Marina, Turnstile, Robin Schulz, Purple Disco Machine, Shaka Ponk, Bjork, Martin Garrix, Marshmello, Eminem, Viagra boys, Flume, Burna Boy, Amelie Lens, Machine Gun Kelly, Finneas, MØ, The Wombats, Becky Hill, Confidence Man, Amyl and the Sniffers, Phoenix, One Republic, The Lumineers, Denzel Curry, Lil Nas X, Paloma Faith, Olivia Rodrigo and...........Nickelback.

Definitely not: Depeche Mode, Maneskin, Muse, Coldplay, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Beyonce, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Harry Styles, Bruce Springsteen, Tove Lo, Queen, Bon Jovi.

Have we managed to get into double figures with our possibly list @Sziget2023_Leaks?

Good amount of these aren't touring from your possibly list 🙂 

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2 hours ago, swelsbyuk said:

So far from our suggestions, we have:

Definitely: Billie Eilish, Nothing But Thieves, Moderat

Probably: Florence and the Machine

Possibly: Swedish House Mafia, Fred Again...., Green Day, Blur, Sam Fender, Paramore, Foals, Wet Leg, Self Esteem, Girl In Red, Beach Bunny, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Big Moon, Lauran Hibberd, Renforshort, Imagine Dragons, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Biffy Clyro, The Killers, Panic! at the Disco, David Guetta, Arcade Fire, Macklemore, Sam Smith, Stormzy, Billie Eilish, Little Simz, Royal Blood, Young Father, Bicep, Metronomy, The Kooks, Alt-J, Yung Lean, The 1975, Yungblud, Placebo, Editors, Kygo, Chemical Brothers, Maroon 5, Jockstrap, Arlo Parks, Lizzo, Hardwell, Rosalía, M83, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Maisie Peters, Kendrick Lamar, Tom Grennan, Dermot Kennedy, M83, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blink-182, Alvvays, Glass Animals, Cigarettes After Sex, George Ezra, Marina, Turnstile, Robin Schulz, Purple Disco Machine, Shaka Ponk, Bjork, Martin Garrix, Marshmello, Eminem, Viagra boys, Flume, Burna Boy, Amelie Lens, Machine Gun Kelly, Finneas, MØ, The Wombats, Becky Hill, Confidence Man, Amyl and the Sniffers, Phoenix, One Republic, The Lumineers, Denzel Curry, Lil Nas X, Paloma Faith, Olivia Rodrigo and...........Nickelback.

Definitely not: Depeche Mode, Maneskin, Muse, Coldplay, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Beyonce, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Harry Styles, Bruce Springsteen, Tove Lo, Queen, Bon Jovi.

Have we managed to get into double figures with our possibly list @Sziget2023_Leaks?

(Lauran Hibberd and The Big Moon were just wishes from my end, I'm 99% sure they are not big enough for Sziget yet.)

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2 hours ago, gfa said:

1975 are big whether you like it or not ...

Panic have dropped off a lot, new album hasn't made waves and all of the band left bar brendon urie i think

I know ur right, that is sad lol... imagine panic subbing 1975 one day... 😭

3 hours ago, swelsbyuk said:

So far from our suggestions, we have:

Definitely: Billie Eilish, Nothing But Thieves, Moderat

Probably: Florence and the Machine

Possibly: Swedish House Mafia, Fred Again...., Green Day, Blur, Sam Fender, Paramore, Foals, Wet Leg, Self Esteem, Girl In Red, Beach Bunny, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Big Moon, Lauran Hibberd, Renforshort, Imagine Dragons, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Biffy Clyro, The Killers, Panic! at the Disco, David Guetta, Arcade Fire, Macklemore, Sam Smith, Stormzy, Billie Eilish, Little Simz, Royal Blood, Young Father, Bicep, Metronomy, The Kooks, Alt-J, Yung Lean, The 1975, Yungblud, Placebo, Editors, Kygo, Chemical Brothers, Maroon 5, Jockstrap, Arlo Parks, Lizzo, Hardwell, Rosalía, M83, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Maisie Peters, Kendrick Lamar, Tom Grennan, Dermot Kennedy, M83, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blink-182, Alvvays, Glass Animals, Cigarettes After Sex, George Ezra, Marina, Turnstile, Robin Schulz, Purple Disco Machine, Shaka Ponk, Bjork, Martin Garrix, Marshmello, Eminem, Viagra boys, Flume, Burna Boy, Amelie Lens, Machine Gun Kelly, Finneas, MØ, The Wombats, Becky Hill, Confidence Man, Amyl and the Sniffers, Phoenix, One Republic, The Lumineers, Denzel Curry, Lil Nas X, Paloma Faith, Olivia Rodrigo and...........Nickelback.

Definitely not: Depeche Mode, Maneskin, Muse, Coldplay, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Beyonce, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Harry Styles, Bruce Springsteen, Tove Lo, Queen, Bon Jovi.

Nice resume, thanks ! I have to say that I strongly believe Amyl & the Sniffers will be here : supposed to be there in 2020 + really great live act + in Europe in August ... 🤞!

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56 minutes ago, activean said:

Love Florence, but this would be lazy booking. Something similar like Kings of leon this year 

maaaan I liked Kings of Leon ! 😅

But I agree, already seen Florence in 2019, only 2 editions back... would be disappointed to see her back that soon on the line up.

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