Sziget 2023

[Matt86]

After Maroon 5, Main Square festival gave us David Guetta.

Even if we know Maroon 5 won't happen at Sziget (american band won't stay 3 months in Europe), it's different for Guetta, being French and DJ. So he really is an option for the EDM headline spot... damn... 😕 INNOVATE Sziget, give us Armin Van Buuren !! 😅😭

[ReljaGajić]

16 minutes ago, Matt86 said:

After Maroon 5, Main Square festival gave us David Guetta.

Even if we know Maroon 5 won't happen at Sziget (american band won't stay 3 months in Europe), it's different for Guetta, being French and DJ. So he really is an option for the EDM headline spot... damn... 😕 INNOVATE Sziget, give us Armin Van Buuren !! 😅😭

I hope we won't get David Guetta, he is in the #2 spot on DJ Mag, but gosh... I've seen him 3 times at the same festival (EXIT in 2016, 2018 and 2021) and he gets worse every time and I really wanna see something new, at least DM&LM or something 🥴

[lukatej]

he is the DJ, he can be anywhere, anyplace he wants, just grabs his USB and laptop, I wouldnt rely on him being appearing somewhere. hopefully 🙂

Still hoping for something like Chemical Brothers, Swedish House Mafia or Deadmau5 - is he possibility?

Edited November 25, 2022 by lukatej

[swelsbyuk]

1 hour ago, activean said:

I was almost suprised how happy was everybody in Open'er thread, is she good/fun live or what? 

Barely know her

Exactly this. Great fun and some bangers.

[#1SzigetFan]

Armin Van Buuren was announced for Untold in Romania.

He will play there for at least the 3rd or 4th time. He might also be Sziget's EDM headliner.

[Matt86]

Arctic Monkeys --> The Strokes

Calvin Harris --> David Guetta

Kings of Leon --> Imagine Dragons

Dua Lipa --> Billie Eilish

Tame Impala --> ...

Justin Bieber --> ...

There's always 2 "big names". In 2019 we had Ed Sheeran and Foo Fighters, 2022 Dua Lipa and Justin Bieber, so 2023 will be Billie Eilish and...? The Weeknd or Bruno Mars would be perfect to me. But are they available..

[Matt86]

Just now, #1SzigetFan said:

Armin Van Buuren was announced for Untold in Romania.

He will play there for at least the 3rd or 4th time. He might also be Sziget's EDM headliner.

I wish you speak the truth... ❤️ but sadly, someone said here that he is not "main stream enough" and I'm afraid he's right... 😞

[#1SzigetFan]

2 minutes ago, Matt86 said:

Arctic Monkeys --> The Strokes

Calvin Harris --> David Guetta

Kings of Leon --> Imagine Dragons

Dua Lipa --> Billie Eilish

Tame Impala --> ...

Justin Bieber --> ...

There's always 2 "big names". In 2019 we had Ed Sheeran and Foo Fighters, 2022 Dua Lipa and Justin Bieber, so 2023 will be Billie Eilish and...? The Weeknd or Bruno Mars would be perfect to me. But are they available..

2023 is Billie Eilish and Imagine Dragons

[Matt86]

Just now, #1SzigetFan said:

2023 is Billie Eilish and Imagine Dragons

ID is not THE biggest name Sziget will look for, in order to sell-out a day easily. Trust me, there's 1 big name missing, we'll get it in February I'm sure ^^

[cirez]

19 minutes ago, Matt86 said:

Arctic Monkeys --> The Strokes

Calvin Harris --> David Guetta

Kings of Leon --> Imagine Dragons

Dua Lipa --> Billie Eilish

Tame Impala --> ...

Justin Bieber --> ...

There's always 2 "big names". In 2019 we had Ed Sheeran and Foo Fighters, 2022 Dua Lipa and Justin Bieber, so 2023 will be Billie Eilish and...? The Weeknd or Bruno Mars would be perfect to me. But are they available..

considering Guetta/Tiesto, Imagine Dragons and Billie Eilish certain (and that's a long shot already), I think there are two scenarios

- AM -> huge name (RHCP/Blur?), Tame Impala -> Strokes/Florence and Bieber -> avg male pop headliner (Sam Smith?)
- AM -> Strokes, Tame Impala -> Florence and Bieber -> huge male pop headliner (the two names you've mentioned would be lovely)

but yeah, I think there is still a huge name to announce with Billie and Imagine Dragons as a (if you ask me) pretty strong trio
btw I've read Dua and JB were 750k each, if that was real I'd like to say they'll save about 300k by booking David Guetta instead of Calvin Harris, those can make a bigger difference than I expected for the other five names

Edited November 25, 2022 by cirez

[eyebrain]

1 hour ago, Matt86 said:

The Weeknd or Bruno Mars would be perfect to me. But are they available..

As far as i know The Weeknd is going to announce a tour this coming week. including august dates here in Europe, but as far as i’ve heard from a strong source no festivals so he can pretty much be ruled out. 
..but he also called him a “band” so maybe my guy did not pay enough attention. Deffo here in Europe in Aug tho.

[Matt86]

24 minutes ago, eyebrain said:

As far as i know The Weeknd is going to announce a tour this coming week. including august dates here in Europe, but as far as i’ve heard from a strong source no festivals so he can pretty much be ruled out. 
..but he also called him a “band” so maybe my guy did not pay enough attention. Deffo here in Europe in Aug tho.

well, if he's indeed in Europe in August, that's already a good news ^^ and a Hope for us... 🙂

[cirez]

2 minutes ago, Matt86 said:

well, if he's indeed in Europe in August, that's already a good news ^^ and a Hope for us... 🙂

I think it all depends on whether he wants to do festivals or not - I saw him in the predictions for RandL as well, I don't think he'd be more expensive than Bieber and it would be a HUGE booking
it would also be a return of a R&B headliner (he's kinda pop as well, and we already have Imagine Dragons and Billie Eilish as well) and would complete a pretty strong headliners lineup imho

he will end his first leg of tour this weekend in Los Angeles and he might be the reason why a lot of festivals have yet to announce their lineups, since the LA dates were postponed after his voice broke on stage

he'll tour european stadiums 100% next summer, so as I've said before it's all going to be about whether he'll still be around in august and if he'll do festivals, since his production for this tour is huge

we'll see 🙂

[Moran]

It's a long stretch.. but do you guys thi nk the letters mean anything? 

[Matt86]

2 minutes ago, Moran said:

It's a long stretch.. but do you guys thi nk the letters mean anything? 

absolutely not

[Tinsel19]

11 minutes ago, Moran said:

do you guys thi nk the letters mean anything? 

Yeah, Eminem confirmed

[Moran]

Haha I thought maybe the colors and letters but nvm

It was worth a try

[Mondo-kun]

TBH it really depends on your imagination. 

[#1SzigetFan]

Drake confirmed! Just kidding 😛

[activean]

There is this webpage with estimated artist prices, not sure how accurate it is, but most prices make sense (But some not really) Dua Lipa is listed as 750K-$1000K for example. 

While some pop&rock artist costs 500k+, EDM is half the price. (David Guetta $150K-$200K, Eric Prydz $150K-$200K), no wonder there is more and more electronic lineups, considering huge fan these artist have. 

Anyway, Billie with $1000K-$1500K is on the top of the bill, so are Imagine Dragons just behind with $500K-$750K.

[cirez]

4 minutes ago, activean said:

There is this webpage with estimated artist prices, not sure how accurate it is, but most prices make sense (But some not really) Dua Lipa is listed as 750K-$1000K for example. 

While some pop&rock artist costs 500k+, EDM is half the price. (David Guetta $150K-$200K, Eric Prydz $150K-$200K), no wonder there is more and more electronic lineups, considering huge fan these artist have. 

Anyway, Billie with $1000K-$1500K is on the top of the bill, so are Imagine Dragons just behind with $500K-$750K.

a lot of EDM prices are totally off, Calvin Harris at 100k? ahahah
Arctic Monkeys at 100k seems a little odd as well to me

[swelsbyuk]

24 minutes ago, cirez said:

a lot of EDM prices are totally off, Calvin Harris at 100k? ahahah
Arctic Monkeys at 100k seems a little odd as well to me

Same price as Jessie J and less than Alt-J. Hhhmmmmm......

[rgvili]

3 hours ago, Moran said:

It's a long stretch.. but do you guys thi nk the letters mean anything? 

maybe every group of letters that are close to each other are acronyms? like PM at the bottom as post Malone

[swelsbyuk]

4 minutes ago, rgvili said:

maybe every group of letters that are close to each other are acronyms? like PM at the bottom as post Malone

Except that there's no BI or ID anywhere.

[rgvili]

1 minute ago, swelsbyuk said:

Except that there's no BI or ID anywhere.

maybe it's not for all the names 🤷🏻‍♂️ i remember them doing the artist first names thing last year so maybe that's the new thing idk