Sziget 2025

[Newjem]

10 minutes ago, Akujin said:

Could Weezer show up? They are touring Europe in July. Would they headline?

No, their EU tour starts in early June. They're not staying in Europe for more than two months...

[thetime]

30 minutes ago, Akujin said:

Could Weezer show up? They are touring Europe in July. Would they headline?

 

Weezer headline. 🤣

[Akujin]

2 hours ago, thetime said:

 

Weezer headline. 🤣

People here are considering Vampire Weekend as headliners. Weezer are way more popular band. And they also have a headliner slot at Mad Cool. And they are subheadlining other festivals.

 

I DON’T think they should be headliner but I wouldn’t put it past Sziget to do that.

[Blakeos1996]

6 hours ago, johnybegood said:

 

Where did you see that Pukkelpop teased Nelly Furtado? 

On there official TikTok there a video with her song on it.  Going off a pukkle pop thread same with sting and they think it’s a teased towards there line up 

 

unless there trolling.. but I have no idea why they would pick a Nelly song out of all the songs so sounds about right 

[So Sad Simon]

Mad Cool are making an announcement this morning. Probably just Nine Inch Nails, but could, possibly, be an entirely new name to add onto the July/August festival circuit.

[thetime]

8 hours ago, Akujin said:

People here are considering Vampire Weekend as headliners. Weezer are way more popular band. And they also have a headliner slot at Mad Cool. 

They are not headlining Mad Cool,  unless you think Mad Cool have more than a dozen headliners. 

 

 

[billybigballs]

39 minutes ago, thetime said:

They are not headlining Mad Cool,  unless you think Mad Cool have more than a dozen headliners. 

 

 

They played third out of three on the Green Day Hellamega tour too, behind Green Day and Fall Out Boy. No way they'd headline a festival the size of Sziget or Mad Cool. I'm surprised they're even second line at MC tbh.

[thetime]

9 minutes ago, billybigballs said:

They played third out of three on the Green Day Hellamega tour too, behind Green Day and Fall Out Boy. No way they'd headline a festival the size of Sziget or Mad Cool. I'm surprised they're even second line at MC tbh.

 

Well you kind of get being behind green day and fall out boy, fall out boy a headliner at niche festivals like Download. Whilst even niche festivals, weezer sub. 

 

Weezer will probably headline the 2nd stage at MC, same slot as Sum 41.

 

They won't play Sziget.

[Akujin]

2 hours ago, thetime said:

They are not headlining Mad Cool,  unless you think Mad Cool have more than a dozen headliners. 

 

 

 

Well, they are all defined as headliners. They have two headliners for each big stage since it's 3 days. And even most of their second stage headliners would qualify as small headliners for Sziget. I was there in 2023 and these acts easily had 40-50k people on them and they would likely headline Sziget:

 

Prodigy, Black Keys, QotSA (questionable for me but ppl here pitched them as headliner), Lizzo.

 

Sam Smith and Liam Gallagher were also just "subs" in terms of Sziget and they actually headlined Sziget. 

 

So yeah I would say most who are highlightes as headliner at MadCool potentially qualify for small Sziget headline or at least co-headlne.

 

(In fairness, headliner quality has gone down since 2023 at MC)

[thetime]

22 minutes ago, Akujin said:

 

(In fairness, headliner quality has gone down since 2023 at MC)

 

Yeah big style, which is the theme across the board. So lineup based festivals (MC, werchter), we're always going to struggle more. Although Werchter is looking good this summer.  

[billybigballs]

[So Sad Simon]

1 minute ago, billybigballs said:

Thirty Seconds to Mars on top line embarasses that festival massively.

[thetime]

1 minute ago, So Sad Simon said:

Thirty Seconds to Mars on top line embarasses that festival massively.

 

Only 2 of the 12 are bonfire headliners, 3 at a push with Alanis.

[So Sad Simon]

18 minutes ago, thetime said:

 

Only 2 of the 12 are bonfire headliners, 3 at a push with Alanis.

Not heard that phrase before, what's a bonfire headliner?

 

 

Edited January 22, 2025 by So Sad Simon

[thetime]

43 minutes ago, So Sad Simon said:

Not heard that phrase before, what's a bonfire headliner?

 

 

 

Bonafide 😃

[So Sad Simon]

50 minutes ago, thetime said:

 

Bonafide 😃

I genuinely assumed you meant headliners who you'd throw on a bonfire! Lol.

 

I'd say 4 bonafide ones. Which, out of 12, isn't a great return!

 

 

[So Sad Simon]

Camilla Cabello for Open'er at the beginning of July. A possibility?

[gunghoglen]

2 hours ago, billybigballs said:

 

Sziget still has a long way to go on the undercard, but in terms of headliners, I think so far they are doing quite well. I'll take Chappell and Charli over anything here at MC, and Anyma does seem to be a big deal, too. So while I still think Sziget has a long way to go with explaining the new stages and developing the undercard, they seem to be in a decent spot right now. 

[Akujin]

1 hour ago, gunghoglen said:

 

Sziget still has a long way to go on the undercard, but in terms of headliners, I think so far they are doing quite well. I'll take Chappell and Charli over anything here at MC, and Anyma does seem to be a big deal, too. So while I still think Sziget has a long way to go with explaining the new stages and developing the undercard, they seem to be in a decent spot right now. 

I would murder for NIN tho. One of my best gigs at Sziget. Otherwise this selection of headliners is abysmal in the context of MadCool.

[billybigballs]

2 hours ago, gunghoglen said:

 

Sziget still has a long way to go on the undercard, but in terms of headliners, I think so far they are doing quite well. I'll take Chappell and Charli over anything here at MC, and Anyma does seem to be a big deal, too. So while I still think Sziget has a long way to go with explaining the new stages and developing the undercard, they seem to be in a decent spot right now. 

 

Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong, but I think Sziget is the only European festival this summer that has Charli and Chappell, which is a coup as they're of the hottest acts of 2024.

 

Not sure vids from Anyma at Sphere has gone quite as viral as they might have hoped, but there's still six months left for people to discover his music and visuals.

 

Given the likely success of Charli and Chappell at the Grammys, I wonder whether announcement two might come the following week, giving out strong new names and promoting the Grammy wins of C & C. 

[Ferda]

16 minutes ago, billybigballs said:

 

Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong, but I think Sziget is the only European festival this summer that has Charli and Chappell, which is a coup as they're of the hottest acts of 2024.

 

Not sure vids from Anyma at Sphere has gone quite as viral as they might have hoped, but there's still six months left for people to discover his music and visuals.

 

Given the likely success of Charli and Chappell at the Grammys, I wonder whether announcement two might come the following week, giving out strong new names and promoting the Grammy wins of C & C. 

Primavera Barcelona? 😉

[Newjem]

23 minutes ago, Ferda said:

Primavera Barcelona? 😉

Oya and Way Out West too...

[Martin_89]

Øya and Way Out West also.

[billybigballs]

Ah, I knew Primavera had them both actually but didn't realise Oya and WOW had them both too. I retract my comments! Lol

[FestivalJamie]

12 hours ago, billybigballs said:

Ah, I knew Primavera had them both actually but didn't realise Oya and WOW had them both too. I retract my comments! Lol

Chappell also at Reading & Leeds , and charli xcx at parklife , but not both together