Kispál és a Borz, perhaps Hungary?s best known alternative act, will play their farewell concert on the stage on day -1, and on day 0 the stage will host a celebration of reggae and ska.
Kispál will be joined on day -1 by Tibi Kiss, Líviusz, Juci Németh and Csík Zenekar.
On the same day, Sziget?s World Music Main Stage will pay tribute to Tamás Cseh, and the BJC-Amphitheatrum Stage will host the 2nd Hungarian Jazz Day.
The Reggae and Ska Celebration will take place without Skatalities, who have cancelled all of their summer shows, but Ladánybene 27 featuring KRSA and PASO Brass, Aggrolites, Toots & The Maytals, Wailers and UB40 will fill in the gap.
On Wednesday, the American band Gwar will take the main stage, followed by cult band The Toys Dollz and the Basque group Ska-P, who are returning to the Sziget. Swedish sensation The Hives who are also returning. British band Madness will take the prime slot on the main stage on the first official day of the festival.
On Thursday, K.I.Z., a group of rappers from Berlin who form a kind of punk-techno medley, will perform on the main stage, followed by Young Punx, who play a mix of classical French house, 80's pop, hard, glam and disco-rock. Johnny Rotten's band Public Image Ltd. will invade the stage. New Musical Express has given the lifework-award to the next performer of Sziget this year, The Specials who have only accepted the invitation of two other festivals apart from Sziget this summer. The headliner of the day will be Faithless who have already done a number of huge shows, and their gig this year is also bound to attract a big crowd this year.
Friday:
Lyapis Trubetskoy's works are well-received by critics from Russia to Portugal, and they have already collected a number of high-ranking awards. This year they get a chance at Sziget to be known worldwide. Papa Roach is in constant training and is therefore always able to score high, so this year he will do his spectacular rock-exercises on the main stage of Sziget. Germany's most famous reggae-artist, Cologne-based Gentleman will present his freshest studio album Diversity at Sziget. A bright popstar is bound to arrive too, on Friday's early evening. The performer will be one of the most-talented artists of the contemporary pop music, Mika. The song The Kill had over 34 million views on YouTube, and now festivalgoers will get the chance to see Jared Leto's band Thirty Second to Mars live. They've been on the top of the Sziget-wishlist for ages, by the way.
Saturday:
After the Appenini-peninsula, Subsonica will make an attempt to entice the audience of Sziget this summer. The Cribs is a band that is successful both in the realms of critics and the audience, with their album Ignore the Ignorant, they are in their perfect form right now. Tankcsapda ? since their audience would be too big for any other venue ? will be the only Hungarian band on the main stage. The evening star of the first day of the Sziget-weekend will be heavy metal legend Iron Maiden whose new album is about to be released in mid-August.
Sunday:
Over the Carpathians and the Donyeck-basin, widely popular wild motorists Death Valley Screamers will do a show at Sziget, too, right as the first performers on the last day of the event. They will be followed by their fellow-citizens, the band Rada, so that their singer could awaken the mysteries of Ukraine with her wonderful voice within the compass of an enchanting, mesmerizing concert on the main stage. Danko Jones will join the performers of Sziget with their new studio album released in May entitled Below the Belt. Within the frame of a monstre tour, Billy Talent from Canada will be the guest of Budapest now, too. Besides the greatest British music festivals, Sziget-vistors now get a chance to get to know the freshest album of Kasabian from last year, which has been selected as the best album of the year by the critics of Q magazine and NME. The last day of Sziget will be closed by Muse on the main stage ? a band that has been referred to by critics and experts as one of the best rock bands ever.
