Sziget Festival opens in Budapest
10,000+ Dutch Guests
10,000+ Dutch Guests
Nearly
two-thirds of the Sziget festival’s week tickets have been sold to foreigners,
and most of them are from Holland,
chief executive Gábor Takács told Inforádió on Monday.Hungarians buy most of the one-day tickets, Takács added.
American
superstar Prince played to a packed main stage yesterday, on Sziget day 0.
Large
numbers of party goers are also expected for performances by the Chemical
Brothers and the Prodigy, on Thursday and Friday."
Source:
Hungary
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Prince to rock Sziget Festival in Budapest
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| Prince |
Maybe
the most unique and exciting performer of them all, a 7-time Grammy winner and
true American pop-icon is about to visit Hungary. Prince will rule the main
stage of Sziget Festival on 'Day 0', 9 August, playing the biggest hits of his
career.
Sziget
organizers launched this sensational piece of last-minute news with just about
2 weeks to go before the start of the event. Sziget Festival’s Main Stage will
proudly host Prince Roger Nelson, the legend who entered the rock’n’roll hall
of fame by the name Prince.
Being
in the spotlights since 1976, selling over 100 million records, reaching 10
platinum releases and also earning several Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe and
even an Oscar, here he is to give all he got for Sziget fans from all over the
world. You can already start to get ready for hits like ’Purple Rain’, ’Kiss’,
’When Doves Cry’, ’1999’ and so much more.
’We
know it’s a bit unusual to announce such a huge star so late but Polish Open’er
festival’s booked Prince for a gig in the beginning of July as an exclusive act
for the 2011 festival season in this part of Europe. Luckily the Polish
organizers Alter Art were ready to make a compromise, without their support
this great show wouldn’t have happened on Sziget.
We
are really thankful to Open’er Festival that they helped us to make it happen.
Open’er is dedicated to music and audience this is why they decided to help
Sziget. Also we’re very happy to host the star, especially that it will be his
only concert in our region’ – explained Gabor Takacs, organizer of Sziget
Festival.
Save
the best for last, as they say, so Prince finally accepted the invitation to
come to Budapest.
His concerts are normally sold out within a few days anywhere in the world, so
organizers are confident that the next 2 weeks will be more than enough to sell
all available tickets. If you don’t want to miss your chance, buy your ticket
quickly. Prince guarantees a special experience anytime he plays, and this is
also underlined by the great international press response he got after the July
concert in Poland,
using superlatives to describe the show that is more than 2 hours long.
The
line-up of Sziget Day 0 is crowned by Prince, but you will also find many other
exciting program features on the same day. For example Rock-Metal Stage will
present the most successful world-music Sziget performers of the last few
years, all known for the magical atmosphere they create.
What
you can expect is a star parade, great concerts from bands that would surely be
headliners on a ’normal’ Sziget day, but Day 0 is also special in this sense.
Check out New-York-based Klezmatics, Serbian Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
and even Russia’s finest
underground act Leningrad.
If
you have an ongoing desire to explore fine new bands, then you shouldn’t miss
the Europe Stage program of the same day, presenting winners of some great
European talent competitions. And if that’s still not enough, you even have the
chance to witness how Hungarian cultural history is written by MR2 Petőfi
Radio, providing a multi-artist concert series with some unique co operations
between local pop-rock stars and the radio’s symphony orchestra.
Wow,
quite a lot of information for one press release, so just to summarize: you get
the reigning Prince of pop music, American klezmer, Serbian brass, Russian
underground, European talents and a lot more, all included in the price of your
weekly camping ticket. If you already bought a 5-days non-camping ticket, or
only plan to come for a few days, then you can buy the special ’Day 0 ticket’
for 52 EUR and join the best warm-up day in the history of Sziget
Festival!"
Source:
Sziget Festiva
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