No new names, just a date confirmation. The Subways will play Sziget on AUgust 12, according to their official Facebook page.

That means we already have two names for Sunday – The Subways and Mando Diao.

UPDATE: this was confirmed by the official German Sziget Facebook, so it went from self-confirmed to official.

Another band has self-confirmed its presence at Sziget Festival 2012.

German indie/post-punk band In Golden Tears say on their Facebook page that they will play Sziget 2012 on August 7.

(thanks, mellowmaniac!)

You can check out a few versions of their track Urban Emotions, as well as a rough demo of Unique on that same Facebook page.

 

More interesting schedule news.

Mando Diao will play Sziget 2012 on August 12, according to their official site (thanks, mellowmaniac)

As always, all of the schedule info is posted in our Sziget 2012 line up page.

 

UPDATE: Hurts will also play August 8, as stated on their Facebook. (thanks, dragonfly) They will play the Main Stage, as the organizers said in the announcement.

A quick piece of information from the official Placebo site. Placebo is set to play Sziget Festival 2012 on August 8.

Placebo were officially announced playing Sziget 2012 today.

The first big Sziget 2012 lineup announcement is here, as promised yesterday.

And just as we told you a few days ago, it starts with Placebo.

Then, we have Hurts (pictured below), back after their performance at Sziget 2011, The Horrors, and The Subways (back, just like Placebo, after performing at Sziget in 2009).

Joining the Sziget 2012 lineup will be Crystal Fighters, Mando Diao, Noah & The Whale, and Friendly Fires.

In the official announcement, Karoly Gerendai, Sziget’s main organizer, says that “there’s a lot more to come.”

There’s also a trailer for the lineup so far. Watch it in the rest of this post.

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A very interesting hint (thanks for siganlling it, mellowmaniac) on the Sziget Germany Facebook page. It says:

Da ist was im Busch, morgen gibt’s Bestätigungen!

Which, roughly translated, means that there’s something cooking tomorrow. This means a lineup announcement (probably Placebo, as we told you a few days ago), but could Bush also be a possibility?  (that seems like a reference, but we’ll see tomorrow). What’s certain is that they’re ending their US and Canada tour at the end of June. They’ve released a new album a few months ago, after all…

Another self-confirmed name: Baltic Balkan have confirmed their presence at Sziget 2012 on their official MySpace page.

According to their page, they will be playing the Roma  Tent.

UPDATE: this image is on the Placebo official website, so this comes as even more confirmation.

After The Stone Roses, announced officially a while ago, it would seem that we’ll officially have the next Sziget 2012 headliner on Monday.

And it’s Placebo, a band that last played Sziget in 2009.

The band has announced on their official site that they would announce festival dates for this summer on Monday, the 23rd of January, but according to britishrock.cc, that have uncovered the info on the offficial Placebo site, Sziget is among those dates.

We still have to wait for Monday morning for the final confirmation.

As he does every year, our friend Mellowmaniac has gathered a list of artists touring in the area. It’s always updated on the German Sziget board, bestdayz.net. Some of these artists will certainly play Sziget 2012. Here’s the list, along with festivals they’re playing:

Headliner speculations:

• The Cure (05.-08.07. Roskilde, 07.07. Heineken Jammin, 09.07. Rock in Roma, 13.-15.07. Optimus Alive)
• Foo Fighters (rumoured: 26.-28.08. Reading / Leeds)
• The Beach Boys (03.08. Berlin, 04.08. Stuttgart)
• Radiohead (10.07.  Nimes, 13.07. Bilbao, 15.07. Optimus Alive, 27.-29.07. Fuji Rock)
• Placebo (10.-12.08. Taubertal)
• Alice Cooper (03.08. Rock Oz’ Arenes, 10.-11.08. Skogsröjet, 12.08. Bloodstock)
• Scorpions (04.08. Wacken)
• Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (confirmed european dates till 28.07., no eastern european show so far)

Further speculations:

• Beatsteaks (10.08. Open Flair, 11.08. Rocco del Schlacko, 12.08. Taubertal, 17.-19.08. Highfield, 17.-19.08. Area 4, 22.08. Chiemsee Rocks, 25.08. Rock am See)
• Smash Mouth (rearranged from the canceled 2011 show)
• The Wombats (05.08. Arenal Sound, 09.-12.08. Open Flair, 10.-11.08. Rocco del Schlacko, 10.-12.08. Taubertal, 17.-19.08. Highfield, 17.-19.08. Area 4)
• Royal Republic (09.-12.08. Open Flair, 10.-11.08. Rocco del Schlacko, 10.-12.08. Taubertal)
• Paradise Lost (02.08. Wacken, 04.08. Metalcamp, 10.08. Brutal Assault, 12.08. Bloodstock)
• Feist (09.-11.08. Way Out West)
• Refused (09.-11.08. Way Out West)
• Die Ärzte (10., 11. & 12.08. Dresden)
• Two Door Cinema Club (04.08. Arenal Sound)
• Limp Bizkit (Tour in August/September)
• Ministry (12.-15.07. Dour, 02.-04.08. Wacken, 02.-04.08. Przystanek Woodstock)
• Bon Iver (05.-08.07. Roskilde, 08.-12.08. Flow Festival, 09.-11.08. Way Out West, 11.08. Oya)
• Anvil (10.08. Skogsrojet, 12.08. Bloodstock)
• Cradle of Filth (02.-04.08. Wacken)
• Napalm Death (02.-04.08. Wacken, 06.08. Metalcamp, 16.-18.08. Summerbreeze)
• Machine Head (02.-04.08. Wacken, 02.-04.08. Przystanek Woodstock)
• Amon Amarth (02.08. Wacken, 09.08. Metal Camp)
• Hammerfall (02.-04.08. Wacken)
• Immortal (09.-11.08. Partisan, 09.-11.08. Brutal Assault)
• Dimmu Borgir (03.-04.08. Wacken, 09.08. Brutal Assault, 11.08. Bloodstock)
• Infected Mushroom (02.08. Kubana)
• Juno Reactor (03.08. Kubana)
• Enter Shikari (03.08. Kubana)
• Atari Teenage Riot (01.08. Kubana)
• The XX (04.-07.07. Opener)
• Florence & The Machine (12.-15.07. FIB Benicassim, 13.-15.07. Optimus Alive)

 

Romanian band Blue Nipple Boy listed Sziget Festival 2012 as a concert date for 2012, so we’ve asked them about it.

Their answer was that even though they’re not yet officially confirmed, they have won the Talent Stage contest at Peninsula 2011 Festival (Felsziget). The first prize was the inclusion in the Sziget 2012 lineup.

We think it’s safe to say that we’ll see them at Sziget 2012. Until then, check them out on their MySpace page.