The first tickets for Sziget 2023 have already been sold. In addition, theorganization will soon come up with the first names for the Hungarianfestival. Which artists will be at the top of the poster next year? We havealready started speculating. Below is an overview of the strongest rumors.
Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala, Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa and many other toppers,among others, were high on Sziget’s poster last year. But who can we expectnext summer on it Island of Freedom? It’s never too early to start theanticipation. We list the biggest rumors for you.
Billy Eilish
Billie Eilish has a great chance of being on the Sziget 2023 bill. TheAmerican pop star has been on the Happier Than Ever World Tour for almost ayear now. In June she was still in Europe, but she only did one festival:Glastonbury 2022. Would the singer catch up in 2023? Eilish was recentlyconfirmed for Lollapalooza Argentina, Chile and Brazil and the ColombianEstereo Picnic. These festivals take place in March and April, leaving plentyof room for the European festivals in the summer.
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Stormzy
With the new album This Is What I Mean and a big performance at All PointsEast 2023, we can’t forget about the rapper as a possible contender. Stormzywill play at the British festival on August 18, a week after Sziget. For now,APE is planning its only festival date. But it probably won’t stop there. Inaddition, the British artist was already booked for the canceled 2020 editionof the Budapest festival. Does this mean we can hear new music from Stormzy onSziget?
Swedish House Mafia
With Swedish House Mafia there is never a lack of a solid party. And now letthe same be the case on it Island of Freedom. An ideal combination, whichbecomes even more beautiful when you know that the Swedish trio will be at theBritish Creamfields 2023 two weeks after Sziget. Currently the only Europeandate, but a crossing to the mainland is quickly made.
blur
Another contender is Blur. The English band put their work on hiatus in 2015,after the album The Magic Whip came out. But the group has now announcedthat they will reunite for a reunion show at Wembley on July 8, 2023. Thiswill be their only gig in England for 2023. The first festival in Europe hasbeen confirmed: on July 6, Damon Albarn & co. at Festival Beauregard inFrance. Blur appeared on the stage at Sziget for the first and last time in2013, but the energetic frontman could still be seen at the festival in 2018with his other project Gorillaz.
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Paramore
Long time no see , Paramore. It had been a while since we saw the Americanrock band on stage, but our long wait was rewarded. The group is currently ontour through America. On August 2 they will play their last show of this tour.At the moment no European playdates have been announced yet, but what isn’tcan still come.
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Foals
Foals played Sziget once before in 2015, but the English rock band is on afestival tour almost every summer. Since the group will be touring the US in2023 as a support act for Paramore, they will also have the whole of Augustfree for Europe. So we add them to the list. The gentlemen have a brand newlong player to their name: Life Is Yours. Who knows, we might also hearthese new tracks on Sziget?
The 1975
With their fifth album Being Funny in a Foreign Language in our pocket, it’sno surprise that we could see the British band back on stage in 2023. Earlier,The 1975 singer Matthew Healy revealed that he and his band members will cometo the Netherlands in February. And in the summer months, the halls areexchanged for the festival grounds. At least at Hurricane & Southside inGermany, and TRNSMT Festival in Scotland. Will they extend the tour to Sziget?It would be a nice follow-up to their headline show in 2019.
Taylor Swift
Sziget loves pop stars and pop stars love Sziget. In recent years, Ed Sheeran,Justin Bieber and Dua Lipa, among others, played huge shows on the island inBudapest. Does Taylor Swift join that list? With the new album, midnight ,of course hears a new tour. The American singer will therefore also be touringthe US again next summer. No European shows have been announced at this time,but the US dates will end on August 9. It’s a long shot, but coincidentallySziget takes place right after that.
Harry Styles
Another pop star with a tour coming to an end just before Sziget 2023. Afterthree times the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam, Harry Styles can go onholiday on July 22. Or will the British singer add another headline show atSziget? The chances are probably not very great, but the bookers of theHungarian festival often conjure up surprises from their top hat.
Beyonce
We can’t avoid it. Beyoncé’s new tour has been rumored for a while now. With anew album full of hits in the pocket, that tour can now come quietly. Beyoncéhas been rumored for some time now to have shows planned in Italy at the endof June. Who knows, she will continue this until August. In any case, a tourannouncement seems imminent.
Join the conversation about Sziget 2023
Of course it remains to be seen whether we see one of these rumors on theposter of Sziget 2023. But what could be more fun to speculate in advance?Don’t see your favorite group listed here and are you convinced that yourfavorite band is coming to Hungary after all? Speculate further on theFestileaks Forum and convince your fellow Sziget-goers.