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Tuesday, 18 August 2009

15/08/09

On this day, 40 years ago. the history of music was changed forever, with the opening of the Woodstock Festival in rural New York. The tradition caught on rapidly, with festivals now taking up most of the summer months around the world. Surprisingly many of the 32 performers at Woodstock are still performing but none are expected to attend...
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Sziget - Day Four (Festival)

15th August, All Day
Óbudai Island [map]

Saturday is clearly the day when it will be most tempting to camp out by the Main Stage but there are some other good options, if you can drag yourself away. The Subways are ideal openers for the completely British day on the Main Stage and are guaranteed to get the audience warmed up, after building a huge reputation in the UK for their rocking live shows, which far outweighs their album sales. Editors offer a more laid back, anthemic sound to follow, before Klaxons should get the island bouncing again, in preparation for Manic Street Preachers and Placebo. Curiosities of the day include Swedish DJ Eric Prydz who may or may not bring his troop of scantily-clad aerobics performers with him to the Burn Party Arena, the subtly named Sex Action on the Rock stage and French ska band, Babylon Circus on the A38-wan2 stage.

Full details here

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Also worth a gander...

Public Enemies (Film)
All manner of Palace Cinemas: times here
Epic bio-pic of arguably the most notorious of all the 1930s American bank-robbers, John Dillinger. Directed by Michael Mann and starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, generally well received by the critics. Trailer and reviews here.

EtnoGödör (Concert)
Gödör, 21:00, free
Folk and World Music in the form of Light House, who offer a combination of Hungarian and Irish folk, mixed with a touch of jazz and progressive rock. Also on the bill are Greek folk band Evros, with a taste of the Eastern Mediterranean.

Mustbeat Klub (Club)
Kuplung Klub, free
DJ collective MustBeat turn up at Budapest's favourite disused car repair shop to play their own personal brand of dirt-break, hip-break, break, funk and breakbeat...



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