The Offspring from Los Angeles, Snow Patrol from Glasgow, Die Toten Hosen and many more artists from around the world have recently confirmed that they had accepted the organisers’ invitation to perform on the numerous stages of our beloved festival.

Californian kings of old school impudence The Offspring, one of the most successful punk bands of all time with over 50 million albums sold worldwide, made a come back last year with the album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace and will be showcasing its riotous sound to the Sziget audience this coming August. Also arriving in August is Snow Patrol, the Glasgow-based band originally hailing from Northern Ireland who will be opening for U2 on their No Line on the Horizon world tour. This festival will give connoisseurs of rock the chance to experience the cult Düsseldorf punk band Die Toten Hosen, who have released several gold and platinum albums during a career spanning more than two decades. We can welcome Haydamaky, a band from Ukraine whose unique ethno-ska music has seduced the whole of Europe, as well as Finnish Disco Ensemble, who – despite their name – will produce not golden oldies but mind-blowing post-hardcore hits as they perform from Magic Recoveries, their Finnish chart-topping album. Tom Jenkinson, the electro artist who has released twelve albums during his decade long career under the pseudonym Superpusher will be enticing Sziget audiences for the first time in 2009, as will the electro soundscapes of Coldcut. Adding even more colour to the punk palette is Swedish new wave punk band Backyard Babies, who have won a Grammy in their home country for their 2002 album Stockholm Syndrome. The best week of the year cannot pass without a jolt of inimically French electro, which will be delivered by the turntable maestros of the Birdy Nam Nam crew, named best DJ team in 2002.

Strengthening the electro front on Sziget will be the Portuguese experimental electro rock band Blasted Mechanism. Known primarily for world music, their performance will exhilarate rock- world- and electro fans alike. Matatu, specialists of breathless ska-parties will be let loose on the island this August. Everyone will be swept away by the smooth drum n bass waves of Miloopa – named after Poland’s favourite baby food. We will be welcoming Dutch classic guitar rock band De Staat, who released their debut album Wait for Evolution in January. Also arriving for the first time in Hungary will be Expatriate, the Australian indie band who have been called kindred spirits with cult legends Hot Hot Heat, Deathcab for Cutie and Blonde Redhead and released their first album In the Midst of This in 2007. Donots, Germany’s most popular punk band to have ever come out of Ibbenbüren, will be playing from their latest album Coma Chameleon from 2008 to whip Sziget audiences into a party frenzy.