Sziget’s Main Stage was named after the recently-deceased booking manager Dan Panaitescu, who worked on staff for twenty years. Tribute will also be paid to David Bowie in the Magic Mirror tent under the title “Ashes to Ashes” on Wednesday, Day Minus One.

Sigur Ros from Iceland will play for the first time at the festival this year. Their performance is on Saturday. The last day of the festival, next Tuesday, will feature the US Lumineers and the UK’s Last Shadow Puppets.

“The festival will be one of the safest places in Budapest”, chief organiser Károly Gerendai said at a press conference on Monday. Security will be tightened at the entry points and this year visitors can be identified by their bracelets for the first time. Head of operations Dániel Benis told MTI that a security staff of 1,300 will operate on festival grounds, working in collaboration with fire services, police and medical staff, altogether numbering about 3,000. A special ambulance force with nine cars on call and space for medical helicopters to land will provide medical assistance.

Last year the festival attracted a record number of over 430,000 people. It fetched the European Festival Award for Best Major Festival first in 2011 and then in 2014.

source: dailynewshungary.com

Sziget Festival also has its anthem. Listen to it and read the lyrics.

Odette: Be with you – Sziget 2016 anthem

Look at the sky the highest high

Believe you can touch

Not afraid to fly

Be the one is what you want

Dirty shoes running news

Hard to loose

Let it go nobody knows

We don’t care about tomorrow

Give me back the love you get

We on the sway road you never forget

It’s you you you

And me me me

All we need is love

to set us free

Be with you

You with me

All we need is time

to set us free

Shaking hats

Till we dance

Every red lips

Big sweetromance

Shut your eyes

Feel the lights

The magic happen

Don’t need to hide

It’s you you you

And me me me

All we need is love

to set us free

Be with you

You with me

All we need is time

to set us free

So let’s keep living ’til it all falls down

Let’s close our eyes

And let the moment drive the whole world out

We’re in this together

Hear our hearts beat together

We stand strong together

We’re in this forever

This one’s for you,

This one’s for you

Waving colored flags

We won’t surrender, there’s no standing down

There’s a playing field

It’s full of winners, we’re breaking new ground

We’re in this together

Hear our hearts beat together

We stand strong together

We’re in this forever

This one’s for you,

This one’s for you

In this together

Woah, woah

Oooooh

We’re in this together

Hear our hearts beat together

We stand strong together

We’re in this forever

This one’s for you

There are nice and useful expressions in the song. Can you translate the following sentences into Hungarian?

1. We’re born to fly.

2. Let’s close our eyes.

3. And let the moment drive the whole world out.

4. We’re in this together.

5. We won’t surrender, there’s no standing down.

6. It’s full of winners.

7. Our hearts beat together.

Key

1. Repülni/Szárnyalni születtünk.

2. Csukjuk be a szemünket!

3. És hagyjuk, hogy a pillanat kizárja az egész világot.

4. Együtt vagyunk ebben benne.

5. Nem adjuk fel, nincs visszalépés.

6. Teli van győztesekkel.

7. Együtt dobog a szívünk.

Talking loud, talking crazy
Locked me outside
Prayin’ for the rain to come
Bone dry again
Guess it’s true what they say
I’m always late
Say you need a little space
That I’m in your way

It hurts, but I remember every scar
And I’ve learned
But living is the hardest part

I can’t believe what I did for love
I can’t believe what I did for us
Crash and we burn into flames
Stitch myself up and I’d do it again
I can’t believe what I did for love

(What I did for love)
What I did for love

I’m a fool for your games
But I always play
Can’t admit it was a waste
There’s too much at stake

It hurts,
But I remember every scar
And I’ve learned
But living is the hardest part

I can’t believe what I did for love
I can’t believe what I did for us
Crash and we burn into flames
Stitch myself up and I do it again
I can’t believe what I did for love

(What I did for love)
What I did for love

I can’t believe what I did for love