Sziget Festival announces new artists: ASAP Rocky, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes – full line up here

This year’s Sziget festival held from August 6 to 11 will feature American rapper ASAP Rocky, the uncrowned king of rap, trap and R and B, Post Malone, Grammy-nominated Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes, Caribou and K-pop girl band Kiss of Life, as well as a new wave Hungarian hip-hop, Co Lee, and the defining band of the alternative scene, Elefant, the organisers said on Tuesday.

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Among the local acts, Co Lee, one of the most prominent artists of new wave Hungarian hip-hop, and Elefánt, a leading band on the alternative scene, are already confirmed to perform, the organisers said.

Among the newly announced international stars, American rapper ASAP Rocky (born Rakim Mayers) has been a huge success and has dominated the music industry for a decade and a half. To date, he has amassed more than 17.5 billion streams and his music videos have surpassed 3.9 billion views on YouTube. His latest singles, Highjack and Ruby Rosary, will be featured on his forthcoming fourth studio album, Don’t Be Dumb. A few months ago, he released his Grammy-nominated music video for Tailor Swift.

Also from overseas, singer-songwriter Post Malone is the uncrowned king of rap, trap and R&B. He is known for hits such as Rockstar, Circles, I Had Some Help and White Iverson.

Malone burst onto the scene in 2015 and, in his upwardly mobile career, has sold 60 million records and released six studio albums (the most recent in 2024) in various genres, including pop, country, rap, and hip-hop.

Seven years ago, Grammy-nominated Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes, a global star, performed a sold-out concert on the Sziget. The singer recently released his fifth album, Shawn, which draws on his travels and experiences over the past few years following the cancellation of his 2022 tour.

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Canadian composer and performer Caribou (Dan Snaith) is coming to this year’s Sziget with his new album Honey, and K-pop will debut on the Sziget this year with Korean girl group Kiss of Life. The latter was formed in 2023 and filmed the music video of its first mini-album in Budapest. Also performing on Sziget will be Swedish hardcore punk band Refused, formed in 1991, who last year re-released their 1998 hit album The Shape of Punk to Come. The band reportedly goes on a farewell tour this year, including the Sziget concert.

Coming are Ahadadream, a tastemaker on the UK club scene; New Zealand alt-pop duo Balu Brigada; Call Me Karizma, a singer-songwriter-rapper who straddles the hip-hop and punk genres; and Tokyo, Japan-based metalcore band Hanabie, formed in 2015. The elusive, timeless music of Roberto Carlos Lange, who goes by the name Helado Negro, caught the music world’s attention with his 2019 album This Is How You Smile, and he’s playing at the Sziget Festival this year. He’ll be joined by Hermanos Gutiérrez, who released a new album last year full of Latin mysticism and otherworldly guitar playing.

Also coming is S10, aka Stien den Hollander, the Dutch singer, rapper, and songwriter whose Ik Haat hem voor Jou was last year’s song of the year in the Netherlands and who will soon release a new album. Maryland-based singer-songwriter Isabel LaRosa will perform her hits about growing up, attraction and heartbreak, alternative punk-rap duo Joey Valence & Brae, Hedex b2b Bou duo will play, and popular German DJ, singer and songwriter horsegiirL, who often wears a horse-head mask, will also be there.

The organisers have previously announced that this year’s Sziget will also feature Nelly Furtado, Papa Roach, Motherma, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Blessed Madonna, Armin van Buuren, Boris Brejcha, Kneecap, Justine, Blossoms and Zaho de Sagazan, among others.g others.

Full Sziget Festival lineup HERE.