{"id":2089491,"date":"2026-08-12T11:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2089491"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:28:15","slug":"zara-larsson-helps-sombr-kick-off-first-european-festival-headline-set-at-sziget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2089491","title":{"rendered":"Zara Larsson helps Sombr kick off first European festival headline set at Sziget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sombr-sziget-credit-marton-monus.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Zara Larsson helps Sombr kick off first European festival headline set at Sziget<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The Swedish pop star performed before the New Yorker\u2019s bill-topping performance at the Budapest bash <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Rhian Daly<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-12T12:28:15+01:00\">12th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"453\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sombr-sziget-credit-marton-monus-696x453.jpg\" alt=\"Sombr\" title=\"sombr-sziget-credit-marton-monus\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Sombr credit: Marton Monus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><em>In partnership with Sziget Festival<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zara Larsson helped Sombr kick off his first-ever European festival headline set at Sziget 2026 last night (August 11), with both artists appearing on the event\u2019s main stage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Sombr \u2013 \u2018I Barely Know Her\u2019 review: smirking sad boy pop<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Swedish pop star had delivered her own performance at the Budapest festival earlier in the evening, drawing a huge crowd as she sang renditions of \u2018Midnight Sun\u2019, \u2018Lush Life\u2019 and more.<\/p>\n<p>An hour after Larsson\u2019s set concluded, Sombr took to the stage, with cameras first joining him in the back of a people carrier in the backstage area. Larsson and some of the dancers from her show joined him in the car, exiting the vehicle one by one until the two pop stars left together carrying red cocktails and headed towards the stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Db6xv9GPOPN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sombr\u2019s set featured songs from his debut album, \u2018I Barely Know Her\u2019, which was released last year. \u2018We Never Dated\u2019 and \u2018I Wish I Knew How To Quit You\u2019 served as early crowd-pleasers, before \u2018Homewrecker\u2019 united the audience in the first big sing-along of the night. Following the track, the musician reflected on the reception he\u2019d received in the country so far. \u201cThis is my first time ever in Hungary,\u201d he shared. \u201cCan I just say, ever since I first got here, your people have been so welcoming. My heart is in Budapest. I love Budapest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued to acknowledge the milestone in his career that headlining Sziget represents, saying: \u201cThis is my first time ever playing a festival in Europe \u2013 and I\u2019m headlining. What is going on?!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Later in the set, Sombr aired his recent single \u2018My Body Isn\u2019t Ready\u2019, which tackles the \u201cbody image issues I\u2019ve had with my body my whole life\u201d. Ahead of the song, he told the crowd that if they were struggling with similar issues, they were \u201cnot alone\u201d and are \u201cbeautiful\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3962119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3962119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sombr-credit-marton-monus.jpg\" alt=\"Sombr\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sombr credit: Marton Monus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He closed out his set with his two biggest hits to date, \u2018Back To Friends\u2019 and \u201812 To 12\u2019. He played the latter song twice.<\/p>\n<p>During \u2018Back To Friends\u2019, he sprayed the words \u201cSombr &lt;3 Budapest\u201d on a black flag and paraded it along the front of the barriers and down the gangway separating the two sides of the crowd. \u201cWhat time is it?\u201d he asked afterwards. \u201cIt\u2019s after your fucking bedtime. It\u2019s nearly 12.\u201d He finished the set by wrapping himself in a Hungarian flag and posing for his photographer in front of the huge audience.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sombr played:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2018We Never Dated\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018I Wish I Knew How To Quit You\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Under The Mat\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Come Closer\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Homewrecker\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018My Body Isn\u2019t Ready\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018She Looks So Perfect\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Undressed\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Potential\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Crushing\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Back To Friends\u2019<br \/>\n\u201812 To 12\u2019<br \/>\n\u201812 To 12\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sziget continues today (August 12) with a headline performance from Twenty One Pilots, plus sets from Biffy Clyro, Ashnikko, Tomora and more.<\/p>\n<p>The Budapest festival marks the latest in a series of festival performances this summer for Sombr. 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data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/katzpascale-elegy-interview-credit-press-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/katzpascale-elegy-interview-credit-press-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Features<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Meet KatzPascale, the chamber music duo putting audiences in a trance<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026_boygeorge_getty_2000x1270-1-400x254.jpg\" 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Larsson helped Sombr kick off his first-ever European festival headline set at Sziget 2026 last night (August 11), with both artists appearing on the event\u2019s main stage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Sombr \u2013 \u2018I Barely Know Her\u2019 review: smirking sad boy pop<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Swedish pop star had delivered her own performance at the Budapest festival earlier in the evening, drawing a huge crowd as she sang renditions of \u2018Midnight Sun\u2019, \u2018Lush Life\u2019 and more.<\/p>\n<p>An hour after Larsson\u2019s set concluded, Sombr took to the stage, with cameras first joining him in the back of a people carrier in the backstage area. Larsson and some of the dancers from her show joined him in the car, exiting the vehicle one by one until the two pop stars left together carrying red cocktails and headed towards the stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Db6xv9GPOPN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sombr\u2019s set featured songs from his debut album, \u2018I Barely Know Her\u2019, which was released last year. \u2018We Never Dated\u2019 and \u2018I Wish I Knew How To Quit You\u2019 served as early crowd-pleasers, before \u2018Homewrecker\u2019 united the audience in the first big sing-along of the night. Following the track, the musician reflected on the reception he\u2019d received in the country so far. \u201cThis is my first time ever in Hungary,\u201d he shared. \u201cCan I just say, ever since I first got here, your people have been so welcoming. My heart is in Budapest. I love Budapest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued to acknowledge the milestone in his career that headlining Sziget represents, saying: \u201cThis is my first time ever playing a festival in Europe \u2013 and I\u2019m headlining. What is going on?!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Later in the set, Sombr aired his recent single \u2018My Body Isn\u2019t Ready\u2019, which tackles the \u201cbody image issues I\u2019ve had with my body my whole life\u201d. Ahead of the song, he told the crowd that if they were struggling with similar issues, they were \u201cnot alone\u201d and are \u201cbeautiful\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3962119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3962119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sombr-credit-marton-monus.jpg\" alt=\"Sombr\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sombr credit: Marton Monus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He closed out his set with his two biggest hits to date, \u2018Back To Friends\u2019 and \u201812 To 12\u2019. He played the latter song twice.<\/p>\n<p>During \u2018Back To Friends\u2019, he sprayed the words \u201cSombr &lt;3 Budapest\u201d on a black flag and paraded it along the front of the barriers and down the gangway separating the two sides of the crowd. \u201cWhat time is it?\u201d he asked afterwards. \u201cIt\u2019s after your fucking bedtime. It\u2019s nearly 12.\u201d He finished the set by wrapping himself in a Hungarian flag and posing for his photographer in front of the huge audience.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sombr played:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2018We Never Dated\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018I Wish I Knew How To Quit You\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Under The Mat\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Come Closer\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Homewrecker\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018My Body Isn\u2019t Ready\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018She Looks So Perfect\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Undressed\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Potential\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Crushing\u2019<br \/>\n\u2018Back To Friends\u2019<br \/>\n\u201812 To 12\u2019<br \/>\n\u201812 To 12\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sziget continues today (August 12) with a headline performance from Twenty One Pilots, plus sets from Biffy Clyro, Ashnikko, Tomora and more.<\/p>\n<p>The Budapest festival marks the latest in a series of festival performances this summer for Sombr. Earlier this month, he appeared at Chicago\u2019s Lollapalooza festival, where he brought out 5 Seconds Of Summer for a version of the band\u2019s \u2018She Looks So Perfect\u2019. The Australian group also provided backup on \u2018Back To Friends\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/zara-larsson-sombr-sziget-festival-headline-2026-3962067&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sombr-sziget-credit-marton-monus.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Zara Larsson helps Sombr kick off first European festival headline set at Sziget The Swedish pop star performed before the New Yorker\u2019s bill-topping performance at the Budapest bash By Rhian Daly 12th August 2026 Sombr credit: Marton Monus In partnership with Sziget Festival Zara Larsson helped Sombr kick off his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2089491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2089491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2089491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2089491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2089491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}