{"id":2096508,"date":"2026-08-15T09:31:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2096508"},"modified":"2026-08-15T09:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:31:44","slug":"bring-me-the-horizon-and-rose-gray-took-sziget-festival-2026-to-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2096508","title":{"rendered":"Bring Me The Horizon and Rose Gray took Sziget Festival 2026 to new heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bring-me-the-horizon-oli-sykes-sziget-credit-Matt-JelonekGetty-Images.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>Reviews<\/span><span>Live Reviews<\/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\">Bring Me The Horizon and Rose Gray took Sziget Festival 2026 to new heights<\/h1>\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>Performances from Skepta, Nia Archives and Peggy Gou also shone on the fourth day of the Budapest festival <\/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> NME<\/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=\"2026-08-15T10:31:44+01:00\">15th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bring-me-the-horizon-oli-sykes-sziget-credit-Matt-JelonekGetty-Images-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Bring Me The Horizon Oli Sykes\" title=\"Sziget Festival 2026 - Day 5\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Bring Me The Horizon&#8217;s Oli Sykes credit: Matt Jelonek\/Getty Images<\/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><strong>In partnership with Sziget Festival<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Words:<\/strong> Jordan Bassett, Rhian Daly<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>At the far end of the Sziget site lies a circular temporary theatre space. It\u2019s home to the Magic Mirror show, a queer circus that offers anyone who steps inside a safe space to be whoever and identify however they want. Once the show starts, you\u2019re offered a trove of inspiration to guide you to your authentic self. \u201cSome people call us freaks,\u201d our host tells us, but in the range of drag queens and performers in the line-up, there only seems to be a wealth of stars, whether they\u2019re pole dancing to Def Leppard or mesmerising with aerial routines.<\/p>\n<p>Back outside Magic Mirror\u2019s doors, that surplus of stars and feeling you can be whoever you want, in a musical sense, spills over onto the other stages. There really is something for everyone at Sziget, whether you want to open up the pit to some metal, skank to some grime or pretend you\u2019re dancing in the club. Here are some of the eclectic highlights of Team <em>NME<\/em>\u2019s fourth day at the festival. <em><strong>(RD)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bring Me The Horizon blew our tiny minds<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3962849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962849\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3962849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bring-me-the-horizon-sziget-credit-Matt-JelonekGetty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"Bring Me The Horizon\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bring Me The Horizon at Sziget 2026. Credit: Matt Jelonek\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Towards the end of Bring Me The Horizon\u2019s extravagant, pyro-tastic headline set, the band disappeared offstage and screens piped out a short video that depicted their incredible two-decade journey from Sheffield deathcore grotbags to global metal superstars. And then they returned to the stage for an encore that bounced from the apocalyptic \u2018Doom\u2019 to chrome-plated closer \u2018Throne\u2019, reminding Sziget exactly how they\u2019ve pulled off their improbable feat.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it\u2019s all about ambition and experimentation. Frontman Oli Sykes\u00a0once told\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0of Bring Me\u2019s maximalist approach to their gigs: \u201cWe\u2019re trying to make a Universal Studios-style experience in the form of a rock set: we\u2019re so scared that people might be bored for one second that our show is full of constant flashing lights!\u201d For once, he was being understated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s frankly demented show opened with an avatar called Eve, who appeared on the screens to ask: \u201cSziget, are you ready for the night of your fucking life?\u201d What followed was a hugely conceptual gig that paired the band\u2019s innovative pop-metal with a sci-fi narrative (some fabulous mumbo-jumbo about the impending apocalypse) and a whole host of Universal Studios-style visual trickery. As said video screens depicted the show, Sykes\u2019 and fans\u2019 faces were super-imposed with demonic visages \u2013 soundtracked by Bring Me\u2019s intense, brutally fast-paced tunes, many of them packed with more ideas than most bands cram into entire albums, the effect was intoxicating.<\/p>\n<p>Sykes was an unhinged ringmaster, chastising the crowd for not going hard enough (\u201cDO YOU KNOW WHAT A CIRCLE PIT IS?\u201d) and inviting Barnabas K\u00f3kai, frontman of Hungarian deathcore band The Southern Circle, to growl through a tour debut of the excoriating \u2018Pray For Plagues\u2019. \u201cWe are Bring Me the Horizon from Sheffield, England,\u201d Sykes barked at one point in this head-spinning bonanza. And look how far they\u2019ve come. <strong><em>(JB)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rose Gray took us on a journey<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3962851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962851\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3962851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rose-gray-sziget-credit-Matt-JelonekGetty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"Rose Gray\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rose Gray at Sziget. Credit: Matt Jelonek\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to create this feeling of being in your room getting ready, to making your way to the club, to the club, to making your way home,\u201d Rose Gray told <em>NME<\/em> about her live show before she took to the Revolut Stage yesterday (keep an eye out for the full interview coming soon). Her Sziget performance accomplished that, taking the tent on a journey that spanned hours \u2013 despite her only being on stage for 60 minutes. Ravey visuals and cinematic clips of London underscored that intention, while a rail of clothes positioned to the right of the stage served as both a prop for getting ready and a club cloakroom, belongings deposited while the main action took place centre stage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>That action was nothing short of phenomenal, too, with Gray barely pausing through her hour-slot for a breather as she ran through tracks from her acclaimed debut album, \u2018Louder, Please\u2019, new cuts like \u2018Just Be Bodies\u2019 and a cover of Kesha\u2019s \u2018Attention!\u2019. \u2018Club To Your Arms\u2019 made her intended journey literal, with the star explaining beforehand it captured \u201cthe beautiful journey I took one night from the club to my lover\u2019s arms\u201d, while she used the euphoric \u2018April\u2019 as a chance to get closer to the audience, running down the space in the middle of the tent and urging everyone to \u201cget down on the floor\u201d before bouncing back up for the song\u2019s crescendo.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2018Party People\u2019 capped things off, Gray moved aside the clothes rail to reveal a mirror, and grabbed a lipstick to scrawl on it, \u201cI &lt;3 you, Rose Gray always\u201d before planting a big smacker on it. The feeling in the Sziget crowd was very much mutual.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The best of the rest<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3962854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962854\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3962854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sziget-atmos-credit-purger-tamas.jpg\" alt=\"Sziget\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sziget 2026. Credit: Purger Tamas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As day four of Sziget bled into day five, we spotted a huge steampunk submarine being dragged across the site. Naturally, it was plonked next to a pirate ship that pumped out traditional Hungarian dance-folk while its pirates blasted appreciative punters with bubbles.<\/p>\n<p>So, things were starting to get a little crazy, as was proved when Nia Archives annihilated the Revolut Stage with her frenetic jungle set. A packed crowd moved under white strobes as she conducted proceedings from a minimalist stage adorned only with her two band members and a sofa, battering through the explosive likes of \u2018Feelings Go Numb\u2019 with demonic energy.<\/p>\n<p>It was a similar story over on the Bolt Night stage, which couldn\u2019t contain the crowd for South Korean DJ Peggy Gou\u2019s relentless volley of old-school bangers, including her mind-melting Eurodance remix of \u2018The Rhythm of the Night\u2019. No wonder they call it the Island of Freedom.\u00a0<strong><em>(JB)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3962852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962852\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3962852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/skepta-sziget-credit-Joseph-OkpakoWireImage.jpg\" alt=\"Skepta\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skepta at Sziget. Credit: Joseph Okpako\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whenever an artist starts their set with one of their biggest songs, you know you\u2019re probably in for a stacked performance. That certainly was true of Skepta\u2019s main stage show last night, which kicked off on an instant high with \u2018Shutdown\u2019. The hits just kept on coming from that point, with early showings for \u2018That\u2019s Not Me\u2019 and \u2018Gas Me Up (Diligent)\u2019, as Skeppy bounced around a stage filled with Rimowa-style suitcases, the screen at the back showing an airport boarding notice for a flight to the festival.<\/p>\n<p>The MC soared throughout the set, whether getting stuck into \u201csome rap shit\u201d like \u2018Redrum\u2019 or switching back to grime for \u2018Nasty\u2019. \u201cOne sec, I need to take a flick,\u201d the MC told his DJ after a ferocious \u2018No Security\u2019, pausing the show to snap a few photos with the crowd behind him. 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partnership with Sziget Festival<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Words:<\/strong> Jordan Bassett, Rhian Daly<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>At the far end of the Sziget site lies a circular temporary theatre space. It\u2019s home to the Magic Mirror show, a queer circus that offers anyone who steps inside a safe space to be whoever and identify however they want. Once the show starts, you\u2019re offered a trove of inspiration to guide you to your authentic self. \u201cSome people call us freaks,\u201d our host tells us, but in the range of drag queens and performers in the line-up, there only seems to be a wealth of stars, whether they\u2019re pole dancing to Def Leppard or mesmerising with aerial routines.<\/p>\n<p>Back outside Magic Mirror\u2019s doors, that surplus of stars and feeling you can be whoever you want, in a musical sense, spills over onto the other stages. There really is something for everyone at Sziget, whether you want to open up the pit to some metal, skank to some grime or pretend you\u2019re dancing in the club. Here are some of the eclectic highlights of Team <em>NME<\/em>\u2019s fourth day at the festival. <em><strong>(RD)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bring Me The Horizon blew our tiny minds<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3962849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962849\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3962849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bring-me-the-horizon-sziget-credit-Matt-JelonekGetty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"Bring Me The Horizon\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bring Me The Horizon at Sziget 2026. Credit: Matt Jelonek\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Towards the end of Bring Me The Horizon\u2019s extravagant, pyro-tastic headline set, the band disappeared offstage and screens piped out a short video that depicted their incredible two-decade journey from Sheffield deathcore grotbags to global metal superstars. And then they returned to the stage for an encore that bounced from the apocalyptic \u2018Doom\u2019 to chrome-plated closer \u2018Throne\u2019, reminding Sziget exactly how they\u2019ve pulled off their improbable feat.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it\u2019s all about ambition and experimentation. Frontman Oli Sykes\u00a0once told\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0of Bring Me\u2019s maximalist approach to their gigs: \u201cWe\u2019re trying to make a Universal Studios-style experience in the form of a rock set: we\u2019re so scared that people might be bored for one second that our show is full of constant flashing lights!\u201d For once, he was being understated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s frankly demented show opened with an avatar called Eve, who appeared on the screens to ask: \u201cSziget, are you ready for the night of your fucking life?\u201d What followed was a hugely conceptual gig that paired the band\u2019s innovative pop-metal with a sci-fi narrative (some fabulous mumbo-jumbo about the impending apocalypse) and a whole host of Universal Studios-style visual trickery. As said video screens depicted the show, Sykes\u2019 and fans\u2019 faces were super-imposed with demonic visages \u2013 soundtracked by Bring Me\u2019s intense, brutally fast-paced tunes, many of them packed with more ideas than most bands cram into entire albums, the effect was intoxicating.<\/p>\n<p>Sykes was an unhinged ringmaster, chastising the crowd for not going hard enough (\u201cDO YOU KNOW WHAT A CIRCLE PIT IS?\u201d) and inviting Barnabas K\u00f3kai, frontman of Hungarian deathcore band The Southern Circle, to growl through a tour debut of the excoriating \u2018Pray For Plagues\u2019. \u201cWe are Bring Me the Horizon from Sheffield, England,\u201d Sykes barked at one point in this head-spinning bonanza. And look how far they\u2019ve come. <strong><em>(JB)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rose Gray took us on a journey<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3962851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962851\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3962851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rose-gray-sziget-credit-Matt-JelonekGetty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"Rose Gray\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rose Gray at Sziget. Credit: Matt Jelonek\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to create this feeling of being in your room getting ready, to making your way to the club, to the club, to making your way home,\u201d Rose Gray told <em>NME<\/em> about her live show before she took to the Revolut Stage yesterday (keep an eye out for the full interview coming soon). Her Sziget performance accomplished that, taking the tent on a journey that spanned hours \u2013 despite her only being on stage for 60 minutes. Ravey visuals and cinematic clips of London underscored that intention, while a rail of clothes positioned to the right of the stage served as both a prop for getting ready and a club cloakroom, belongings deposited while the main action took place centre stage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>That action was nothing short of phenomenal, too, with Gray barely pausing through her hour-slot for a breather as she ran through tracks from her acclaimed debut album, \u2018Louder, Please\u2019, new cuts like \u2018Just Be Bodies\u2019 and a cover of Kesha\u2019s \u2018Attention!\u2019. \u2018Club To Your Arms\u2019 made her intended journey literal, with the star explaining beforehand it captured \u201cthe beautiful journey I took one night from the club to my lover\u2019s arms\u201d, while she used the euphoric \u2018April\u2019 as a chance to get closer to the audience, running down the space in the middle of the tent and urging everyone to \u201cget down on the floor\u201d before bouncing back up for the song\u2019s crescendo.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2018Party People\u2019 capped things off, Gray moved aside the clothes rail to reveal a mirror, and grabbed a lipstick to scrawl on it, \u201cI &lt;3 you, Rose Gray always\u201d before planting a big smacker on it. The feeling in the Sziget crowd was very much mutual.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The best of the rest<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3962854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962854\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3962854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sziget-atmos-credit-purger-tamas.jpg\" alt=\"Sziget\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sziget 2026. Credit: Purger Tamas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As day four of Sziget bled into day five, we spotted a huge steampunk submarine being dragged across the site. Naturally, it was plonked next to a pirate ship that pumped out traditional Hungarian dance-folk while its pirates blasted appreciative punters with bubbles.<\/p>\n<p>So, things were starting to get a little crazy, as was proved when Nia Archives annihilated the Revolut Stage with her frenetic jungle set. A packed crowd moved under white strobes as she conducted proceedings from a minimalist stage adorned only with her two band members and a sofa, battering through the explosive likes of \u2018Feelings Go Numb\u2019 with demonic energy.<\/p>\n<p>It was a similar story over on the Bolt Night stage, which couldn\u2019t contain the crowd for South Korean DJ Peggy Gou\u2019s relentless volley of old-school bangers, including her mind-melting Eurodance remix of \u2018The Rhythm of the Night\u2019. No wonder they call it the Island of Freedom.\u00a0<strong><em>(JB)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3962852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962852\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3962852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/skepta-sziget-credit-Joseph-OkpakoWireImage.jpg\" alt=\"Skepta\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skepta at Sziget. Credit: Joseph Okpako\/WireImage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whenever an artist starts their set with one of their biggest songs, you know you\u2019re probably in for a stacked performance. That certainly was true of Skepta\u2019s main stage show last night, which kicked off on an instant high with \u2018Shutdown\u2019. The hits just kept on coming from that point, with early showings for \u2018That\u2019s Not Me\u2019 and \u2018Gas Me Up (Diligent)\u2019, as Skeppy bounced around a stage filled with Rimowa-style suitcases, the screen at the back showing an airport boarding notice for a flight to the festival.<\/p>\n<p>The MC soared throughout the set, whether getting stuck into \u201csome rap shit\u201d like \u2018Redrum\u2019 or switching back to grime for \u2018Nasty\u2019. \u201cOne sec, I need to take a flick,\u201d the MC told his DJ after a ferocious \u2018No Security\u2019, pausing the show to snap a few photos with the crowd behind him. For all involved, this was one set to remember. <strong><em>(RD)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/bring-me-the-horizon-rose-gray-sziget-2026-day-four-round-up-3962845&#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\/bring-me-the-horizon-oli-sykes-sziget-credit-Matt-JelonekGetty-Images.jpg&#8221;] ReviewsLive Reviews Bring Me The Horizon and Rose Gray took Sziget Festival 2026 to new heights Performances from Skepta, Nia Archives and Peggy Gou also shone on the fourth day of the Budapest festival By NME 15th August 2026 Bring Me The Horizon&#8217;s Oli Sykes credit: Matt Jelonek\/Getty Images In partnership with [&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-2096508","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\/2096508","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=2096508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2096508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2096508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2096508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}