Iceland Airwaves music festival is back for a cool landing with a plethora of the world’s top performing artists in 2015. The festival has been rocking stages since 1999 in an airplane hangar and has been dominating in platforming some of the new hotness through out Icelandic music and the globe. Earlier this week Iceland officials released the third round of bands for the festival including Maryland’s dream pop duo Beach House, English rapper Skepta, electronic pop singer QT, experimental indie-rockers Battles and garage knockers Sleaford Mods. Iceland Airwaves 2015 will take place in Reykjavík, Ireland, a small city but big in tourism on November 4-8, 2015. Last year, The Flaming Lips, The War on Drugs, The Knife and many other crowd favorites brought the stage down during Iceland Airwaves 2014.
Björk, formally known as the lead singer of The Sugarcubes, will return to her native Icelandic stage along with John Grant with The Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Father John Misty, Ariel Pink, Perfume Genius, East India Youth and LA Priest. Iceland’s powerhouse rock band Mammút, Vök and many more will be joining the stages to bring a future sold out show fans do not want to miss.
Björk’s performance at Eldborg, Harpa, Saturday, November 7th at 3pm will be included in the Iceland Airwaves 2015 ticket price. Tickets will be handed out to festival-goers on a first-come-first-served basis Friday, November 6th at noon in the Media Center at Harpa. John Grant and ISO performance on Thursday, November 5th will also be included in the Iceland Airwaves 2015 ticket price and handed out to festival-goers on a first-come-first-served basis Thursday, November 5th at noon in the Media Center at Harpa. The show on Tuesday, November 3rd at Eldborg in Harpa is officially sold out and the anticipation for the forthcoming festival is on a rise.
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The official line up including the newest 26 additional acts for Iceland Airwaves 2015:
Agent Fresco
Amabadama
Ariel Pink (US)
Árstídir
Asonat
Axel Flóvent
BATIDA (PT)
Battles (US)
BC Camplight (UK)
Beach House (US)
Bo Ningen (JP)
Björk
Brim
Bubbi Og Dimma
Dikta
DJ flugvél og geimskip
East India Youth (UK)
Emmsjé Gauti
Father John Misty (US)
Felicita (UK)
Fufanu
Future Brown (US)
Futuregrapher
Gísli Pálmi
GusGus
Hekla
Hinds (ES)
HO99O9
Hundred Waters (US)
John Grant With The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra
Júníus Meyvant
Kero Kero Bonito (UK)
La Priest (UK)
Låpsley (UK)
Low Roar
M-Band
Máni Orrason
Meilyr Jones (UK)
Mirel Wagner (FI)
Mitski (US)
Misþyrming
Mourn (ES)
Muck
Operators (US/CA)
Perfume Genius (US)
Pink Street Boys
QT (US)
Retro Stefson
Rythmatik
Sea Change (NO)
Skepta (UK)
Sleaford Mods (UK)
Sóley
Sophie (UK)
Tanya Tagaq (CA)
Teitur Magnússon
The OBGMS (CA)
The Pop Group (UK)
Tonik Ensemble
Vérité (US)
Vio
Weaves (CA)
William Tyler (US)
Yagya
Ylja
Vök
Young Karin (SCAND)
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