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Iceland Airwaves 2019: The story of the festival in stunning pictures

Iceland Airwaves took place this past weekend (Nov 7-9) across venues in the nation’s capital of Reykjavik. Now in its 20th edition, the festival...

Thomas Smith - 12th November 2019

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Iceland Airwaves 2019: Five artists that dominated the Reykjavik weekender

Iceland Airwaves might well be the coolest festival of the year. Yes, it takes place in the windswept Reykjavik in November (a daunting prospect...

Thomas Smith - 12th November 2019

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Iceland Airwaves 2019: Joe and Shitboys are the fearless, funny punks from the Faroe Islands

Joe and The Shitboys are a band of “bisexual vegans” from the Faroe Islands. How do we know that? Because it’s the very first...

Thomas Smith - 11th November 2019

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Iceland Airwaves 2019: Whitney, Pottery and Joe and The Shitboys close out Reykjavik festival

Iceland Airwaves 2019 concluded last night (Nov 9) with a final night of stellar live music from Whitney, Of Monsters and Men, Pottery and...

Thomas Smith - 10th November 2019

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Iceland Airwaves 2019: John Grant and Girl In Red dazzle on second night

Iceland Airwaves continued yesterday (November 8) with stellar sets from John Grant, Girl In Red, Anna of The North and more. The festival perviously saw...

Thomas Smith - 9th November 2019

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Iceland Airwaves 2019: Mac DeMarco, Shame and Georgia kick-off Iceland’s stellar festival

Iceland Airwaves kicked off in Reykjavik, Iceland last night (November 7) with sets from Mac DeMarco, Georgia, Shame, Millie Turner, Pillow Queens and more. The...

Thomas Smith - 8th November 2019

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John Grant leads latest acts added to Iceland Airwaves 2019 line-up

A new wave of artists have been added to the line-up for this year's Iceland Airwaves festival. Check out the latest additions below. Taking place...

Tom Skinner - 19th June 2019

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Even more acts added to growing Iceland Airwaves 2019 line-up

A host of acts have been added to the growing line-up for Iceland Airwaves 2019 - check out the latest names to join the...

Sam Moore - 10th April 2019

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Mac DeMarco and Shame lead first acts announced for Iceland Airwaves Festival 2019

The first wave of acts for Iceland Airwaves Festival 2019 has been announced, and it's led by the likes of Mac DeMarco, Shame and...

Nick Reilly - 6th February 2019

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A Handy Guide To The Best Upcoming Winter Festivals

Sick of hearing people moan that festival season is over? Yeah, us too – ‘cause it’s not even true! Well, not really. There are...

Jordan Bassett - 6th October 2016

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Bjork announces homecoming show at Iceland Airwaves festival

Dizzee Rascal also joins the line-up

John Earls - 27th September 2016

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Bjork posts video asking for help saving Iceland’s ‘untouched nature’ – watch

The call for help links in with issues the singer has with David Cameron's energy plan

James Hendicott - 6th November 2015

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Björk to headline Iceland Airwaves 2015

The Icelandic singer will play a hometown show in Reykjavik this November

Luke Morgan Britton - 19th March 2015

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The Knife play last ever gig at Iceland Airwaves – watch

The show took place in Reykjavík on Saturday (November 8)

Luke Morgan Britton - 10th November 2014

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Snow More Heroes: Sigur Ròs And More Play It Cool At Iceland Airwaves

Iceland's slate-grey sky is darker than it usually is. A low pressure system, spun off from Hurricane Sandy, is wreaking destruction across the capital...

NME Blog - 6th November 2012

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