Shygirl, Bar Italia and Pleasure (Nameless) lead lineup for Iceland Airwaves 2024
Shygirl, Bar Italia, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Pleasure (Nameless) and extra have been introduced as performers for Iceland Airwaves 2024.
The competition might be celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary this 12 months and can happen from November 7 by means of 9 in downtown Reykjavik. Different acts set to carry out on the music fest embody Saya Grey, Magdalena Bay, Anish Kumar, Inspector Spacetime, Úlfur Úlfur, Klemens Hannigan and extra.
“We’re extremely proud to be celebrating not solely 25 years of Iceland Airwaves, however 25 years of enjoying a key half within the careers of a few of the world’s most proficient artists,” stated Ísleifur Þórhallsson, Pageant Supervisor for Iceland Airwaves in a Press launch.
He continued: “Through the years we now have seen lots of our Airwaves alumni develop from energy to energy, usually growing into a few of the business’s most acclaimed artists. It’s an honour to proceed to convey new expertise to Reykjavik, and share our beloved Icelandic group with the world.”
Pageant weekend and single-day passes are at present accessible by means of the festival’s official website. There are additionally journey bundles accessible for many who want to buy flights and lodging together with a competition move. Convention passes are additionally accessible for many who want to attend.
In keeping with the competition’s web site, the convention “welcomes music business delegates and press from everywhere in the world with nice audio system and alternatives for networking.” It is usually held in collaboration with Iceland Music, Reykjavík Music Metropolis and Enterprise Iceland.
Final 12 months’s version of the Icelandic fest noticed the likes of Yard Act, Blondshell, Bombay Bicycle Membership, Kneecap, Squid, The GOA Categorical, Balming Tiger, Lime Backyard and extra play.
In a four-star evaluation of the competition, NME shared: “Iceland Airwaves succeeds by tapping into the tradition and heritage of Reykjavík and increasing on it by reserving a few of the most exploratory new names worldwide.
“Elisapie sums this up brilliantly on Saturday night: born and raised in Salluit, a small village in Nunavik, Canada that’s solely accessible by aircraft, the singer is evidently over the moon to be sharing her Inuktitut rendition of Blondie’s ‘Coronary heart Of Glass’. It makes for a wonderful, emotional set that illuminates this competition’s wide-ranging remit.”