Upcoming Festival Artists
FAT DOG and JASMINE.4.T are among the first names confirmed for the 2025 festival lineup in Iceland.
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Event Details
The festival, which has been celebrated since 1999, is returning to Reykjavik from November 6 to 8 this year. Tickets and tourist packages are available—check your options here.
This year’s festival will feature FAT DOG from South London and Jasmine from Manchester.
As always, a number of Icelandic artists will also perform, including Ellin Hall, Sunna Margrate, Milka, Magnus Johann, and Tof—it’s an exciting lineup!
Good morning to everyone who watches our first ad! You are a real tickcker, if you notice … Come on, comment on, who we are talking about 👀 pic.twitter.com/2pscsypwaju
– Icelandic Air Waves (@icalandairwaves) February 28, 2025
For FAT DOG, the festival marks a significant point in their 2025 journey. They will also perform at the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival next month, followed by the Sheffield Rock N Roll Circus at the end of August, featuring Queens of the Stone Age.
They have also been announced for Bumtown in Winchester, alongside acts in Oxfordshire, Bristol, and Nottingham, and are gearing up for a tour in Ireland and a bearded theory event in Derbyshire.
They will be joining a UK, Ireland, and Europe tour this year to promote their debut album “WoF,” which was released in September. The UK leg will conclude in Manchester on March 1 before moving to Europe in April—check all the dates here.
NME awarded “WoF” five stars, stating: “From the very beginning, it is clear that this is not a group that seriously needs to look beyond the drummer, Johnny ‘Doghead’, in the ever-popular latex mask for dogs. Importantly, they dedicated themselves to Bita, creating a complex and occasionally melancholic post-punk sound, which is notably recent compared to other genres. Their approach is bold, and it pushes boundaries—exactly what the world needs right now.”
Jasmine.4.T shared with NME earlier this year about signing with IFRST at the notoriously melancholic Fibi Briders factory. “What more could a peculiar musician want?” she expressed. “Being signed by such a unique label is a dream come true. Fibi has connected me with so many opportunities. This partnership is rooted in friendship and solidarity. I feel that these folks truly understand the struggle of trance, particularly in this country. They are, in many ways, unsung heroes.”
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