Iceland Airwaves 2008

Iceland Airwaves' now in its tenth year will be held in downtown Reykjavik, Iceland from Wednesday 15th until Sunday 19th October 2008.

International acts confirmed include Biffy Clyro, Boys In A Band, Crystal Castles, CSS, Familjen, Final Fantasy, Florence & The Machine, Fuck Buttons, The Mae Shi, Handsome Furs, Little Boots, Junior Boys, Miracle Fortress, Munich, Planningtorock, PNAU, Robots In Disguise, The Ghost, Young Knives, These New Puritans, Vampire Weekend, Boy Crisis, White Denim, Cruel Black Dove, Yelle, El Perro Del Mar, Therese Aune, Ane Brun, Jerry Bouthier, and Simian Mobile Disco.

Icelandic acts confirmed include Cocktail Vomit, Sykur, Audio Improvement, <3 Svanhvít, Ske, Lay Low, Benni Hemm Hemm, BB&Blake, Lights on the Highway, The Viking Giant Show, We Made God, Atomstation, Bob Justman, Borko, Klive, Tonik, Æla, Agent Fresco, Andrúm, Blindfold, Bloodgroup, Dikta, Dirty Projectors (US), Dísa, DLX ATX, Dr. Spock, Dýrðin, Esja, FM Belfast, For a Minor Reflection, Ghostigital, GusGus, Hjálmar, Hjaltalín, Jeff Who?, Mammút, Megas og Senuþjófarnir, Motion Boys, Naflakusk, Ólafur Arnalds, Parachutes, Retro Stefson, Reykjavik!, Rökkurró, Seabear, Singapore Sling, Skakkamanage, Skátar, Slugs, Sometime, Soundspell, Steed Lord, Sudden Weather Change, Swords Of Chaos, The Fist Fokkers, Ultra Mega Technobandið Stefán, and Vicky Pollard.

Icelandair offer a combined flights and five day festival pass for £299. An Iceland Airwaves Festival Pass (wristband) grants access to all festival shows and is valid for all five festival days. This is the recommended way to get to Iceland Airwaves 2008. To buy tickets and choose options, click here.

In 2008 the festival celebrated it's 10th Anniversary by announcing it would come to London for an East London Extravaganza. For more information about the London event, click here.

More information will be here when available.

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