The Music The first Iceland Airwaves was held in 1999 in an airplane hangar… since then the annual music festival has grown tremendously and become one of the most interesting showcases for new music in the world. The Rolling Stone has called it “the hippest long weekend on the annual music-festival calendar”. To give you an idea, here are just a few of the bands that have performed in the past: Of Monsters and Men, John Grant, Owen Pallett, The Shins, Florence and the Machine, Flaming Lips, Bloc Party, Hurts, Fatboy Slim, Sigur Rós, FM Belfast, Múm and Gus Gus. The bracelet included in the tour package grants you entry to all the festival venues for all five festival days. We will keep you posted about this year’s program as it unveils.