Incoming festival manager Grimur Atlason has in the past worked with numerous international and local talent including Sonic Youth, Elbow, Sigur Ros and Bjork.

"Iceland Airwaves has over the years been established as one of the most cool and interesting festivals of its kind in Europe," says Atlason. "There is a great opportunity to go further with Airwaves now that its financial structure is secured and the whole Icelandic environment is as 'music-friendly' as ever before. My plans are to ...