Fat Dog and Jasmine.4.t are among the first wave of names confirmed for the 2025 edition of Iceland Airwaves Festival.
The event, which has been running since 1999, returns to downtown Reykjavik from November 6 to 8 this year, and tickets and travel packages are available now – you can find yours here.
Alongside South London’s Fat Dog and Manchester’s Jasmine.4.t, the festival will also welcome Kenya Grace, Antony Szmierek, Deadletter, The Orchestra (For Now), Babymorocco, Ratbag, Superkoloritas and Jelena Ciric.
As ever, they will also platform a number of Icelandic artists during the festival, with Elín Hall, Sunna Margrét, Milkywhale, Magnús Jóhann and Tófa all on the bill.
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For Fat Dog, the festival joins a busy 2025 on the road for the band. At home, they will be playing the BBC Radio 6 Music festival next month, as well as Sheffield’s Rock N Roll Circus in late August, headlined by Queens Of The Stone Age.
They have also been announced for Boomtown in Winchester, Truck in Oxfordshire, Dot To Dot in Bristol and Nottingham, All Together Now in Ireland and Bearded Theory in Derbyshire.
Those join the group’s UK, Ireland and Europe tour this year in support of their debut album ‘WOOF’, which was released in September. With the UK leg wrapping up in Manchester on Saturday (March 1), they head to Europe throughout April – see all dates here.
NME awarded ‘WOOF’ five stars, writing: “It’s clear from the get-go that this is not a band who take themselves seriously – you needn’t look further than drummer Johnny ‘Doghead’ Hutchinson’s ever-present latex dog mask. But crucially, they’ve committed to the bit, and it makes the intricate and occasionally miserable post-punk that’s inundated the UK recently seem like a bore in comparison. Scream the words and dive head-first into the Fat Dog experience, because ‘Woof.’ is pure, unbridled escapism – just what the world needs right now.”
Jasmine.4.t spoke to NME at the start of this year about being the ifrst signing to Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory label. “What more could you want as a queer musician?” she said. “To be signed to Saddest Factory is a dream come true. Phoebe has fought my corner and has gotten me so many opportunities. It comes from a place of friendship but also a place of solidarity. I feel like those guys really get how shit is for trans women, especially in this country. I think they are kind of unsung heroes.”
