Reykjavík Grapevine - 12.12.2016, Síða 17

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Músiktilraunir bands this year:
Agent Fresco
Amber
Auður
Avóka
Axel Flóvent
Bootlegs
Ceasetone
Endless Dark
Fufanu
Dikta
Helgi Jónsson
Hórmónar
Major Pink
Magnús Jóhann
Mammút
Alexander Jarl
Of Monsters and Men
Ólöf Arnalds
Par-ðar
Rythmatik
RuGl
Samaris
Úlfur Úlfur
Vió
Vök
Representing
Músiktilraunir this year

2004 winners Mammút
2008 winners Agent Fresco
2010 winners Of Monsters and Men
This year's winners HórMónar
Iceland Airwaves
In Numbers

9000
Tickets
670
Off-venue shows
~300
Journalists
220
Artists playing
267
Official concerts
60
Off-venues
13
Official Stages
70,000
Estimated off-
venue guests
(or 30% of the
entire population
of the greater
Reykjavík area)
25
bands on this
years' Airwaves
on-venue
programme
that started at
Músíktilraunir
Infographics:
Sveinbjörn
Pálsson
In partnership
wih Icelandair
244
In 2015 Loftbrú
sponsored
flights for 244
musicians
109
Loftbrú
musicians this
year—so far