Bjork, John Grant among Iceland Airwaves Fest line-upMarch 20, 2015 - 12:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The acclaimed and much-loved Iceland Airwaves festivals returns for 2015, and have now added the likes of Bjork, John Grant and Father John Misty to the line-up, Gigwise reports. Held across numerous venues in Reykjavik throughout November, the celebration of the best of new international and Icelandic talent already featured the likes of Ariel Pink, Perfume Genius, East India Youth and loads of local acts. Now, Bjork has revealed a very special homecoming performance as part of the proceedings. "Home again, home again, diggety-do," said Bjork in a very Bjork fashion on her Facebook page to celebrate. Bjork will be performing at Eldborg, Harpa on November 7 at 3pm with a performance that is included as part of the Iceland Airwaves ticket price. Tickets will be handed out to festival-goers on a first-come-first-served basis Friday, November 6 at 12pm at the Harpa media centre. However, there will also be an additional performance on Tuesday, November 3 with tickets on sale from 12pm on Friday, March 27. Tickets for John Grant's performance with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra will be handed out to festival-goers on a first-come-first-served basis at 12pm on Thursday, November 5 at the media centre. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |