You spend a ridiculous period of time ready at festivals. Whether or not it’s ready in line to get right into a venue for the band you’re actually enthusiastic about, ready for that music you REALLY wished to listen to reside, ready for the beer to pour into your glass at a close-by bar (is it simply us or does it all the time pour the slowest when your subsequent gig is simply in 10 minutes?), or ready on your hangover to move (until you adopted our Airwaves hangover survival guide.) By some means, it’s in these countless strains and minutes you’re making an attempt to kill that a lot of the funniest stuff occurs. We’ve been noting down the most effective issues we overheard at Iceland Airwaves this 12 months to make you snigger at them too.
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[Security guard stopping us at Fríkirkjan and accidentally challenging us to a game of who downs their drink faster]
“Drinks are usually not allowed. It’s a church.”
[A stranger on their way to the next gig, feeling desperate. Oh, how we feel you, darling]
“NEXT”
[A couple of strangers when the realisation that they have to go to Fríkirkjan, not Hallgrímskirkja, has dawned on them]
“Oh, it’s in that church.”
[Someone watching gugusar on stage. Boy, we do agree]
“We wish extra girls to play. I imply take a look at this, it’s superb.”
[A couple of tourists being genuinely sad as they queue outside Gaukurinn. It’s freezing]
“I wanna see the place I’m going subsequent however I can’t trigger the web site’s not working.”
[No, this girl is not talking about her Tinder dates]
“I’m seeing this man in 20 min, this man in 10 and about that one… I’m nonetheless unsure.”
[At 10:30 am on Friday morning]
“Daughters of Reykjavík are the most effective factor that’s occurred to hip hop in Iceland, and perhaps even Europe.”
“Are you continue to drunk?!”
“…Sure.”
[On watching a sad, hungover journalist eat soggy, reheated fries in her pyjamas in the office]
“I want I may prevent from your self.”
[The gym I’m seriously considering joining]
“I’m exercising my goth muscular tissues.”
[A bold statement, but god, we did encounter that]
“Be again right here at 10 pm, you’re going to return nose to nose with a rap god.”
[The aforementioned god certainly knows how to market himself]
“It’s going to be a spiritual expertise.”
[Dude, it’s not a competition. Very impressive, though]
“I did 47,000 steps for the day.”
[On making post-festival plans]
“I’m going to sleep rather a lot tomorrow and doubtless on Monday.”
[We certainly are]
“I really feel like all people is semi-losing their minds.”
[Discussing the latest headwear trend in town]
“I’d really feel like a mushroom on this hat.”
[A friend speaking about her СrossFit class, but sounding like she’s having an existential crisis]
“I shut my eyes, and open my thoughts.”
[A line to the men’s bathroom]
“Codependending, that’s what we’re doing right here.”
[Well, we really doubt Megan Markle met Prince Harry at a sweaty gig]
“Why isn’t Ólafur Arnalds single?”
[A genuine disappointment about what Crack Cloud advertised at the IA website and what they delivered]
“There was imagined to be 50 folks and a canine, however there was simply 7 folks and no canine.”
[This one… We are not even sure what this was about]
“Who’s doing this pagan music?”
[Mate, we feel your pain]
“I used to be exterior in line for half an hour and obtained in final minute.”
[A team member on the lookout for weird bands]
“I’m available on the market for faith.”
Once more, Iceland Airwaves 2022, this has been extraordinarily enjoyable. We’ll be again subsequent 12 months, with extra protection and…eavesdropping!
