The Streets with Úl­fur Úl­fur

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Promoter: Iceland Airwaves


About The Streets
The Streets first broke through in 2002 with Original Pirate Material, a Mercury Prize-nominated debut now widely regarded as one of the most influential British albums of its era. Its impact can still be heard throughout UK music today.

That breakthrough led to four BRIT Award nominations, including Album of the Year and Best Male Solo Artist. Dry Your Eyes, from A Grand Don’t Come For Free (2004), received the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically, while Mike Skinner also picked up a BRIT Award the same year.

Since then, The Streets have released a string of acclaimed records including The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living (2006), Everything Is Borrowed (2008), Computer and Blues (2011), and the mixtape project None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Alive (2020). Along the way, Skinner has collaborated with some of the UK’s most exciting artists — from Kano and Fred again.. to Greentea Peng, Giggs and Chris Lorenzo on the massive track Take Me As I Am.

In recent years, through Mike Skinner LTD, he has continued championing a new generation of artists including FLOHIO, Ghetts and Grim Sickers.

His latest album, The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light (2023), marked a powerful return. A fully immersive project, the record combines Skinner’s signature spoken-word storytelling with cinematic themes exploring fame, identity and nightlife culture. The album is tied to the feature film of the same name, directed by Skinner himself.

As a live performer, Mike Skinner remains one of a kind. Whether in packed basements or on massive festival stages like Glastonbury, he commands a crowd through charisma, razor-sharp timing and that unmistakable British deadpan energy. When The Streets announced their comeback tour in 2017, tickets sold out in under a minute proof of the lasting influence the project continues to have on generations of artists and fans alike.

Released in 2004, A Grand Don’t Come For Free remains one of the defining British albums of the 21st century. It debuted at number one in the UK, sold millions of copies worldwide and produced era-defining tracks including Dry Your Eyes, Fit But You Know It and Blinded By The Lights.

The album cemented Skinner as one of Britain’s most original voices — blending humour, heartbreak and painfully relatable everyday moments into a uniquely sharp and poetic narrative.

About Úlfur Úlfur
Úlfur Úlfur (Wolf Wolf) has been among the most influential acts in Iceland for a decade now. A small town rap duo turned big city popstars, Úlfur Úlfur has been grinding since 2011 in a country known for its musicians, performing non-stop everywhere where there’s a need for 808s and heartbreaks.

Their catalog spans the whole spectrum but most of all it goes hard. The band has been ever evolving while polishing its core, going beyond the boundaries of traditional rap music and mixing different ideologies together to create something unique, distinctive and cool. Its members, Helgi Sæmundur and Arnar Freyr, childhood friends that have been making music together since their early teen years, do what comes to them naturally and it shows.
Their latest release, Svarti Skuggi (2025), finds the duo exploring new territory while staying true to themselves. Drawing inspiration from country music, the album blends twangy guitars and cinematic landscapes with the grit, humor and hooks that have become hallmarks of Úlfur Úlfur. It is another step in the band's constant evolution, proving that even after all these years, they are still finding new ways to surprise.

Through the years the band has gained experience and muscles and even though these two party dudes have become middle-aged dads, the wolf is still hungry.

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