Iceland’s Ambient Rockers Sigur Ros will be making a limited run of concert dates in Europe and North America this summer. The band will be joined by a 41 piece orchestra on the tour.
They will also be releasing their first new album in 10 years later this year. The band has been working on some new material over the past few years.
It’s a little hard to believe but Sigur Ros is celebrating anniversaries of earlier albums. Last October was the 20th anniversary of () and the band has remastered the album for an anniversary release. () is the only album where Jonsi “sings” in the language the band created called Hopelandic. The vocalizations blend with the music freeing the listener to use their imagination and their own interpretations. To further spark the imagination, none of the eight songs on the album have a title.
There is a limited deluxe box set of 2,500 black and 2,500 white vinyl. The set includes the remastered edition of the album, an album with B-sides and rarities, and 10 pieces of artwork; all encased in a white linen case. The set is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity that has been signed by the members of the band.
The London Contemporary Orchestra will be joining Sigur Ros for their European dates where they will be performing the music from the album. The Wordless Music Orchestra will be joining the tour for the North American dates.
Shows for the European portion of the tour are on sale now with the London Meltdown Festival show going on sale March 17. Pre-sale begins on March 22 for the North American dates with sale to the general public beginning March 24.
Sigur Ros tour dates:
June 16 at the Meltdown Festival in the Royal Festival Hall in London, UK
June 17 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 18 at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany
July 3 at the Philharmonie de Paris in Paris, France
Aug 14 at the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, ON
Aug 16 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, NY
Aug 18 at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY
Aug 19 at the Wang Theatre in Boston, MA
Aug 21 at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN
Aug 24 at The Paramohnt Theatre in Seattle, WA
Aug 26 at The Greek Theatre in Berkeley, C
Aug 27 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA
Festival dates and shows sans orchestra:
June 29 at the Eurockeennes in Belfort, France
July 1 at Rock Werchter in Werchter, Belgium
July 2 at the Wasing Estate in Berkshire, UK
July 6 at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid, Spain
July 7 at the Cruilla Festival in Barcelona, Spain
July 9 at the Roma Summer Fest in Rome, Italy
July 11 at the Locus Festival in Bari, Italy
July 12 at the Lucca Summer Festival in Lucca, Italy
July 13 at the Piazza Sordello in Mantova, Italy
July 15 at the Festival De Nimes in Nimes, France
July 16 at Les Muits de Fourviere in Lyon, France
July 19 at the Electric Castle Festival in Cluj, Romania
July 24 & 25 at the Saint Michael’s Fortress in Sibenik, Croatia
July 28 at the KucukCiftlik Park in Isanbul, Turkey
Feature photo credit: Sigur Ros – Strathmore Music Center.png