News: Sigur Ros Announce World Tour Including UK November Dates
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Sigur Rós today announce a raft of UK and European dates added to their 2022 World Tour, beginning in Lisbon, Portugal on 28 September and running through to a massive homecoming date at Laugardalshöllin, Reykjavík, on 25 November. The new shows follow last month’s announcement of dates in Mexico, Canada and the United States this Spring and Summer. The tour will be the band’s first in almost five years.Tickets for the new shows are on sale at 9am GMT / 10am CET on Friday 18 March via sigurros.com/tour. See below for the full list of dates announced so far.Sigur Rós are in the process of writing and recording their first new studio album since 2013’s Kveikur and will air new songs at the shows, alongside material drawn from their acclaimed 25 year discography. Sigur Rós founding members J ónsi and Georg Holm are joined in the studio and on tour by former member Kjartan Sveinsson, who is rejoining the band almost a decade after stepping away to focus on other projects.Sigur Rós – World Tour 2022 – new dates in BOLDSat. 30/4 – Festival Vaivén, MexicoTue. 3/5 – Citibanamex Auditorium, Monterrey Thu. 5/5 – Auditorio Telmex GuadalajaraMon. 9/5 Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BCWed. 11/5 Theater of the Clouds – Portland, ORFri. 13/5 Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WASat. 14/5 Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WATue. 17/5 Frost Amphitheater – Stanford, CAThu. 19/5 Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles, CAMon. 23/5 ACL Live at the Moody Theater – Austin TXTue. 24/5 ACL Live at the Moody Theater – Austin TXWed. 25/5 Winspear Opera House – Dallas, TXFri. 27/5 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre – Atlanta, GASat. 28/5 Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TNTue. 31/5 State Theatre – Minneapolis, MNWed. 1/6 Riverside Theater – Milwaukee, WIFri. 3/6 Masonic Temple Theatre – Detroit, MISat. 4/6 Auditorium Theatre – Chicago, IL Mon. 6/6 The Anthem – Washington, D.C.Tue. 7/6 The Met Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PAWed. 8/6 Boch Center Wang Theatre – Boston, MAFri. 10/6 Place des Arts – Montreal, QCSat. 11/6 Meridian Hall – Toronto, ONTue. 14/6 Kings Theatre – Brooklyn, NYFri. 17/6 Beacon Theatre – New York, NYSat. 18/6 Beacon Theatre – New York, NYWed. 28/9 Campo Pequeno – Lisbon, Portugal Thu. 29/9 WiZink Center – Madrid, SpainSat. 1/10 Sant Jordi Club – Barcelona, SpainMon. 3/10 Kioene Arena – Padova, ItalyTue. 4/10 Mediolanum Forum – Milan, ItalyWed. 5/10 Zenith – Munich, GermanyFri. 7/10 Halle 622 – Zurich, SwitzerlandSat. 8/10 Gasometer – Vienna, AustriaSun. 9/10 O2 universum – Prague, Czech RepublicTue. 11/10 Tempodrom – Berlin, GermanySat. 15/10 Arena Riga – Riga, LatviaMon. 17/10 House of Culture – Helsinki, FinlandWed. 19/10 Hovet – Stockholm, SwedenThu. 20/10 Spektrum – Oslo, NorwaySat. 22/10 K.B. Hallen – Copenhagen, Denmark Mon. 24/10 Expo XXI – Warsaw, PolandWed. 26/10 Rockhal – Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg Thu. 27/10 Palladium – Cologne, GermanySun. 30/10 Jahrhunderthalle – Frankfurt, GermanyTue. 1/11 AFAS Live – Amsterdam, The NetherlandsWed. 2/11 Forest National – Brussels, BelgiumFri. 4/11 Zénith – Paris, FranceMon. 7/11 O2 Apollo – Manchester, UKThu. 10/11 O2 Academy Brixton – London, UKFri. 11/11 O2 Academy Brixton – London, UKMon. 14/11 SEC Armadillo – Glasgow, UKThu. 17/11 3Arena – Dublin, IrelandFri. 25/11 Laugardalshöllin – Reykjavík, IcelandSigur Rós are one of the most successful bands of recent times and one of Iceland’s most successful acts of all time, with six number ones in their home country and a trio of Platinum albums globally. In the years since Kveikur, the band launched the ‘Liminal’ soundbaths and endless playlists, built around blissed-out re-imaginings of moments from Sigur Rós’s catalogue both familiar and obscure. In 2020 they released the almost mythical ‘lost’ recordings Odin’s Raven Magic, an orchestral album originally made nearly two decades prior. The band have also reissued their albums Agætis byrjun, Takk, ( ), Með suð i eyrum við spilum endalaust and Valtari on their own label, Krunk. Alongside this, frontman J ónsi has released two solo albums, Shiver, featuring contributions from A. G. Cook, Robyn and Liz Fraser, and the surprise album
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