Sigur Rós soon to release new album
Icelandic hit band Sigur Rós are to return after a four-year break with a new album entirely in Icelandic. The four-piece group, which became famous worldwide for their songs in Vonlenska, a made up...
View ArticleIceland Airwaves 2012 tickets still available with Icelandair UK
Despite general sale tickets being sold out for the upcoming Iceland Airwaves 2012 music festival, music lovers can still purchase tickets as part of a package deal with the popular Iceland airline...
View ArticleIceland Airwaves 2012 strikes a chord
The Iceland Airwaves music festival began yesterday afternoon in Reykjavik, where more than 220 bands are set to perform at various venues around town until Sunday night. The annual event, which draws...
View ArticleIcelandic band tops Amazon’s ‘Album of the year’ chart
My Head Is an Animal, the debut album of Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men, was voted album of the year 2012 by the American online sales website Amazon.com. The band’s album was released in April...
View ArticleThe Simpsons Season Finale to feature Sigur Rós and Iceland
Icelandic band Sigur Rós will feature in The Simpsons Season Finale this weekend. The episode, which will see some of its main characters visit Iceland, will feature an entirely original score composed...
View ArticleSigur Rós to feature in Season 4 of Game of Thrones
Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós is set to appear in the upcoming fourth season of HBO’s fantasy series hit Game of Thrones which is scheduled to premiere in early 2014, according to a report by...
View ArticleSigur Rós on ‘Route One’ with a slow musical event (video)
Throughout 24 hours between the 20th and the 21st of June, the longest day in Iceland with 24 hour sunlight, Icelandic band Sigur Rós made an unprecedented 24-hour ‘slow TV’ event live on Iceland’s...
View ArticleSigur Rós announces musical festival in Reykjavik at the end of the year (Video)
Sigur Rós is organizing a six-day art festival in Reykjavik’s concert hall, Harpa. The event is planned in the end of December between Christmas and New Years Eve. The festival is called Norður og...
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