Sigur Ros’ sold-out UK tour kicks off tonight (Tues 4th Nov 2008) in Wolverhampton, and takes in Blackpool, Glasgow, Bristol and Bournemouth over the course of the next four days. The band then visit 7 European cities (in Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg) before returning to England to play London Alexandra Palace on the 20th and 21st November
Sigur Ros November UK Tour Dates:
04.Nov.2008 Wolverhampton Civic Hall - SOLD OUT
05.Nov.2008 Blackpool Empress Ballroom - SOLD OUT
06.Nov.2008 Glasgow Carling Academy - SOLD OUT
07.Nov.2008 Bristol Colston Hall - SOLD OUT
08.Nov.2008 Bournemouth Solent Hall - SOLD OUT
20.Nov.2008 London Alexandra Palace - SOLD OUT
21.Nov.2008 London Alexandra Palace - SOLD OUT
SeeTickets and Ticketmaster.co.uk have sold their allocation of Sigur Ros tickets, so your best bet is probably 3rd party auction sites - eBay.co.uk and SeatWave.. or phoning the venues and hoping for last minute returns
7Digital currently have Sigur Ros’ latest album Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust as part of their mp3 sale, offering the whole album (11 tracks) for just £3 in high quality 320kbps mp3 downloads
Sigur Ros played a special concert at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in June to celebrate Icelandic Independence Day (Tuesday 17th June 2008). You can now watch this performance over at Current TV (or embedded below):
For those of you in the UK with Sky (channel 193) or Virgin Media (channel 155), this show will be aired on Current TV on Sunday 7th September 2008 at 9:30pm.
Five Things You Find Out When You Go to a Spa Huffington Post (blog) Sigur Ros: Takk... or ( ). An Icelandic band that really captures the dreamy magic of Iceland -- which is, actually, a whole country that feels like a spa ...
ClashMusic.com Pantha du Prince – Black Noise ClashMusic.com This music isn't dark, although it can be quite haunting at times, in the same way a Sigur Ros album can be haunting; it seems to generate a sonic landscape ...
