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Today, Sigur Rós are pleased to announce the EU/UK leg of their unique world tour that sees them collaborating with orchestras, bringing their latest album »ÁTTA« to life alongside favourites from their extensive catalogue. This tour will see them playing in some of the world's most iconic orchestral venues. London’s Royal Albert Hall, Rome’s Sala Santa Cecilia, Paris’ Salle Playel, Brussels’ Bozar and the Konzerthaus in Vienna are just some of the storied venues included.
This tour arrives off the back of their acclaimed 2023 album, »ÁTTA«, as well as last year’s sold-out orchestral tour across Europe and two recently completed sold-out tours in North America. The 2024/2025 shows will be the last chance for fans to see this orchestral performance from Sigur Rós, making these dates another important milestone in their career. 2025 will continue to be a special year for the band, with their seminal album »Takk« reaching its 20th anniversary.
Playing at the Royal Albert Hall for the first time in their career, Sigur Rós will be joined by and performing with the London Contemporary Orchestra (LCO). All shows will be conducted by Robert Ames.
Other orchestras the band will be collaborating with in 2025 include the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra, Resound Collective, Brisbane Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and more.
In 2023, Sigur Rós set upon having orchestral accompaniment as part of their tours, with the band wanting to put a spotlight on a series of phenomenal orchestras around the world, not just themselves. Having reunited with keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson in 2022, the members played alongside full orchestras in grand concert halls across Europe and North America. The band enlisted the Wordless Music Orchestra for their Stateside dates and were described as »an articulation of beauty almost beyond comprehension« (Dallas Observer), the performances are simultaneously as expressive and indescribable as Hopelandic, all a testament to the timeless pull of Sigur Rós.
The new tour comes in the wake of a fruitful era for the band’s fans. At the start of the new decade, the band dove deep into their archives for long-anticipated works. They first released »Odin’s Raven Magic« (2020), an orchestral album originally made nearly two decades prior, and later reissued for its 20th anniversary in 2022. Their first collection of new material in nearly a decade, »ÁTTA« (2023) leans heavily towards the orchestral, featuring contributions from the London Contemporary Orchestra. With close to ten million albums sold, Sigur Rós stands as one of the most ambitious and acclaimed bands of recent times, whose new artistic endeavours only points towards an expansive, exciting future.
Links
https://sigurros.com/tour/