Björk and Sigur rós will held a free concert in Laugardalur Reykjavik on 28. june this summer (2008). Rumours are that Radiohead will rejoindre them on this concert but that is not confirmed. The aim is to raise awareness for enviromental issues in Iceland
So if toi are planning a trip to Iceland around 28. june this year, make sure to be in Laugardalur on 28. of june. This one will be very special, I promise!
See interview in icelandic with Björk here:
www.mbl.is/mm/folk/frettir/2008/06/05/island_verdi_afram_...
And here toi can see news about the concert on Björks homepage:
bjork.com/news/?id=832;year=2008
Here is the text on the Sigur rós homepage:
"björk and sigur rós will be holding a large outdoor concert together in reykjavík on june 28th. the concert will be held to raise awareness for environmental issues in iceland.
in an interview in today’s morgunblaðið newspaper, björk criticizes the increasing heavy industry in iceland, particularly the highly pollutant aluminum smelters being built left and right.
“sigur rós and i are neither environmental experts nor politicians, but we travel around the world a lot and we have seen how far behind iceland is in conserving our environment. for example, i was in south america for two months and toi could see all these impoverished people recycling. we can’t be 30 years behind; we need to be in the forefront.”
sigur rós and björk will also be teaming up to create a website with input from experts on the icelandic environment, focusing on alternatives to heavy industry for the icelandic economy.
joining them on stage will be ólöf arnalds as well as foreign guests to be announced later. the precise location of the concert will be announced at a later date."
So if toi are planning a trip to Iceland around 28. june this year, make sure to be in Laugardalur on 28. of june. This one will be very special, I promise!
See interview in icelandic with Björk here:
www.mbl.is/mm/folk/frettir/2008/06/05/island_verdi_afram_...
And here toi can see news about the concert on Björks homepage:
bjork.com/news/?id=832;year=2008
Here is the text on the Sigur rós homepage:
"björk and sigur rós will be holding a large outdoor concert together in reykjavík on june 28th. the concert will be held to raise awareness for environmental issues in iceland.
in an interview in today’s morgunblaðið newspaper, björk criticizes the increasing heavy industry in iceland, particularly the highly pollutant aluminum smelters being built left and right.
“sigur rós and i are neither environmental experts nor politicians, but we travel around the world a lot and we have seen how far behind iceland is in conserving our environment. for example, i was in south america for two months and toi could see all these impoverished people recycling. we can’t be 30 years behind; we need to be in the forefront.”
sigur rós and björk will also be teaming up to create a website with input from experts on the icelandic environment, focusing on alternatives to heavy industry for the icelandic economy.
joining them on stage will be ólöf arnalds as well as foreign guests to be announced later. the precise location of the concert will be announced at a later date."
