13 September 2012
Newsdesk
Sigur Rós follow up their run of summer festivals by announcing their first UK / European headline tour since 2008, which will take place in February / March 2013.
The 15-date run includes 5 UK shows and will see the band take the stage alongside all the additional players and expanded brass and string sections of the summer shows. This time, however, they will be incorporated into a completely new show, which also comes with the potent promise of brand new material, post-dating even this year's ambient-leaning 'Valtari' album.
"You are limited to what you can accomplish with the 20-minute changeovers and all other constraints of a festival," says bassist Georg Holm. "to us, this summer's really been one long warm-up for what's to come."
There are rumblings from within the band of a "hard left turn" in terms of what these changes might constitute. suffice to say, for now it's set to be a compelling 'watch this space' scenario.
The full tour dates are:
Feb 13 2013
Coliseum, Porto, Portugal
Feb 14 2013
Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, Portugal
Feb 18 2013
Palazzo del Turismo, Jesolo, Italy
Feb 19 2013
Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy
Feb 21 2013
HMH, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Feb 22 2013
Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
Feb 23 2013
Zenith, Munich, Germany
Feb 24 2013
St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland
Feb 26 2013
Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
Feb 27 2013
Zenith, Paris, France
Mar 2 2013
SECC, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Mar 3 2013
Apollo, Manchester, United Kingdom
Mar 5 2013
Civic, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Mar 7 2013
Brixton Academy, London, United Kingdom
Mar 8 2013
Brixton Academy, London, United kingdom
More information from:
Jon Wilkinson / Patrick Johnson, Technique Publicity
1 Codrington Mews, London W11 2EH
jon@technique-pr.com / patrick@technique-pr.com
020 8875 6257
www.sigur-ros.co.uk
