sunday times feature

the sunday times are running an interesting feature on sigur rós with a competition to win two tickets to the alexandra palace concert in london, as well as a chance to see the soundcheck prior to the concert. the feature also has two recent live videos, one from iceland (playing gobbledigook with björk) and one from westminster hall (playing inní mér syngur vitleysingur).

inní mér single

inní mér syngur vitleysingur is the first single from með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. it will be released in the uk only this coming monday, september 8th, on cd and as a 2-track download. the single’s b-side is heima, an acoustic song which the band played at some screenings of the film heima last year.

you can pre-order the single now on hmv.com, amazon.co.uk and play.com. the single and b-side will be available to download on sigurros.com on monday.

gobbledigook competition

sigur rós have set up a gobbledigook remix competition on youtube. they’ve provided an instrumental mp3 of gobbledigook and the icelandic and english lyrics for you to use in the remix in any way you please. the “most gratifying” entry as judged by the band will receive a signed copy of the deluxe edition of með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. head over here for all the details on the competition.

new concerts announced

two new concerts have been announced for the autumn. in october there will be a second gig in tokyo and in november there will be a gig in glasgow. information is available on our tour page.

inní mér video link

the newest sigur rós video is now available to watch on myspacetv. the video for “inní mér syngur vitleysingur” was filmed at the náttúra concert in reykjavík in june.

inní mér video vote

on the uk version of mtv 2 there is a chance to vote to see the upcoming video for inní mér syngur vitleysingur. it is part of the mtv2 / myspace chart and you can vote on this page.

svefn-g-englar nomination

mtv uk has nominated the svefn-g-englar video as one of the greatest videos of all time. you can see the full list and vote here.

nordic tour diary update

another update from the band’s co-manager, john best, about the festival appearances in göteborg and copenhagen over on the dót blog. lots of interesting bits in there.

australian tour diary update

over on the dót blog on sigurros.com, there is a new tour diary update by john best about touring australia, some big news, some context on the decision to tour as just a four piece in america and gymnastics. a fantastic read.

moma concert online

a 46minute video of the june 17th concert in the museum of modern art is now available to view on the current tv website.

also, the video will be shown on current tv in the uk on the 7th of september at 21:30.

concerts

the presale for the lisbon concert in november goes on sale wednesday (august the 5th) morning at 0900 (uk time) on klink.is

also a reminder that the screening of the nyc moma concert from june on current tv today (august the 5th). check current tv for more information.

latitude

for uk people: tonight on itv2 at 23:40 there will be an hour long recap of this years latitude festival at which sigur rós headlined the saturday night.

spanish ticket sales.

both general and presale tickets have gone on sale for the bands two concerts in spain in november. presale tickets are on klink.is and general tickets are on sale at the following: iguapop, servicaixa and ticktackticket

round up

a one hour video of the bands concert in moma in new york city in june will be on current.tv (both online and tv) on august the 5th. further information here.

on the moma.org website there is a video of “við spilum endalaust” also from the same concert.

in anticipation of screenings of “heima” on the sundance channel this month - there is a minisite on the channels website that has a band interview and various videos from “heima”. (more heima screening info here)

on austrian fm4 radio there was a short interview with the band. here is the page about the band (in german) but the interview was conducted in english (with a little bit of german at the start). (mp3 link to interview)

reviews

the first part of the band’s summer tour ended a few days ago and we have put the setlists, pictures and reviews of the shows onto our tour archive page.

this part of the tour ended on a high at the latitude festival in england with astounding reviews. one setlist surprise over the tour was “hljómalind” (aka. rokklagið) in milan - the last time it was played live was in 1999. live recordings of this concert, as well as other recordings from the tour, can be found on our dc++ hub.

the tour continues in ten days time in melbourne. as always you can send us reviews/pictures for inclusion onto those pages - follow the details here.

missing crown

last weekend at the benicassim festival appearance in spain, orri’s fantastic crown went missing. if you have any information that would lead to the crown being returned to the band then please contact us. a reward is offered to whomever helps get it back.

update: the crown has been found and is being returned to orri. hurrah.

latitude festival competition

on sigurros.com there is a competition open to win three pairs of vip weekend camping tickets for the latitude festival this weekend (17th - 20th of july) in suffolk, england. the competition closes tonight at midnight uk time.

concert update

an extra date in london in november (the 21st in alexandra palace) has been added - presale begins on monday morning at 10am local time. also, the presale for the november concert in madrid has started and we have added ticket information for the three japanese concerts in october. all information is on our tour page.

10 million!

we’ve just reached somewhat of a landmark in the history of eighteen seconds before sunrise - our ten millionth unique visitor! we’d like to thank everyone for their continued support over the 8+ years since this site began. here’s to the next 10 million….

- esbs staff

more shows announced

presales for two new concerts in november in brussels and luxembourg are now on sale on klink.is - aswell as a presale for the san diego concert in october.

the band will also play at the pukkelpop festival in belgium in august. full information about all the upcoming shows can be found on our tour pages.

með suð on the charts

með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust has been selling well worldwide, placing in the following chart positions in its first week of release: #5 in the uk, #15 in usa, #1 in iceland. the band’s last album, takk…, placed #16 in the uk and #27 in the us.

denver presale

i don’t think we’ve done this before: but here is a fan presale for the red rocks concert in denver, colorado on september the 27th. the presale password is “sigurros”.

this post will be deleted when the presale is over. (the general sale for the concert starts on ticketmaster on july the 12th)

shows + screenings

two more shows have been added to the bands schedule in europe. on august the 23rd the band visit estonia for the first time, and on november the 17th the band play in amsterdam. more information about these shows are on our tour page.

also “heima” is scheduled to get lots more screenings this summer worldwide. in july the documentary will be screened on the sundance film channel in america several times. in hong kong on the 4th of july the chinese sigur rós fansite will host a screening and it will also be screened at the transmission festival in austria on july the 6th. full details of these events (and all the other summer screenings of “heima” around the world) are available here.

heima ranked no.1

heima is the best documentary of all time, according to the internet movie database. the full list of top rated documentaries can be seen here. the list includes all documentaries, not just music ones!

north america tickets onsale

tickets to the north american tour are now on sale (click the links to go directly to the ticket page):

new york (gig 1) | new york (gig 2) | boston | toronto | detroit | minneapolis | berkeley

the following shows will be on sale tomorrow, saturday 28th june:

los angeles | chicago | seattle | san diego | tempe | portland | salt lake city