sigur rós in swaziland
09/09/2006

sigur rós will be visiting swaziland at the end of the month as part of a unicef iceland campaign to raise awareness of the nation’s HIV infection rate, which is the highest in the world. the band will meet some of the kids who are worst off and play some music for them. says orri: “we’ll be there for one week to see the situation for ourselves. the rate of HIV infection in swaziland is so high that a lot children have lost their parents. our role will be to spend time with the kids and help them with their daily chores. in some cases the head of the family is nine or ten years old and we will to try to help these families get through the day.” the band’s visit will be filmed as part of a fund raising programme to be broadcast on iceland’s channel 2 on world AIDS day, december 1st.