vanilla sky

i’ve just heard that the title track of ágætis byrjun will be in cameron crowe’s next film, called vanilla sky. the film is a thriller starring tom cruise, penélope cruz, kurt russel and cameron diaz and will be premiered in america on december 14th. sigur rós are used to rejecting offers like these but when […]

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wired nomination

sigur rós have been nominated for the ‘most wired musician’ at the 2001 rave awards. other nominees are kid 606, richie hawtin, paul oakenfold and radiohead. go vote for the rós at www.raveawards.com!

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south park concert

sigur rós played at radiohead’s oxford homecoming concert last night in front of 45,000 people. they played four songs (svefn-g-englar, untitled 8, olsen olsen and the pop song). the sound was generally good and the band got a good reception. there were a few technical problems which caused a long intro to olsen olsen and […]

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new tour dates

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new tour dates announced. in addition to those confirmed dates, it looks like the band will be playing in the united states and united kingdom in september, and japan and brazil in october. it’s also rumoured that the band will play at this year’s tibetan freedom concert in september, along with radiohead, the beastie boys […]

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wining and dining

some (unconfirmed) news from the pitchfork site: “according to inside sources at capitol records, it seems that icelandic experimental pop superstars sigur rós were in the us last weekend being wined and dined by several majors. due to their status as opening band for radiohead on several european dates, the band have sparked interest from […]

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additions

lots of little changes have been made, that should make things run more smoothly. you shouldn’t notice anything though. all email address have been changed to the new ones (*please* don’t send anything to *@sigur-ros.co.uk anymore). the downloads page is up. its basically just links to this site with lots of mp3s and videos. hopefully […]

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drifting reflections

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well, quite an eventful weekend. saturdays drifting gig was absolutely superb. go to the gig reviews section to read all about it. the band have also organised a headline gig at the london union chapel on 24th august which is great news. its a great venue and has been the setting for many landmark gigs, […]

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