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Sigur Rós
Alternative
The next Sigur Rós concert is scheduled for Friday, May 16, 2025 at Aec Theatre in Hindmarsh, Australia. See all 33 upcoming concerts
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![Listen to ( ) [Deluxe] [2022 Remaster] by Sigur Rós](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music112/v4/ba/12/4b/ba124b24-e8c4-6cd7-f434-cdd29ffe41a4/5054197325687.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to ( ) [Deluxe] [2022 Remaster] by Sigur Rós")
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About Sigur Rós
Hometown
Reykjavík, Iceland
Formed
January 4, 1994
Genre
Alternative
Experimental post-rock outfit Sigur Rós is one of Iceland’s most successful bands, earning a trio of Platinum albums and six chart-toppers in their home country and critical acclaim abroad.
∙ Ágætis Byrjun, their 1999 breakout, was the first album ever to win the prestigious Shortlist Music Prize, which was launched to honor independent releases.
∙ All the songs on 2002’s Grammy-nominated ( ) are sung in a made-up language the band calls Vonlenska (or Hopelandic, in English), leaving their meanings up to listeners’ interpretation.
∙ Their signature track, “Hoppípolla,” and their sole No. 1, “Glósóli,” appeared on 2005’s Takk…, which won a trio of Icelandic Music Awards.
∙ “Gobbledigook,” from 2008’s Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust, was a Top 10 hit in Iceland and landed on year-end best-of lists from Pitchfork and Rolling Stone.
∙ Director Cameron Crowe asked frontman Jónsi to score 2011’s We Bought a Zoo, and said that the film was inspired by his solo album, Go, and the band documentary Heima.
∙ In 2014, they portrayed a group of minstrels in an episode of Game of Thrones, performing a version of “The Rains of Castamere,” a key song that recurred throughout the series.
Members of Sigur Rós include, or have included, Jónsi, Georg Holm, Kjartan Sveinsson and more.
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