Sigur Ros and Bjork dazzle at free concert

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It’s times like these you wish you were one of Iceland’s 300,000-odd citizens. While roughly half that number of Poms were sprawled across Glastonbury, Icelandic nationals Sigur Ros and Bjork “celebrated nature” with a free open-air concert in Reykjavik.

Saturday night’s small-scale Náttúra festival was staged to draw attention to the impact of Aluminium smelting on Iceland’s ecosystem. Sigur Ros took to the stage under the nocturnal sun (Iceland has nearly unbroken sunlight throughout its summer nights, especially in June), performing songs gleaned mainly from new album Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust. Bjork even got behind the drum-kit for lead single Gobbledigook, returning later to perform her own hit-laden headline set. We’re sure it was more warm and fuzzy than even the thickest pair of mittens.

And here’s an excerpt from National Geographic’s broadcast of Bjork’s Náttúra set. Sigh…

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mohair

mohair said on the 2nd Jul, 2008

shit shit and shit...

scottyk82

scottyk82 said on the 3rd Jul, 2008

marry me bjork ya big freak, we can have little eskimo kids. I'll play the didge and you can scare em to sleep with you vocals. Still missed you hard at sydney BDO