People love a freebie — especially when it is a concert by one of Iceland’s biggest contemporary music stars. After “selling out” of free tickets to his concert at the 1,600-seat Eldborg concert hall at Reykjavík’s Harpa concert and conference centre, Mugison added two other free concerts, which also “sold out” in record time. Now the artist has announced five more free concerts elsewhere in Iceland before Christmas. Read the full story

An American Lutheran choir is beginning its Nordic tour this evening with a free concert in Iceland. Read the full story

The Eagles, one of the world’s most famous rock bands, turned up unannounced at a Reykjavik Chinese restaurant and take away yesterday and were so satisfied with their meal that they invited all the restaurant staff to their sold-out concert tonight, for free. Read the full story

The Eagles — one of the biggest bands ever — are to kick off their forthcoming European tour in Iceland.

The biggest entertainments company in Iceland, Sena ehf., has made a contract with William Morris agenting office in Los Angeles for a giant concert this summer with one of the biggest bands in the world Read the full story

The biggest halls inside Harpa, Reykjavik’s landmark new concert and conference centre, have been formally named. They will be called Eldborg, Nordurljos, Silfurberg and Kaldalon. Read the full story

Finland’s Elokuu Ensemble chamber music orchestra is on a mini Nordic tour with stops in Denmark, Iceland and Finland. The Reykjavik stop is this Tuesday night at the Nordic House and entry will be free. Read the full story

Harpa, the brand new conference and conference centre in Reykjavik, is on course for completion by next spring; but the funding needed to actually open to the public is still missing and both the national and city governments do not want to provide it. Read the full story

The new Reykjavik concert and conference centre currently under construction by the harbour, will be called Harpa following a naming competition open to the public. Read the full story

Put a Nobel Prize winner, a renegade artist, and a few thousand music fans who don’t mind rolling around in the mud as their favourite bands play on stage and you’ve got the makings of something special. This year’s Roskilde Festival truly put the ‘human’ into their traditional mix of humanitarian awareness, art and rock music with a unique piece of artwork.
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Katrin Jakobsdotir, Icelandic culture and education minister and Hanna Birna Kristjansdottir, the Mayor of Reykjavik Thursday signed off on the completion of the new National Concert and Conference Centre in Reykjavik.

The local and national governments say they both agree on the importance of completing the project, mbl.is reports. Read the full story