Posted on 13 January 2012.
Icelandic musician Mugison, full name Örn Elías Guðmundsson, has been named Westfjordian of the Year 2011 by people in his native Westfjords region. In 2011 he released one of Iceland’s best ever selling albums and gave a string of free concerts. He is also widely known for being a nice guy. Read the full story
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Posted on 11 January 2012.
The Icelandic Sound Poetry Choir will give a free concert at the Living Art Museum, Reykjavík this Friday January at 20.00. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 January 2012.
The Icelandic singer Björk this weekend announced that she will take her latest show, Biophilia, to New York. Read the full story
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Posted on 13 December 2011.
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
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Posted on 23 November 2011.
Former Clash bassist Paul Simonon has revealed that he spent two weeks in a Greenlandic jail earlier this year after he was arrested while working as an undercover activist with Greenpeace. Read the full story
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Posted on 11 September 2011.
A large group of children and teenagers gathered in central Reykjavik yesterday for a march. Were they calling for world peace? Cheaper textbooks? Or better treatment for farm animals? Not quite. They were calling on Justing Bieber to come to Iceland… Read the full story
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Posted on 10 September 2011.
Icelandic opera singer Elmar Gilbertsson has landed himself a prestigious contract singing in the Netherlands. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 September 2011.
A Swedish saxophonist who frequently performed while dangling from the side of skyscrapers has died after his safety equipment failed at a street festival in Germany. Read the full story
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Posted on 28 July 2011.
This weekend is the biggest travel weekend of the summer in Iceland. Monday is a day off for most people and there are festivals and events all over the country. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 July 2011.
An American Lutheran choir is beginning its Nordic tour this evening with a free concert in Iceland. Read the full story
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Iceland historic French village restoration finance secured
Murder in Hafnarfjörður
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Witnesses calling media before police
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