Iceland’s most internationally successful band, Sigur Rós, has announced it will release a new album in May.
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Sigur Rós to release new album
Posted on 28 March 2012.
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Homophobic Reggae star’s Stockholm concert cancelled
Posted on 25 March 2012.
A Jamaican reggae star, who sings about killing and burning homosexuals, has been prevented from performing in Stockholm after news of his upcoming concert sparked an outcry among residents.
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Mugison named Westfjordian of the Year
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.
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Icelandic Sound Poetry Choir to give concert on Friday
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.
Björk announces ten New York concerts
Posted on 08 January 2012.
The Icelandic singer Björk this weekend announced that she will take her latest show, Biophilia, to New York.
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Mugison adds more free concerts to create Christmas round-Iceland tour
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 [...]
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Undercover Clash bassist jailed with Greenpeace activists
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.
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Justin Bieber causes mass hysteria in Iceland
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…
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More Members of Parliament against the Icesave deal
- IMF loan to Iceland blocked by Dutch and British
- Icelandic economy: making sense of the unintelligible
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British and Dutch stance on Icesave hardening
- Unbowed Icelandic PM sends a strong message to UK
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Finland’s president to visit Iceland
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President of Iceland calls for scrutiny of economic failure at Global Leadership Summit 2013 in London
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Riots shake Stockholm for three consecutive nights
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Central bank starts buying forex
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A Government of the Progressive Party and the Independence Party has been formed and took office today