Sigur Rós

With Wordless Music Orchestra

September 28, 2024

DPAC

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“With its unique and hypnotic blend of sounds–including a full orchestra–the Icelandic band’s eighth studio album soars above traditional musical categories, reaching bold new heights.”

- Wall Street Journal on ÁTTA

 

“Sigur Rós' music, with its lush layers of slow-churning grandeur, has often commanded a symphonic feel. ÁTTA, the band's eighth album, manages to be its most majestic and intimate at the same time. Strings, keyboards and vocals swell to dramatic heights, while bittersweet melodies look inward for release.”

- NPR on ÁTTA

 

“Jónsi’s vocal dynamics . . . rise triumphantly alongside even the loudest orchestral blares, performing like a first-chair soloist more than the frontman of a rock band.”

- Pitchfork on ÁTTA

 

“the set was packed with such jaw-slackening moments, as during ‘E-Bow’ and the profoundly moving ‘Festival,’ which brought many in the audience to their feet in ecstatic appreciation . . .. Absorbing the peerless brilliance of a Sigur Ros performance isn’t quite the equivalent of returning to the womb, but perhaps, it’s close enough.”

- The Dallas Observer

 

“The Sigur Rós performance at Boston’s Boch Wang Center with the 41-person Wordless Music Orchestra was the ethereal, spiritually rejuvenating live music experience that leaves your jaw on the floor and gratitude for being alive that every single person deserves to experience at least once in their lives.”

- Glide

 

Durham, NC (February 29, 2024) Sigur Rós announce eight new US tour dates for this fall, which includes a date at DPAC on Saturday, September 28, 2024. This tour arrives off the back of their acclaimed 2023 album, ÁTTA, as well as last year’s very limited summer tour across Europe and North America, performed with a 41-piece orchestra in both. This upcoming tour will be the first time these cities will experience the full orchestral performance. For the new dates, Sigur Rós will once again enlist the Wordless Music Orchestra.

Tickets will be available Friday, March 8 at 10 AM. 

• Online at DPACnc.com
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Ticket Center at DPAC: 919.680.2787, 123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC
• ·Ticketmaster.com

Since 2022, Sigur Rós have established orchestral accompaniment as their standard method of touring. Reuniting with keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson, the members played alongside full orchestras in grand concert halls across Europe and North America. The band enlisted the Wordless Music Orchestra for their Stateside dates, where they performed new material as well as favorites from their extensive catalog. Described as “an articulation of beauty almost beyond comprehension” (Dallas Observer), the performances are simultaneously as expressive and indescribable as Hopelandic, all a testament to the timeless pull of Sigur Rós.

The new tour comes in the wake of a fruitful era for the band’s fans. At the start of the new decade, the band dove deep into their archives for long-anticipated works. They first released Odin’s Raven Magic (2020), an orchestral album originally made nearly two decades prior, and later reissued ( ) for its 20th anniversary in 2022. Their first collection of new material in nearly a decade, ÁTTA (2023) leans heavily towards the orchestral, featuring contributions from the London Contemporary Orchestra. With close to ten million albums sold, Sigur Rós stands as one of the most ambitious and acclaimed bands of recent times, whose new artistic endeavors only points towards an expansive, exciting future.

 

Sigur Rós Tour itinerary

September 19 Detroit, MI Masonic Cathedral Theatre

September 21 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre

September 23 Philadelphia, PA The Met

September 25 Washington, DC Anthem

September 28 Durham, NC DPAC

September 30 Miami, FL Adrienne Arsht Center

October 2 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium

October 4 Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall

 

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