UPDATE: Björk announces new UK tour
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Björk announced her first UK tour in four years over the course of the weekend.
The acclaimed solo artiste will play eight days strung across these isles when she visits in the spring:
Dates:
April
11 Manchester Apollo
14 London Hammersmith Apollo
17 London Hammersmith Apollo
22 Plymouth Pavilion
25 Wolverhampton Civic Hall
28 Belfast Watefront
May
1 Blackpool Empress Ballroom
4 Sheffield City Hall
Tickets for the shows, which will feature an all-female, 10-piece Icelandic brass section and Chris Corsano (Sonic Youth) on percussion, go on sale at 9am this Thursday, 22nd November from GigsAndTours.com. However, an exclusive pre-sale will start from Bjork.com at 9am this Tuesday. Go there, sign up, queue jump.
Entry to all will cost £36, barring London which comes to £40 per head.
Also in the pipes for the next few months is a brand new single - ‘Declare Independence’ will come out here on New Year’s Day, preceded by a Michel Gondry-directed video which should be doing the rounds online by the 26th of November. Gondy previously worked with the singer on videos for ‘Hyperballad’ and ‘Army of Me’ - see the latter in evidence below:
Video: ‘Army of Me’
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gutted
Is she likely to just play Volta?
because it's yet to grow on me :(
"including a show on Valentines day at the Hammersmith Apollo in London."
isn't Valentine's Day...in February?
Fucking £36!
36 ENGLISH POUNDS!!!!
FOOORRRTTYYYYY???
That's a lot... but I want to go so much...
:(
Haha
DiSromantics!
hmm
chris corsano hasn't played with sonic youth has he? maybe live but not on record. i know he's done things with kim and thurston but it just seemed a bit odd to label him as (sonic youth)
It's been moved
leap year
What
happened to Scotland. gutted she isn't playing here.
whoa
I love Bjork, but enough to fork out 40 squids.
Not sure...
I wonder if this is
an attempt to derail eBay resales. Maybe the thinking is that if the face value is £40 then it's less likely the price will be driven much higher on eBay.
The thinking being, if it was £20 face value, then I might buy 2 and flog one for a profit - but at £40 I'm less likely to take the risk.
That said, given the crazy prices MBV tickets are already hitting (for a show in 6 months' time!) then I reckon this theory is a non-starter.
Or it could be something to do with supply chain problems on the World Puffin Market...
Sucks eh...
gutted + 1
Hmmm.... nope.
I reckon its to make money. Bjork knows all those dates will sell out.
gutted + 2
first Italy, then Israel & Macedonia, now Iceland! >:(
Does anyone know if these will be seated or not?
Hopefully not but I know Hammersmith can be. Also does anyone know what sheffield city hall is like as a venue?
Even though these are still pretty pricey still going to try for these I think.
I'm...
sure the photo credit was on here last time i looked?
Anyhoo back to the subject - gutted she's paying Hammersmith again - saw her there before and it was odd seeing her live whilst seated. She was of course amazing which made up for it a little.
Gutted its so expensive though.
Is it just me
that can't seem to register? :(
Nope.
:(
I'm with..
the "36 ENGLISH POUNDS!" remark, I'm thinking twice now... and I now what you mean sim about the mbv tickets. I was disgusted at how many had already made it on there less than 12 hours after it went on sale. Disgusting!
not just you
cant register on her site either, nothing happens
WOO HOO
two tickets booked. and no need to register. silly rabbit.
WOO HOO TOO
I know, no registering. You think these would have been for registered fans first (not that I am, so dont care).
Shame its all seated. And shame Ticketmaster charge shit loads extra per ticket. £92.75 for 2 tickets. Thats a bit of a rip off...
A WOOBY DOO
Yep just got 4 for sheffield (hi nicky), no need to register just follow the links it gives! YAYAYAYYAYAYAY
40 fucking quid!
Jeezy bloody creezy. I love her but not that much
hear hear to the actualgasm
I've been waiting a very long time for this (well, since I was old enough to realise Bjork is a living genius) anyhow, thank God! Seeing her live will make me feel a lot better for the fact I had to watch her Glastonbury performace from my sofa. And it's funny, cos I thought £20 was too much for M.I.A.'s London shows but I'm actually happy with paying £40 for Bjork... maybe it's cos she's more established... and hell you get the brass band too! Woo yeah!
I'm going, I'm going, I'm going
I can't waaaaaaaait.
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