Steindór Andersen has confirmed that he and the band will open for His Holiness the
Dalai Lama, who is giving a lecture in Iceland on Tuesday.
“We thought of it as, we’re giving him a gift,” Andersen told Morgunblaðið, “We’re really pleased to have been asked to play for him.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be coming to Iceland from 1 -3 June of this year, sponsored by the Dalai Lama Society of Iceland. During part of his visit, he will give a lecture on 2 June, 15:00 at Laugurdagshöll, where he will discuss ways to happiness in human life, and then take questions from the audience. Tickets can be purchased at midi.is.