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Patti Smith To Play Iceland In 2026
American multi-disciplinary artist Patti Smith has announced two concerts in Iceland next year. She is set to perform one night in Harpa’s Eldborg, and another in Akureyri’s Hof, RÚV reports. Patti has frequently performed in Iceland, playing Nasa in 2005 and Háskólabíó…
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Eclipsing the Sun: Living Legends Take Laugardalur
There are a few concerts which can be said to have changed the Icelandic pop landscape. One of these was Led Zeppelin’s seminal gig at the Reykjavik Arts Festival in 1970. The swinging sixties were more or less still in full swing…
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Salka Valsdóttir’s Five Favourite Albums
Salka Valsdóttir is a rapper from Reykjavíkurdætur famous for her flow and sick rhymes. The 101-based cool cat was raised in the theatre, with her father and siblings being actors and her mother a set designer. She knows her way around the…
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News In Brief: March
So: there’s good news and bad news. March picked up where February left off with a series of protests in front of parliament calling upon the government to allow the public to vote on whether or not to continue EU accession talks.Some of these…
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In Another World
Iceland’s highlands make up most of the country’s landmass—a vast expanse of largely uninhabited, mountainous terrain dominated by a volcanic desert and several towering glaciers. It’s the largest single area of untouched wilderness left in Europe, and home to a range of…
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PHOTOS: Björk, Patti Smith, Of Monsters And Men …
Here’s a gallery of images from the incredible ‘Stopp – Let’s Protect the Park’ benefit concert at Harpa. The entire evening was stellar, but Patti Smith’s powerful renditions of “Because the Night” and “People Have the Power” were personal highlights. Retro Stefson’s…
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Björk-Fronted Campaign Raises 35 Million ISK For Environment
Harpa played home to three big names from the world arts stage yesterday when Björk, Darren Aronofsky and Patti Smith joined two Icelandic conservation agencies to launch the ‘Stopp – Gætum Garðsins!’ benefit concert. At a press conference held outside Harpa’s Eldborg…