Björk to perform to live audience in August

The Icelandic singer is performing three shows at Reykjavík’s 1,800-capacity Harpa Hall in August to mark a “healthy exit from quarantine”

Björk will perform alongside the Icelandic symphony orchestra and the Hamrahlid Choir © Santiago Felipe

Björk is performing a series of shows across three consecutive weekends in August in her home country of Iceland, to celebrate the start of the country’s post-coronavirus reopening.

The shows, which are organised in conjunction with showcase festival Iceland Airwaves, will see the singer perform at Reykjavík’s 1,800-capacity Harpa Hall on 9, 15 and 23 August. The performances will be some of the first from a major artist in front of a live audience since the coronavirus shutdown.

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“Dear friends, I would like to invite you to some concerts,” reads a statement from Björk. “We are going to celebrate that we are all healthily exiting quarantine together.”

Björk also states the concerts aim to honour “folks who got hit hardest [by] the coronavirus…

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