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American Autumn 2007 Tour

Amiina support the worldwide release of their debut album, Kurr, with yet another tour of North America:

September

• 4th - Synagogue, Washington DC, USA
• 5th - Highline Ballroom, New York City NY, USA
• 6th - The Sanctuary @ Salem UCC, Harrisburg PA, USA
• 7th - World Café Live, Philadelphia PA, USA
• 8th - Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA, USA
• 9th - Osheaga, Montreal QC, Canada
• 10th - Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, Canada
• 12th - Lakeshore Theater, Chicago IL, USA
• 13th - Harrison Center For The Arts, Indianapolis IN, USA
• 14th - 9:30 Theatre, Louisville KY, USA
• 16th - Belcourt Theatre, Nashville TN, USA
• 18th - HOB Cambridge Room, Dallas TX, USA
• 19th - The Parish, Austin TX, USA
• 22nd - Brickhouse Theatre, Phoenix AZ, USA
• 23rd - El Rey, Los Angeles CA, USA
• 24th - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA, USA
• 26th - Doug Fir, Portland OR, USA
• 27th - Triple Door, Seattle WA, USA

European Spring 2007 Tour

A handful of shows have been announced to follow the North American Tour:

May

• 15th - Mono, Glasgow, UK (TIX)
• 16th - Academy 3, Manchester, UK (TIX)
• 17th - Purcell Rooms, London, UK (TIX)
• 19th - AB, Brussels, Belgium (TIX)
• 21st - Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany (TIX)
• 22nd - Brotfabrik, Frankfurt, Germany (TIX)

American Spring 2007 Tour

A tour of the USA & Canada has just been announced for March & April 2007!

March

• 21st - Café Montmartre, Madison WI, USA (TIX)
• 22nd - Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis MN, USA (TIX)
• 23rd - Lakeshore Theater, Chicago IL, USA (TIX)
• 25th - Cambridge Room @ House Of Blues, Cleveland OH, USA (TIX)
• 26th - Magic Bag, Detroit MI, USA (TIX)
• 27th - Music Gallery Rivoli, Toronto ON, Canada (TIX SOLD OUT) NOTE: CHANGE OF VENUE
• 28th - National, Montreal QC, Canada (TIX)
• 30th - World Café Live, Philadelphia PA, USA (TIX)
• 31st - The Remis at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA, USA (TIX)

April

• 1st - 9:30 Club, Washington DC, USA
• 2nd - The Wordless Music Series - Lincoln Center, New York City NY, USA (TIX)
• 6th - MusicNOW - Cincinnati OH, USA (TIX coming soon)
• 9th - Triple Door, Seattle, WA
• 10th - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
• 12th - Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA
• 13th - Silent Movie Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
• 14th - 5th Ave Stage, House Of Blues, San Diego, CA

Tjarnarbíó, Reykjavík, Iceland - 7 December 2006

amiina are playing a small theatre in Reykjavík on 7 December 2006.

The venue is Tjarnarbíó, and is located at Tjarnargata 12, 101 Reykjavík.

Solo American tour

Three dates have been announced which clamp comfortably on to the end of the European tour:

October

• 28th - World Café, Philadelphia, PA, USA (NOTE! 3pm matinee performance!)
• 31st - Joe’s Pub, New York City, NY, USA

November

• 2nd - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA, USA

First solo European tour

The Sigur Rós show has finally decided to take a rest but Amiina are continuing on with their first tour of Europe.

October

• 16th - Point Ephemere, Paris, France
• 17th - Botanique, Brussels, Belgium (Download a recording via BitTorrent)
• 18th - Arts Theatre, London, UK
• 20th - La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain

Then there’s a short American tour and on their way back…

November

• 18th - Santa Maria della Visitazione, Venice, Italy CANCELLED

Sigur Rós Tour, 23 June 2006 - 16 July 2006

The European Summer 2006 tour with Sigur Rós kicks off in June in Germany… These dates are [b]not confirmed[/b] but are a rough extrapolation based on Sigur Rós’ tour dates.

June

• 25th - Lichtburg, Essen, Germany
• 27th - Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
• 28th - Dalhalla, Rättvik, Sweden

July

• 4th - Piazza Castello, Ferrara, Italy
• 6th - Olympia, Paris, France
• 11th - Guildhall, Southampton, UK (watch a video of Kolapot)
• 12th - Neumünster Abbey, Luxembourg
• 16th - Pavilhão atlântico, Lisbon, Portugal

A lot of festival dates (not listed) are expected to see the members playing as part of Sigur Rós, but not as Amiina.

Bang On A Can Marathon 2006

4th June 2006 will see New York City’s World Financial Center host the Bang On A Can Marathon. From the Bang On A Can Marathon site:

Bang on a Can continues its unparalleled tenure of presenting the most inclusive and innovative vision of music today. Fringe Rock and Pop, Classical, Alt-Jazz, World, and a healthy dose of the bizarre combine in a concert presentation that absolutely stretches beyond classification.

Amiina, of course, will be performing, along with loads of other great artists. The marathon starts at 11:30am and ends at 10pm, however, the program is yet to be announced.

Sigur Rós Tour, 1 May 2006 - 14 May 2006

Amiina tour the USA with Sigur Rós as summertime approaches…

May

• 1st - Marin Center, San Rafael CA, USA
• 3rd - Benaroya Hall, Seattle WA, USA
• 4th - Arlene Schnitzer, Portland OR, USA
• 5th - Big Easy Concert House, Boise ID, USA
• 8th - Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis MN, USA
• 9th - Civic Opera House, Chicago IL, USA (download live recording)
• 10th - The Riverside, Milwaukee WI, USA
• 11th - State Theatre, Detroit MI, USA
• 13th - Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada
• 14th - Bank Of America Pavillion, Boston MA, USA

Sigur Rós Tour, 29 March 2006 - 17 April 2006

Following a brief stop in London, Sigur Rós will be taking Amína on a springtime holiday to the antipodes via a few stops in Japan (it’ll be autumn in Australia and New Zealand in April, though)…

March

• 28th - Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK (watch videos of Kolapot & Ammælis)
• 29th - Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK

April

• 2nd - Zepp, Nagoya, Japan
• 3rd - Namba Hatch, Osaka, Japan
• 4th - Shibuya-Ax, Tokyo, Japan
• 9th - West Coast Blues & Roots Festival, Perth, Australia
• 11th - The Palais, Melbourne, Australia
• 12th - The Enmore, Sydney, Australia
• 15th - The Tivoli, Brisbane, Australia
• 17th - St James, Auckland, Australia

Sigur Rós Tour, 6 February 2006 - 27 February 2006

Once again, Amína are supporting Sigur Rós for a tour - this time they will return to the USA.

Details are:

February

• 6th - State Theatre, Portland, USA
• 7th - Orpheum, Boston, USA
• 9th - Madison Square Garden Theatre, New York City, USA
• 10th - Borgata Music Box, Atlantic City, USA
• 12th - Playhouse Square Centre, Cleveland, USA
• 13th - Promo West Pavillion, Columbus, USA
• 14th - Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, USA
• 16th - Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, USA
• 17th - Palace Theatre, Louisville, USA
• 18th - Calvin College Fine Arts Center, Grand Rapids, USA - 6pm
• 18th - Calvin College Fine Arts Center, Grand Rapids, USA - 10.30pm
• 20th - Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, USA
• 21st - The Pageant, St Louis, USA
• 22nd - Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, USA
• 23rd - Paramount Theatre, Denver, USA
• 25th - Verizon Wireless Theater, Houston, USA
• 26th - Performing Arts Center, Austin, USA
• 27th - Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, USA

Sigur Rós Tour, 30 October 2005 - 22 November 2005

Sigur Rós will be re-touring Europe in November 2005. Essentially, on top of revisiting places such as England, the Netherlands, France, Spain, etc, they’ll also be visiting places they couldn’t before: Finland, Sweden, Norway … Of course, Amina will be touring with Sigur Rós. I’ve received confirmation from Klink.is that Amina is likely to be will be Sigur Rós’ support act again.

Here are the tour details:

October

• 30th - House Of Culture, Helsinki, Finland

November

• 1st - Circus, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2nd - Concerthouse, Olso, Norway
• 3rd - Concerthouse, Göteborg, Sweden
• 5th - Kohlrabizirkus, Leipzig, Germany
• 6th - Paladium, Köln, Germany
• 7th - 013, Tilburg, Netherlands
• 9th - Brixton Academy, London, UK
• 10th - Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, UK
• 11th - Olympia, Dublin, Ireland
• 13th - Philharmonic, Liverpool, UK
• 14th - Birmingham Academy, Birmingham, UK
• 16th - Elyseé-Montmartre, Paris, France
• 17th - Transbordeur, Lyon, France
• 18th - Zenith, Montpellier, France
• 20th - Coliseum, Lisbon, Portugal
• 21st - Teatro Coliseum, Madrid, Spain
• 22nd - Teatre Musical, Barcelona, Spain

Sigur Rós Tour, 8 July 2005 - 6 October 2005

Amina are touring with Sigur Rós as both their opening support act and Sigur Rós’ string section.

Therefore, Amina’s tour details are nearly identical to Sigur Rós’ tour details.

Some of Amina’s performances are available for download. Sigur Rós fans are ravenous in their live performance recording. Some managed to get some Amina recordings in there, too. Check out this page for DC++ download information, or see the Sigur Rós bittorrent tracker. Available performances are linked in the list below.

July

• 8th - Academy, Glasgow, UK
• 9th - Lowry Theatre, Manchester, UK
• 10th - Somerset House, London, UK {BT}
• 12th - Olympia, Paris, France {DC++}
• 13th - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 14th - Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium
• 16th - Vega Main Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 17th - Stadtpark, Hamburg, Germany
• 19th - Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany {DC++}
• 20th - Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
• 22nd - Circus Krone, Munchen, Germany
• 23rd - Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland
• 25th - Cavea Auditorium, Rome, Italy
• 26th - Villa Arconati, Milano, Italy
• 31st - Fuji Rock Festival, Japan

August

• 3rd - Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia
• 4th - The Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia
• 5th - The Tivoli, Brisbane, Australia
• 9th - Hawaii Theatre, Honolulu, USA
• 11th - Avalon, Hollywood, USA

September

• 6th - Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta, USA
• 7th - Carolina Theatre, Durham, USA
• 9th - Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, USA
• 11th - Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, USA
• 12th - Beacon Theatre, New York City, USA
• 13th - Beacon Theatre, New York City, USA
• 15th - Opera House, Boston, USA
• 16th - Théâtre Maisonneeuve, Montreal, Canada
• 18th - Bronson Centre, Ottawa, Canada
• 19th - Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada
• 20th - Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, USA
• 21st - Chicago Theatre, Chicago, USA
• 23rd - Orpheum Theatre, Madison, USA
• 24th - State Theatre, Minneapolis, USA
• 27th - Orpheum, Vancouver, Canada
• 28th - Paramount Theatre, Seattle, USA
• 29th - Roseland Theatre, Portland, USA

October

• 1st - Paramount Theatre, Oakland, USA
• 3rd - Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, USA
• 5th - Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, USA
• 6th - The Joint, Las Vegas, USA

Here is the setlist:

1. Litli Blár (the intro to Bláskjár)
2. Bláskjár
3. Fjarskanistan
4. Skranjólína
5. Djambó (the interlude)
6. Hemipode
7. Seoul
8. Ammælis

Most live recordings only list about six tracks. In most recordings, Litli Blár is combined with Bláskjár; Skranjólína is combined with Djambó.