Sigur Ros Announce New Album Kveikur Set for June 2013 Release

This Spring has seen several major new album announcements. The trend seems to be continuing into the Summer as Sigur Ros have announced a new album for June.

The album, titled Kveikur, will be released on June 18 via XL Recordings. The material for the album is slightly more aggressive than what Sigur Ros has done before.

The band will also be touring in support of the album. Major dates will include an appearance at Madison Square Garden and also on Late Night will Jimmy Fallon. The late night appearance will actually be tonight (March 22nd).

Sigur Ros Summer/Fall Tour
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March 24: Washington, DC – Patriot Center
March 25: New York City, NY – Madison Square Garden
March 26: Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
March 27: Montreal, Quebec, Canada – Bell Centre
March 29: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – Scotiabank Place
March 30: Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Air Canada Theatre Bowl
April 1: Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
April 2: Chicago, IL – UIC Pavilion
April 3: Saint Paul, MN – Roy Wilkins Auditorium
April 4: Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
April 6: Denver, CO – 1st Bank
April 8: Dallas, TX – Verizon Theatre
April 9: Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
April 10: Austin, TX – Cedar Park Center
April 12: Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre
April 13: Indio, CA – Coachella
April 16: Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
April 17: San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic
April 19: Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
April 20: Indio, CA – Coachella
May 10:  Jakarta, Indonesia – Istora Senayan
May 14: Toyko, Japan – Nippon Budokan
May 15: Nagoya, Japan – Zepp, Nagoya
May 16: Fukuoka, Japan – Zepp, Fukuoka
May 17: Osaka, Japan – Kobe World Hall, Osaka
May 19: Seoul, South Korea – Olympic Gymnastics Arena
May 21: Hong Kong, China – Asia World Arena
May 25: George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
May 26: Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater
May 27: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada – Deer Lake Park
June 19: Dresden, Germany – Junge Garde
June 21-23: Scheessel, Germany – Hurricane Festival (One performance, Date TBA)
June 21-23: Neuhausen, Germany – Southside Festival (One performance, date TBA)
June 23: Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands – Best Kept Secret Festival
June 25: Warsaw, Poland – Sowinskiego Amphitheatre
June 28: St. Gallen, Switzerland – Openair
June 30: Cornwall, United Kingdon – Eden Project
July 4: Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
July 6: Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
July 14: Joensuu, Finland – Ilosaarirock Festival
July 18: Ostrava, Czech Republic – Colours of Ostrava
July 20: Salacgriva, Latvia – Positivus Festival
July 26: Ferrara, Italy – Piazza Castello
July 27: Lucca, Italy – City Square
July 28: Rome, Italy – Ippodromo Delle Capennelle
Aug 30: Cheshire, United Kingdom – Jodrell Bank
Aug 31:  North Dorset, United Kingdom – End of the Road Festival
Nov 16: Dublin, Ireland – O2 Arena
Nov 19: Nottingham UK – Nottingham Arena
Nov 20: Brighton UK – Brighton Centre
Nov 21: London UK – Wembley Arena
Nov 23: Luxembourg – Rockhal
Nov 24: Frankfurt, Germany – Jahrhunderthalle
Nov 25: Dusseldorf, Germany – Mitsubishi Electric Hall
Nov 27: Malmo, Sweden – Balgiska Hallen
Nov 28: Oslo, Norway – Spektrum

Check out the first single off the album below:

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