Reykjavík Grapevine - nóv. 2021, Blaðsíða 11

Reykjavík Grapevine - nóv. 2021, Blaðsíða 11
Find today's events in Iceland! Download our free listings app - APPENING on the Apple and Android stores Live From Reykjavík Hybrid Live/Streamed Live Music November 6th - Multiple Locations - 2,990 to 4,990 ISK Live from Reykjavík returns again this November, with I!nó, Gamla Bíó, Gaukurinn and Fríkirkjan opening their doors to music events brought to you by the Iceland Airwaves crew. Local musicians including Laufey, Daughters of Reykjavík and Emmsjé Gauti will perform for both live audiences, and people watching from the comfort of their sofas. That’s right, these shows will be streamed live! So there’s no excuse not to take part now, is there? RH Andrea Bocelli Adored Tenor Visits Iceland November 27th - 20:00 - Kórinn - 12,990 to 35,990 ISK One of the world’s most beloved tenors will perform in Iceland this autumn. Known for his beautiful voice, Andrea Bocelli will charm the audience with his newest album, ‘Si Forever: The Diamond Edition’. He will also woo lucky listeners with some of the most popular operatic arias, which he will perform before his own album. Book a ticket sooner rather than later to experience this operatic phenomenon. RH Of Monsters and Men MHIAA 10th Anniversary Concert November 9th to 12th - 20:00 - Gamla Bíó - 9,900 ISK It’s been 10 years since Of Monsters and Men released their first studio album, ‘My Head Is an Animal’. To celebrate, the band is performing not one, but four anniversary concerts. The whole album will be played in order, with the crowd being treated to a few bonus tracks as encores. Appropriately enough, these shows will take place in Gamla Bíó, where the band held the album’s original release party. This is a must see for OMAM fans. But if you can’t make it, they’re being filmed and will be streamed next month. RH Maybe A Swan Son!: Hipsumhaps At Harpa Fannar In"i Fri!#jófsson on the past, present and future Words: Andie Sophia Fontaine Photos: Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson & Sigur"ur Ragnarsson Fannar Ingi Fri!"jófsson, best known as the mind behind Hipsumhaps, might be about to sing his last. On November 12th at Eldborg in Harpa, Hipsumhaps will be giving a performance that, for Fannar, may ring out the coda of his musical career, and will most certainly be the final act of Hipsumhaps’ latest album, ‘Lög síns tíma’ (‘Songs of their time’). In fact, the concert itself was conceived while the album was being made. "While we were making the second album, I started to set goals for myself and the project, what opportunities I wanted to create for us,” he tells us. “I got this idea that I wanted to throw big concerts; concerts that would cover all the lost opportunities from the pandemic, following the first album. We really didn't get that many opportunities to follow up on our first album. We had been postponing the same concerts three times, and I just really wanted to set the bar high. I felt like we were creating a unique sound, and a big sound. We started thinking about the sound of the album within the context of Eldborg in Harpa. To get this huge stadium vibe.” ‘Songs of their time’ indeed In addition to being the final time it is played live, the concert will be, according to Fan- nar, “the best experience you will get of this album”—but it goes beyond that. “On January 1st, the album will not be available anymore on streaming platforms,” he says. “So it serves its purpose of being 'lög síns tíma'. Until January 1st, you can buy a digital copy of the album on our website [hip- sumhaps.is] where we are raising money for the Iceland Wetlands Fund. That's one of the themes on the album, and one of my core val- ues: matters of nature and climate change. I wanted to do something special to send posi- tive messages related to the topics on this album." Pulling the album was not exactly a diffi- cult decision for Fannar, and his reasons could not be more fitting. “I think it's interesting just to let go of some project,” he says. “Letting it go for me, this project is so filled with emotions; not just the music but also the process behind it all. I'm really just ready to let go of all the focused attention that this project has given me. I'll always be rich off the learning curve that this project has served me, and I will take it with me to the next project." Having a good time But can we expect more music from Fannar? As it is now, anything goes. "I'm just thinking in ideas right now,” he says. “They're not necessarily in sound and music. They're also visual concepts. I'm look- ing forward to challenging myself, but that's for the long run. I think it's also necessary for me to take a step back and just think about other things for a while. I've been reminded that the most valuable thing that we have is time. So I'm just going to have a good time." You can buy tickets to the concert, and buy a digi- tal copy of ‘Lög síns tíma,’ at hipsumhaps.is CULTURE NEWS Splish 'n' Splash And later, a#er a good towelling-down... "I've been reminded that the most valuable thing that we have is time. So I'm just going to have a good time.”

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