With Iceland having nearly eliminated coronavirus, the country’s native singer-songwriter Björk has announced she will play three shows in Reykjavík in August. And yes, there will be an actual audience, too.

Produced in association with Iceland Airwaves, the shows will take place at the capital’s Harpa Hall on August 9, 15 and 23. They will also be live-streamed online, raising money for women’s charities. During each of the concerts, Björk will collaborate with over 100 Icelandic musicians across three groups that have played a part in the creation of her discography. There will also be new instrumental arrangements of scores from Björk’s catalog.

“I would like to invite you to some concerts to honor folks who got hit hardest in the coronavirus and the Black Lives Matter movement and to honor how many Icelandic musicians I have worked with through the years,” Björk said in a press release. “I feel we are going through extraordinary times horrifying but also an opportunity to truly change it is demanded of us that we finally confront all racism that we learn that lives are more important than profit and look inside us and fine-comb out all our hidden prejudices and privileges.”

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kæru íslendingar⁣ ⁣ mig langar til að bjóða ykkur upp á tónleika ⁣ ⁣ mig langar til að fagna þess að við erum komin út úr alla vega fyrsta stigi kórónu-faraldursins ⁣ og halda upp á hversu mörgum íslenskum tónlistarmönnum ég hef unnið með í gegnum tíðina ⁣ ⁣ ég tók næstum allar plöturnar mínar með hljóðfæraleikurum héðanfrá⁣ ⁣ homogenic með íslenskum strengjaoktett⁣ medúllu með schola cantorum , íslenskum blönduðum kór⁣ voltu með 10 brass-stelpum sem ég fann um allt land og þær síðan formuðu wonderbrass⁣ bíófílíu með langholtskirkju kvennakór graduale nobili ⁣ vúlnikúru með 15 manna strengjasveit ⁣ útópíu með 12 flautuleikurum sem síðan stofnuðu flautuseptettinn viibra⁣ kornukópíu með hamrahlíðarkór stjórnuðum af þorgerði ingólfsdóttur⁣ svo spiluðum við öll á tónleikum þvers og kurs um kringum hnöttinn ⁣ ⁣ samtals eru þetta yfir hundrað manns !!⁣ ⁣ mig langar til að halda helgar tónleika í hörpu í ágúst⁣ þeir verða "unplugged" eða án slagverks og eletróníku ⁣ með sinfóníu hljómsveit íslands og fleiri gestum ⁣ ⁣ mitt innleg til feminisma verður að monta mig yfir því að langflestar útsetningarnar eru eftir mig ⁣ þetta er því miður eitthvað sem er of oft horft framhjá hjá konum ⁣ fyrirgefið að troða þessu inn⁣ eða ekki … ? ⁣ ⁣ tónleikarnir verða klukkan 5 og fólki boðið upp á veitingar eftir tónleikana til styrktar kvennaathvarfsins⁣ ⁣ mig langar til að fagna því sem við höfum hér á íslandi , án umgjarðar . þakka öllu þessu ótrúlegu tónlistarfólki og tónlistarhöll sem við eigum . ⁣ vírusinn hefur kennt okkur öllum að við höfum nóg . og að við verðum að hjálpa til þar sem við getum . og @blacklivesmatter hefur minnt okkur harkalega á að líta í eiginn barm hvað varðar rasisma og virðingu , skilning og meiri aðstoð við flóttamenn sem koma hingað ⁣ ⁣ ég hlakka til að sjá ykkur ⁣ ⁣ mikil ást ⁣ ⁣ birkið

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The shows have been given the name of ‘Björk Orkestral’ due to them being entirely ‘unplugged’ and performed without beats or electronics. The money from the concerts will go to Kvennaathvarfid, a charity that seeks to support women and immigrants of different origins within the northern country.

Tickets will be available for pre-order starting July 2 at 10 a.m. Icelandic time (2 p.m. EST), with a general sale going live the same time on July 3. 

A note from Björk:

dear friends
i would like to invite you to some concerts
to honour
folks who got hit hardest in the coronavirus
and the black lives matter movement
and to honour how many icelandic musicians i have worked with through the years

i recorded almost all of my albums with local musicians :
homogenic with an icelandic string octet
medulla with schola cantorum ( an icelandic mixed choir )
volta with 10 brass girls i found all over the island and then later they formed wonderbrass
biophilia with langholt´s church girl choir graduale nobili
vulnicura with a 15 piece string ensemble
utopia with 12 female fluteplayers who later formed the flute septet viibra
cornucopia with hamrahlíð´s choir conducted by þorgerður ingólfsdóttir
all these albums where then performed all around the planet with these musicians
together they are over hundred people !!
and we are going to celebrate that we are all healthily exiting quarantine together by playing concerts in harpa music hall for 3 weekends of august
my input into the feminist fight is to brag about that almost all of those arrangements are by me
unfortunately this is something that is almost always ignored when women are arrangers
the concerts will be in the afternoons and will also be streamed live online, where there will be an option to donate to the icelandic women’s shelter – which supports women of all origin in iceland
for those attending in person, after the concert we will be offering food to raise money in support of this charity
the concerts will be “unplugged” or acoustic and performed without beats and electronics
the concerts will be performed with the icelandic symphony orchestra and guests
i feel we are going through extraordinary times
horrifying but also an opportunity to truly change
it is demanded of us that we finally confront all racism
that we learn that lives are more important that profit
and look inside us and finecomb out all our hidden prejudices and privileges
let´s all humbly learn together
transform
humongous love
björk