Sigur Ros fooled many of their fans into thinking singer/guitarist Jon Thor "Jonsi" Birgisson and keyboardist Kjartan "Kjarri" Sveinsson were working on the new Coldplay album with an April Fool's message posted on their website today (Wednesday).
"we are now happy to announce that kjartan (keyboards) will be writing and arranging strings for 4 songs on coldplay’s as-yet-untitled follow up album to 2008's acclaimed 'viva la vida'," the message reads.
"kjartan has already completed most of the arrangements, which are set to be recorded in late spring. in addition to kjartan’s contribution, jonsi will join chris martin on vocals on one of the album's songs. "we were fortunate enough to be allowed to visit coldplay's rehearsal space while jonsi and chris were rehearsing their collaboration, which promises to be nothing short of amazing. we filmed a short video from the session, which is viewable on youtube
If you click the link, you'll soon find out it's not actually a video of the session. Duh.
Sigur Ros' most recent release is last year's Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust. They shot this performance of "Vid Spilum Endalaust" for La Blogotheque's The Take-Away Shows earlier this month.
Sigur Ros don't have any tour dates scheduled at the moment, but you can see Coldplay here:
May 15 West Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre
May 17 Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
May 18 Birmingham, AL @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
May 20 Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 21 Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavilion
May 23 Hartford, CT @ Meadows Music Theatre
May 24 Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
May 26 Philadelphia, PA @ Susquehanna Bank Center
May 27 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
May 29 Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
May 30 Pittsburgh, PA @ Post-Gazette Pavilion
June 1 Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 2 Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 4 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
June 5 Indianapolis, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
June 6 Nashville, TN @ Sommet Center
June 9 New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Arena
June 10 San Antonio, TX @ AT& T Center
June 12 Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
June 13 Omaha, NE @ Qwest Center
June 15 Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
June 17 Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
June 18 Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
June 20-21 Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
July 2 Arras, France @ Main Square Festival
July 3 Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter Festival
July 5 Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
July 10 Portland, OR @ The Amphitheater at Clark County
July 11 George, WA @ The Gorge Ampitheatre
July 13 Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 14 Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 16 San Diego, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
July 18 Carson, CA @ Home Depot Center
July 19 Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 21 Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center
July 22 Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 24 Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 25 East Troy, WI @ Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 30 Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
Aug. 1 Montreal, QC @ Parc Jean Drapeau (Osheaga Music And Arts Festival)
Aug. 2 Jersey City, NJ @ Liberty State Park (All Points West Festival)
Aug. 3 Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center
Aug. 6 Raleigh, NC @ Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
Aug. 7 Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug. 9 Tampa, FL @ Ford Amphitheatre
Aug. 16 Herning, Denmark @ MCH Messecenter Herning Kongrescenter
Aug. 19 Bergen, Norway @ Koengen
Aug. 22 Stockholm, Sweden @ Olympic Stadium
Aug. 25 Hannover, Germany @ Hannover Stadium
Aug. 27 Dusseldorf, Germany @ LTU Arena
Aug. 29 Munich, Germany @ Reitstadion Riem
Aug. 31 Udine, Italy @ Stadio Friuli
Sept. 2 Bern, Switzerland @ Stade De Suisse
Sept. 4 Barcelona, Spain @ Estadi Olimpic
Sept. 7 Paris, France @ Parc Des Princes
Sept. 9-10 Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Goffertspark
Sept. 12 Manchester, England @ Lancashire County Cricket Club
Sept. 14 Dublin, Ireland @ Phoenix Park
Sept. 16 Glasgow, Scotland @ Hampden Park
Sept. 18-19 London, England @ Wembley Stadium
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