Sigur Rós' Kjartan Sveinsson to Sit Out World Tour
Multi-instrumentalist is "tired of touring"
By Carrie Battan on May 18, 2012 at 5:34 p.m. EDT
Photo by Lilja Birgisdottir
In an interview with Icelandic newspaper The Reykjavík Grapevine, Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi said that band member Kjartan Sveinsson is "tired of touring." Thus, he will not accompany his band mates when they go on their world tour to promote the upcoming album Valtari.
Rumors that the band is breaking up or that Sveinsson's left altogether are false, Jónsi and band member Georg "Goggi" Hólm told the Grapevine. Sevinsson just "wants to spend his time doing something else" and says that time spent touring is "not necessarily the most productive." Ólafur Björn Ólafsson of Stórsveit Nix Noltes and Benni Hemm Hemm will replace him on keyboard and oboe, and Hólm's younger brother Kjartan Dagur Hólm (from the band For a Minor Reflection) will play guitar in his place.
Valtari is out May 29 in North America and May 28 in Europe via XL. Listen to album cut "Ekki Múkk":
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