sigur ros will be playing a short set for the dalai lama at his public talk in laugardalshoellin arena in reykjavik, tuesday june 2nd. sigur ros will be joined by odin’s raven magic collaborators steindor andersen, hilmar oern hilmarsson, maria huld markan and pall from husafell. the set will be comprised of parts from odin’s raven magic as well as ‘rimur’ chanting by steindor. the band will be performing without jonsi as he is currently in london working on his solo album. in an interview in today’s morgunbladid newspaper, steindor says the group was honoured to have been asked to perform for the dalai lama and view their contribution more as a tribute to the spiritual leader than as a concert for the guests. the dalai lama event is sold out.