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Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men (OMAM) played the last concert of their Australia tour at Palace Theatre in Melbourne yesterday.
They must have been in a good mood because the same day it was announced that they had sold more than one million copies of their debut album, My Head Is An Animal, mbl.is reports.
In Australia, the band’s ‘Little Talks,’ was the second-most played song last year. The single—their most popular—has been bought 1.2 million times in the United States alone.
Currently the album is number 34 on the U.S. Billboard 200 list and is now climbing the list again after having dropped from number 6, just over six months ago.
OMAM are scheduled to tour the U.K. next, starting with a concert in Glasgow, Scotland, on February 22.
Click here to read more about the young band’s amazing success.
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Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós are set to appear on Jay Leno’s The Tonight Show on NBC on Friday next week.
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Chairman of the Progressive Party Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson will become Iceland’s next prime minister and leader of the Independence Party, Bjarni Benediktsson, will take up the position of Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, as reported in the Icelandic media yesterday.
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The festival Reykjavík Music Mess kicks off at KEX Hostel in the center of the capital with an opening party on May 23 at 8 pm. An art exhibition themed around the participating bands will open at the occasion and Boogie Trouble will play a few songs. Entry is free.
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Coalition talks between the Independence and Progressive Party are in the final stages, set to be completed today or tomorrow, and a decision on a new government for Iceland is expected to be announced tomorrow or on Tuesday.
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The 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.
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The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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Fida Abu Libdeh moved to Iceland from East Jerusalem at 16, made her way through the Icelandic education system and now runs a promising startup company.
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The 27th Reykjavík Arts Festival starts this week.
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