List of Björk tours

This is a comprehensive listing of tours made by Icelandic music composer and singer Björk, including the repertoire of songs performed on each tour. Note that individual concert set-lists do not necessarily include all the songs listed for each particular tour. Indeed, since the "Vespertine" tour in 2001 setlists have changed dramatically from show to show.

Debut Tour

This tour mainly focused on her album "Debut". She toured from 1993 to 1994.
*Human Behaviour
*Crying
*Venus as a Boy
*There's More to Life Than This
*Like Someone in Love
*Big Time Sensuality
*One Day
*Aeroplane
*Come to Me
*Violently Happy
*Anchor Song
*Atlantic (B-Side)
*Play Dead
*Visur Vatnsenda-Rosu (with vocals)
*Síðasta Ég (B-Side)
*Móðir (Unreleased)

New Tracks:

*Army of Me
*The Modern Things

Post Tour

This tour mainly focused on her album "Post". She also performed some hits from her first album "Debut". She performed 19 songs on the tour.

From Debut:

*Human Behaviour
*Crying
*Venus as a Boy
*Big Time Sensuality
*One Day
*Violently Happy
*Anchor Song

From Post:

*Army of Me
*Hyperballad
*The Modern Things
*It's Oh So Quiet
*Enjoy
*You've Been Flirting Again
*Isobel
*Possibly Maybe
*I Miss You
*Headphones
*Charlene (B-Side)
*I Go Humble (B-Side)

New Track:

*5 Years

Homogenic Tour

This tour focused on her third album, "Homogenic". She also added songs from her previous albums. 23 different songs were performed. The tour band consisted of an Icelandic string octet and musician Mark Bell on beats, who had co-produced the album with Björk.

From Debut:

*Human Behaviour
*Venus as a Boy
*Come To Me
*Violently Happy
*Anchor Song
*Play Dead

From Post:

*Hyperballad
*You've Been Flirting Again
*Isobel
*Possibly Maybe
*Headphones
*I Go Humble (B-Side)
*Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu (B-Side)

From Homogenic:

*Hunter
*Jóga
*Bachelorette
*All Neon Like
*5 Years
*Immature
*Alarm Call
*Pluto
*All Is Full Of Love
*So Broken (B-Side)

Vespertine Tour

This tour focused on her fourth album, "Vespertine". She also performed songs from "Debut", "Post", "Homogenic" and "Selmasongs". She did 35 shows on that tour and 31 different songs. The tour band consisted of harpist Zeena Parkins, electronic duo Matmos, a Greenlandic choir and a 70-piece orchestra (local to each venue).

From Debut:

*Human Behaviour
*Venus as a Boy
*Anchor Song
*Play Dead

From Post:

*Army of Me
*Hyperballad
*You've Been Flirting Again
*Isobel
*Possibly Maybe

From Homogenic:

*Jóga
*Unravel
*Bachelorette
*All Is Full of Love

From Selmasongs:

*Overture
*I've Seen It All

From Vespertine:

*Hidden Place
*Cocoon
*It's Not Up to You
*Undo
*Pagan Poetry
*Frosti
*Aurora
*An Echo, a Stain
*Harm of Will
*Unison
*Generous Palmstroke (B-Side)

From Greatest Hits:

*It's in Our Hands

New Track:

*Who Is It

Covers:

*Gotham Lullaby
*Le Petit Chevalier

Greatest Hits Tour

With the release of her "Greatest Hits", Björk did another world tour. The songs are mainly from "Vespertine" and "Homogenic". She did 28 shows on that tour and performed 32 different songs. The tour band consisted of an Iceland string octet, electronic duo Matmos (who had previously been part of the touring band for "Vespertine") and musician Leila Arab (who had previously been part of the touring band for "Post").

From Debut:

*Human Behaviour
*Sídasta Ég (B-Side)

From Post:

*Army of Me
*Hyperballad
*You've Been Flirting Again
*Isobel
*Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu (B-Side)

From Homogenic:

*Hunter
*Jóga
*Unravel
*Bachelorette
*5 Years
*Pluto
*All Is Full Of Love
*Scary (B-Side)
*Nature Is Ancient (B-Side)

From Selmasongs:

*I've Seen It All
*Scatterheart

From Vespertine:

*Cocoon
*Pagan Poetry
*Aurora
*An Echo, A Stain
*Heirloom
*Generous Palmstroke (B-Side)
*Mother Heroic (B-Side)

From Greatest Hits:

*It's In Our Hands

New tracks:

*Where Is the Line
*Desired Constellation
*Mouth's Cradle
*A Capella (Show Me Forgiveness)
*Nameless (Storm)

Cover:
*Gotham Lullaby

Volta Tour

Björk recently completed her world tour to promote her latest album Volta. Overall, 48 songs were done on the tour focusing on many tracks from Debut, Post, Homogenic, Vespertine, and especially on Medulla and Volta. The tour band consists of drummer Chris Corsano, musician Mark Bell (who also accompanied Björk on the Homogenic tour), pianist Jónas Sen (who played celeste on the tracks Gratitude and Cetacea on the "Drawing Restraint 9" soundtrack), musician Damian Taylor and a 10 piece female Icelandic brass section. During the tour the live version of the track "Innocence" was re-done so as to incorporate brass elements. Live performances of the track "Declare Independence" make heavy use of the ReacTable, an electro-acoustic music instrument with a tabletop Tangible User Interface, which is played by Damian Taylor. The Tenori-on is used heavily in performances of "Who Is It".

From Debut:

*Human Behaviour
*Venus as a Boy
*Aeroplane
*Come to Me
*Anchor Song
*Síðasta Ég (B-Side)

From Post:

*Army of Me
*Hyperballad (mixed with Mark Bell's track "Freak")
*I Miss You
*Cover Me
*It's Oh So Quiet (last show only - special show in Iceland with brass and choir)

From Homogenic:

*Hunter
*Jóga
*Unravel
*Bachelorette
*5 Years
*Immature
*Pluto
*All Is Full of Love

From Selmasongs:

*Overture

From Vespertine:

*Hidden Place
*Cocoon
*It's Not Up To You
*Undo
*Pagan Poetry
*Aurora
*Unison
*Mother Heroic (B-Side)

From Medúlla:

*Pleasure Is All Mine
*Where Is the Line
*Vökuró
*Who is It
*Desired Constellation
*Oceania
*Triumph Of A Heart
*Mouth's Cradle (last show only)
*Sonnets/Unrealities XI (last show only)

From Volta:

*Earth Intruders
*Wanderlust
*The Dull Flame of Desire
*Innocence
*I See Who You Are
*Vertebrae by Vertebrae
*Hope
*Declare Independence
*Pneumonia (last show only)
*My Juvenie (last show only)

Also:
*Brennið Þið Vitar (Traditional Icelandic song, played as a walk-in by the brass band)

Opening acts

Debut Tour:

*Ultramarine

Post Tour:

*Goldie
*Aphex Twin
*Plaid

Homogenic Tour:

*µ-Ziq
*Bran Van 3000
*DJ Sam
*Magga Stína

Greatest Hits Tour:

*Aphex Twin
*Soft Pink Truth
*Bonnie Prince Billy
*Peaches
*Yeah Yeah Yeahs
*Sigur Rós
*Matthew Herbert Big Band

Volta Tour:

*Hot Chip
*Konono N°1
*Spank Rock
*Ghostigital
*Joanna Newsom
*M.I.A.
*Klaxons
*Ratatat
*Santogold
*Leila Arab
*Cosmos

Television

* 1987 - "Glerbrot" character: María. (Ríkisútvarpíð) - National Icelandic Television.

* 1988 - Musical guest on "Saturday Night Live," October 15 with her band The Sugarcubes

* 1994 - MTV Unplugged, performing nine tracks from her album Debut.

* 1994 - "Top of the Pops", performing "Violently Happy"

* 1995 - Top of the Pops, performing "Army of Me" in two versions: solo and as a collaboration with Skunk Anansie

* 1995 - Top of the Pops, performing "Isobel"

* 1995 - Tonight with Jack Dee, performing "It's Oh So Quiet"

* 1995 - Top of the Pops, performing "It's Oh So Quiet"

* 1995 - Smash Hits Poll Winners' Party, performing "It's Oh So Quiet"

* 1996 - "TFI Friday", performing "Possibly Maybe"

* 1996 - TFI Friday, performing "I Miss You"

* 1996 - The White Room, performing "Army of Me" and "I Miss You"

* 1997 - Top of the Pops, performing "Possibly Maybe"

* 1997 - Comic Relief, performing "Short Term Affair" with Steve Coogan as Tony Ferrino

* 1997 - TFI Friday, performing "Jóga"

* 1997 - Top of the Pops, performing "Jóga"

* 1997 - MTV Europe Awards, performing "Bachelorette"

* 1997 - Musical guest on "Saturday Night Live," October 18

* 1998 - Top of the Pops, performing "Alarm Call"

* 2001 - "" episode "Knifin' Around", Björk appears as Space Ghost's wife who is continually hounding him talking nonsense. Thom Yorke also appears in this episode.

* 2001 - Top of the Pops, performing "Hidden Place" and "Cocoon"

* 2001 - Late Night with David Letterman, performing "Pagan Poetry"

* 2001 - Tonight Show with Jay Leno, performing "Cocoon"

* 2002 - News23 TV Show, performing "Pagan Poetry" and "Generous Palmstroke"

* 2002 - The Johnny Vaughan Show, performing "Cocoon"

* 2003 - Fashion Rocks, performing "Bachelorette" for Alexander McQueen

* 2004 - Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, performing "Oceania"

* 2004 - The Jonathan Ross Show, performing "Who Is It"

* 2007 - Musical guest on Saturday Night Live, performing "Earth Intruders" and "Wanderlust" [ [http://snlarc.jt.org/ep.php?i=200704218 SNL Archives | Episode.] Retrieved August 25, 2007.]

* 2007 - Musical Guest on Later with Jools Holland performing "Earth Intruders," "The Anchor Song," and "Declare Independence"

* 2007 - Glastonbury Recording on BBC4

* 2007 - Musical Guest on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," performing "Wanderlust"

* 2007 - MTV2 Subterranean, featuring interviews from the set of the music video for "Wanderlust", featuring the music video "Innocence"

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