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Oh Sigur Rós, you are so mysterious! As we breathlessly await details of your next masterpiece, you have posted a couple of brief video clips of you working on said album to this widget thingymabobber.

Look, it's Sigur Rós standing around the studio listening to a snippet of a new song! Look, it's Sigur Rós standing around the studio looking at artwork for the album (possibly NSFW)! UPDATE: Thanks to various reader tips, we've discovered that said NSFW images are by Ryan McGinley. Look, it's the guy from Sigur Rós going "ooh wheee oooh" into a microphone! Fascinating.

In the midst of all this mystery, however, one thing remains constant: Musicians need to get paid, and the quickest way to do that is by touring.

Thus, the Icelandic quartet has revealed even more dates of what's shaping up to be a pretty hefty world tour this summer. The band's itinerary now includes a full three months of shows everywhere from the UK and Europe to the U.S. and Mexico to Australia. If these guys hit Africa, we'll be truly impressed.

Sigur Rós:

06-05 Guadalajara, Mexico - Teatro Degollado
06-07 Tepoztlan, Mexico - Festival La Colmena
06-08 Tijuana, Mexico - Multiculti
06-11 Omaha, NE - Orpheum Theater
06-12 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
06-14 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
06-16 New York, NY - Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom
06-20 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06-22 Scheesel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
07-05 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
07-06 Arras, France - Main Square Festival
07-08 Vienna, Austria - Arena Vienna
07-09 Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docs
07-11 Florence, Italy - Guardino di Boboli
07-12 Rome, Italy - Cavea Auditorium
07-13 Milan, Italy - Arena Civica
07-14 Zurich, Switzerland - Volkhaus
07-17 Benicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festival
07-19 Suffolk, England - Latitude Festival
08-01 Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne Festival Hall
08-02 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Horden Pavilion
08-03 Byron Bay, Australia - Splendour in the Grass
08-07 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08-08 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-09 Copenhagen, Denmark - Beat Day Festival
08-11 Cologne, Germany - Palladium
08-12 Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
08-13 Berlin, Germany - Tempodrom
08-15 St. Malo, France - La Route du Rock Festival
08-18 Dresden, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
08-19 Prague, Czech Republic - Arena HC Sparta Praha
08-20 Warsaw, Poland - Palladium
08-27 Moscow, Russia - B1
08-29 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
08-31 Argyll, Scotland - Hydro Connect Festival