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List of Björk live performances

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Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk has embarked on eleven concert tours and has performed at various broadcast shows and live events. After leaving her band, The Sugarcubes, Björk promoted her first album Debut (1993) through performances at various shows and award ceremonies. While starting her Debut tour, Björk served as an opening act for U2 during their Zoo TV Tour stop at the Wembley Stadium in London. Björk performed a cover of The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" with PJ Harvey at the 1994 Brit Awards. She also performed her single "Big Time Sensuality" at the inaugural MTV Europe Music Awards in Munich, while accompanied by Fluke. After the end of the tour, Björk curated her own MTV Unplugged special. Björk premiered her single "Army of Me" with a performance alongside Skunk Anansie at Top of the Pops. To promote its parent album, Post (1995), Björk started the eponymous concert tour, which saw her performing in different festivals and arenas throughout the globe.

In 1997, the release of Homogenic was accompanied by a short promotional stint in clubs with Mark Bell before starting a worldwide tour. The tour was extended to 1998 after plans for a North American leg with Radiohead were canceled due to staging and production difficulties. During the promotion of the album, she also performed "Bachelorette" at the 1997 MTV Europe Music Awards and during an appearance at Saturday Night Live. After receiving a Best Original Song nomination for "I've Seen It All", Björk performed the song at the 73rd Academy Awards, while dressed in her swan dress. To promote her fourth album Vespertine (2001), Björk embarked on a worldwide tour of opera houses and theaters, backed by a 54-piece orchestra. The following year, Björk became the first female artist to headline the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. In 2003, the singer performed at several European festivals and North American arenas with her Greatest Hits tour. While there was no tour performances for the singer’s fifth studio album, Medúlla (2004), Björk performed "Oceania" at the 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, for which the song was commissioned, while in 2005, the singer performed at the Live 8 concert in Chiba, Japan.

Björk did not tour again until The Volta tour in 2007, supporting her sixth studio album. The tour lasted two years, during which she returned to perform in Oceania and South America after more than 10 years. She once again was the headliner of major international music festivals, including Coachella, Glastonbury Festival, Big Day Out and Roskilde Festival. The tour faced many controversies due to Björk's support of Tibetan independence movement, Kosovo declaration of independence and Faroese independence movement during several performances of "Declare Independence". From 2011 until 2013, Björk embarked on her Biophilia tour, a multimedia project which featured her seventh studio album and a series of residencies and workshops that used the eponymous app to teach children about science and musicology. The tour was documented by the 2013 documentary When Björk Met Attenborough and the 2014 concert film Björk: Biophilia Live, and featured her first performance in Africa, but was hindered by a series of vocal cords issues, for which the singer underwent surgery. Similar problems caused the cancellation of the last shows of her following tour, the Vulnicura tour, which supported her 2015 eighth studio album. Following the schedule of her Björk Digital exhibition, the tour resumed with acoustic shows and festival performances in 2016 and 2017.

The singer supported the release of her 2017 album Utopia with a series of shows throughout Europe the following summer. In 2019, Björk announced Cornucopia, said to be her "most elaborate stage concert yet". It debuted as a residency show at The Shed arts center in New York before traveling worldwide. In 2021, Björk embarked on her eleventh concert tour, called Björk Orkestral, which setlist consisted of orchestral arrangements of songs from her career so far.

01Concert tours

Title Dates Associated album(s) Continent(s) Shows Live release(s) Ref.
Debut tour 19 August 1993, 31 July 1994 Debut Europe
North America
Oceania
Asia		 50 Vessel

Songs performed during the Debut tour
  1. "Human Behaviour"
  2. "Aeroplane"
  3. "Atlantic"
  4. "One Day"
  5. "Venus as a Boy"
  6. "Come to Me"
  7. "The Anchor Song"
  8. "Like Someone In Love"
  9. "Play Dead"
  10. "Crying"
  11. "Violently Happy"
  12. "There's More to Life Than This"
  13. "Big Time Sensuality"
  14. "Army of Me"
  15. "Síðasta Ég"
  16. "Stígðu Mig"
  17. "The Modern Things"
  18. "Moðir"
Post tour 6 July 1995, 27 February 1997 Post Europe
North America
Asia
Oceania
South America		 113 Live at Shepherds Bush Empire
Post Live
Songs performed during the Post tour
  1. "Headphones"
  2. "Army of Me"
  3. "One Day"
  4. "The Modern Things"
  5. "Human Behaviour"
  6. "You've Been Flirting Again"
  7. "Isobel"
  8. "Venus as a Boy"
  9. "Possibly Maybe"
  10. "Charlene"
  11. "I Go Humble"
  12. "The Anchor Song"
  13. "Hyperballad"
  14. "Enjoy"
  15. "I Miss You"
  16. "Crying"
  17. "Violently Happy"
  18. "5 Years"
  19. "It's Oh So Quiet"
  20. "Big Time Sensuality"
  21. "Sweet Intuition"
  22. "Le petit chevalier"
  23. "Motorcrash"
Homogenic tour 8 June 1997, 6 January 1999 Homogenic North America
Europe
Asia
South America		 58 Live in Cambridge
Homogenic Live
Songs performed during the Homogenic tour
  1. "Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu"
  2. "Hunter"
  3. "Headphones"
  4. "Come to Me"
  5. "Venus as a Boy"
  6. "All Neon Like"
  7. "You've Been Flirting Again"
  8. "Isobel"
  9. "Possibly Maybe"
  10. "5 Years"
  11. "Immature"
  12. "I Go Humble"
  13. "Play Dead"
  14. "Alarm Call"
  15. "Human Behaviour"
  16. "Bachelorette"
  17. "Hyperballad"
  18. "Violently Happy"
  19. "Pluto"
  20. "So Broken"
  21. "All Is Full of Love"
  22. "The Anchor Song"
  23. "Jóga"
Vespertine world tour 22 May 2001, 21 December 2001 Vespertine North America
Europe
Asia		 36 Live at Royal Opera House
Minuscule
Vespertine Live
Songs performed during the Vespertine tour
  1. "Frosti"
  2. "Overture"
  3. "All Is Full of Love"
  4. "Aurora"
  5. "Undo"
  6. "Unravel"
  7. "I've Seen It All"
  8. "An Echo, A Stain"
  9. "Generous Palmstroke"
  10. "Hidden Place"
  11. "Cocoon"
  12. "Unison"
  13. "Harm of Will"
  14. "It's Not Up to You"
  15. "Pagan Poetry"
  16. "Possibly Maybe"
  17. "Isobel"
  18. "Hyperballad"
  19. "Human Behaviour"
  20. "Jóga"
  21. "It's In Our Hands"
  22. "You've Been Flirting Again"
  23. "Army of Me"
  24. "Bachelorette"
  25. "Play Dead"
  26. "Venus as a Boy"
  27. "The Anchor Song"
  28. "Who Is It"
  29. "Gotham Lullaby"
Greatest Hits tour 24 May 2003, 3 September 2003 Greatest Hits Europe
Asia
North America		 28 , N/a
Songs performed during the Greatest Hits tour
  1. "Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu"
  2. "Pagan Poetry"
  3. "Hunter"
  4. "Desired Constellation"
  5. "Mouth's Cradle"
  6. "Heirloom"
  7. "Unravel"
  8. "Scatterheart"
  9. "Army of Me"
  10. "Jóga"
  11. "Aurora"
  12. "Cocoon"
  13. "Mother Heroic"
  14. "Gotham Lullaby"
  15. "Show Me Forgiveness"
  16. "All Is Full of Love"
  17. "Storm"
  18. "An Echo, A Stain"
  19. "I've Seen It All"
  20. "Where Is the Line"
  21. "You've Been Flirting Again"
  22. "Isobel"
  23. "Nature Is Ancient"
  24. "Bachelorette"
  25. "5 Years"
  26. "It's In Our Hands"
  27. "Hyperballad"
  28. "Pluto"
  29. "Generous Palmstroke"
  30. "Síðasta Ég"
  31. "Scary"
  32. "Human Behaviour"
The Volta tour 9 April 2007, 26 August 2008 Volta Europe
North America
South America
Oceania
Asia		 76 Voltaïc
Songs performed during the Volta tour
  1. "Brennið Þið Vitar"
  2. "Cover Me"
  3. "Earth Intruders"
  4. "Venus as a Boy"
  5. "Hunter"
  6. "Immature"
  7. "The Dull Flame of Desire"
  8. "Oceania"
  9. "I See Who You Are"
  10. "Unravel"
  11. "Pagan Poetry"
  12. "All Is Full of Love"
  13. "Jóga"
  14. "Pleasure Is All Mine"
  15. "Hope"
  16. "Vertebrae by Vertebrae"
  17. "Where Is the Line"
  18. "Who Is It"
  19. "Desired Constellation"
  20. "Army of Me"
  21. "Innocence"
  22. "5 Years"
  23. "Hidden Place"
  24. "Aurora"
  25. "Unison"
  26. "Mother Heroic"
  27. "Cocoon"
  28. "Come to Me"
  29. "Aeroplane"
  30. "Human Behaviour"
  31. "It's Not Up To You"
  32. "Síðasta Ég"
  33. "Undo"
  34. "I Miss You"
  35. "Triumph of a Heart"
  36. "Bachelorette"
  37. "Vökuró"
  38. "Wanderlust"
  39. "Hyperballad"
  40. "Pluto"
  41. "The Anchor Song"
  42. "Declare Independence"
  43. "Overture"
  44. "Pneumonia"
  45. "My Juvenile"
  46. "Sonnets/Unrealities XI"
  47. "Mouth's Cradle"
  48. "It's Oh So Quiet"
Biophilia tour 27 June 2011, 7 September 2013 Biophilia Europe
North America
South America
Africa
Asia		 70 When Björk Met Attenborough
Björk: Biophilia Live

Songs performed during the Biophilia tour
  1. "Cosmogony"
  2. "Crystalline"
  3. "Mutual Core"
  4. "Thunderbolt"
  5. "Declare Independence"
  6. "Moon"
  7. "Hollow"
  8. "Náttúra"
  9. "Virus"
  10. "Hidden Place"
  11. "Mouth's Cradle"
  12. "Dark Matter"
  13. "Pagan Poetry"
  14. "Solstice"
  15. "One Day"
  16. "Jóga"
  17. "Sacrifice"
  18. "Possibly Maybe"
  19. "Isobel"
  20. "Hunter"
  21. "Óskasteinar"
  22. "Sonnets/Unrealities XI"
  23. "Where Is the Line"
  24. "Pluto"
  25. "Generous Palmstroke"
  26. "Heirloom"
  27. "Vertebræ by Vertebræ"
  28. "Unravel"
  29. "Hyperballad"
  30. "All Is Full of Love"
  31. "Army of Me"
  32. "You've Been Flirting Again"
  33. "It's Not Up to You"
  34. "Pleasure Is All Mine"
  35. "Who Is It"
  36. "Bachelorette"
  37. "Immature"
  38. "Undo"
  39. "Unison"
  40. "Venus as a Boy"
Vulnicura tour 7 March 2015, 3 November 2017 Vulnicura North America
Europe
Asia		 27 Vulnicura Live

Songs performed during the Vulnicura tour
  1. "Stonemilker"
  2. "Lionsong"
  3. "History of Touches"
  4. "Black Lake"
  5. "Family"
  6. "Notget"
  7. "Pleasure Is All Mine"
  8. "Come to Me"
  9. "Undo"
  10. "I See Who You Are"
  11. "Quicksand"
  12. "Mouth Mantra"
  13. "Harm of Will"
  14. "Wanderlust"
  15. "All Neon Like"
  16. "All Is Full of Love"
  17. "Sun In My Mouth"
  18. "Atom Dance"
  19. "Hunter"
  20. "Bachelorette"
  21. "Army of Me"
  22. "5 Years"
  23. "Mutual Core"
  24. "Hyperballad"
  25. "Possibly Maybe"
  26. "Where Is the Line"
  27. "Unravel"
  28. "One Day"
  29. "Aurora"
  30. "I've Seen It All"
  31. "Jóga"
  32. "Pagan Poetry"
  33. "The Anchor Song"
  34. "Pluto"
  35. "Vertebræ by Vertebræ"
  36. "You've Been Flirting Again"
  37. "Isobel"
  38. "Mouth's Cradle"
Utopia tour 9 April 2018, 30 July 2018 Utopia Europe 11 , N/a

Songs performed during the Utopia tour
  1. "Arisen My Senses"
  2. "Utopia"
  3. "The Gate"
  4. "Blissing Me"
  5. "Thunderbolt"
  6. "Courtship"
  7. "Features Creatures"
  8. "Tabula Rasa"
  9. "Saint"
  10. "Pleasure Is All Mine"
  11. "Losss"
  12. "Sue Me"
  13. "Notget"
  14. "Paradisia"
  15. "The Anchor Song"
  16. "Isobel"
  17. "Human Behaviour"
  18. "Wanderlust"
  19. "Claimstaker"
Cornucopia 6 May 2019, 5 December 2023 Utopia
Fossora		 North America
Europe
Oceania
Asia		 45 Cornucopia


Songs performed during Cornucopia
  1. "The Gate"
  2. "Utopia"
  3. "Arisen My Senses"
  4. "Show Me Forgiveness"
  5. "Venus as a Boy"
  6. "Claimstaker"
  7. "Isobel"
  8. "Blissing Me"
  9. "Arpeggio"
  10. "Body Memory"
  11. "Hidden Place"
  12. "Mouth's Cradle"
  13. "Features Creatures"
  14. "Courtship"
  15. "Pagan Poetry"
  16. "Losss"
  17. "Sue Me"
  18. "Tabula Rasa"
  19. "Future Forever"
  20. "Notget"
  21. "Atopos"
  22. "Ovule"
  23. "Victimhood"
  24. "Fossora"
  25. "Mycelia"
Björk Orkestral 11 October 2021, 23 April 2023 Various Europe
North America
South America
Asia		 20 Björk Orkestral with the Hamrahlíð Choir


Songs performed during the Björk Orkestral tour
  1. "Stonemilker"
  2. "Aurora"
  3. "I've Seen It All"
  4. "Sun in My Mouth"
  5. "You've Been Flirting Again"
  6. "Isobel"
  7. "Hyperballad"
  8. "Harm of Will"
  9. "Bachelorette"
  10. "Unison"
  11. "Generous Palmstroke"
  12. "Show Me Forgiveness"
  13. "Pleasure Is All Mine"
  14. "Hidden Place"
  15. "Cosmogony"
  16. "Sonnets/Unrealities XI"
  17. "Unravel"
  18. "Vertabræ by Vertabræ"
  19. "Oceania"
  20. "Who Is It"
  21. "Mouth's Cradle"
  22. "Where Is the Line"
  23. "Human Behaviour"
  24. "New World"
  25. "Tabula Rasa"
  26. "Utopia"
  27. "The Gate"
  28. "Courtship"
  29. "Pagan Poetry"
  30. "Losss"
  31. "Sue Me"
  32. "Aeroplane"
  33. "Wanderlust"
  34. "Mutual Core"
  35. "The Anchor Song"
  36. "Jóga"
  37. "Come to Me"
  38. "Hunter"
  39. "Lionsong"
  40. "History of Touches"
  41. "Black Lake"
  42. "Mouth Mantra"
  43. "5 Years"
  44. "Quicksand"
  45. "Pluto"
  46. "Notget"
  47. "Overture"
  48. "Ovule"
  49. "Freefall"

02One-off concerts

Date Event Venue Location Performed song(s) Ref.
9 December 1999 Concerts with Brodsky Quartet Union Chapel London, England
11 December 1999
  • "Unravel"
  • "Jóga"
  • "Cover Me"
  • "All Neon Like"
  • "Gotham Lullaby"
  • "I've Seen It All"
  • "You've Been Flirting Again"
  • "Come to Me"
  • "Like Someone in Love"
  • "5 Years"
  • "Hyperballad"
  • "Why?"
  • "Possibly Maybe"
  • "The Anchor Song"
  • "Bachelorette"
  • "Play Dead"
  • "Hunter"
  • "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
  • "Downtown"
  • "Silent Night"
  • "It's Oh So Quiet"
27 April 2002 Coachella Festival Empire Polo Club Indio, United States
2 July 2005 Live 8 Makuhari Messe Chiba, Japan
  • "Pagan Poetry" (instrumental)
  • "Pagan Poetry"
  • "All Is Full of Love"
  • "Desired Constellation"
  • "Jóga"
  • "Hyperballad"
  • "Generous Palmstroke"
  • "Bachelorette"
  • "It's in Our Hands" (Soft Pink Truth Mix)

03Ceremonies

Date Event Venue Location Performed song(s) Ref.
5 December 1993 1993 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party Docklands Arena London, England "Big Time Sensuality" (with Fluke)
14 February 1994 1994 BRIT Awards Alexandra Palace "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (with PJ Harvey)
24 November 1994 1994 MTV Europe Music Awards Brandenburg Gate Berlin, Germany "Big Time Sensuality" (with Fluke)
3 December 1995 1995 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party Docklands Arena London, England "It's Oh So Quiet"
4 March 1997 1997 Nordic Council Music Prize Oslo City Hall Oslo, Norway
6 November 1997 1997 MTV Europe Music Awards The Ahoy Rotterdam, Netherlands "Bachelorette"
25 March 2001 73rd Academy Awards Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, United States "I've Seen It All"
9 March 2002 2002 Victoires de la Musique Le Zénith Paris, France "It's Not Up to You"
15 October 2003 2003 Fashion Rocks Royal Albert Hall London, England "Bachelorette"
13 August 2004 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony Olympic Stadium of Athens Athens, Greece "Oceania"
28 February 2026 2026 BRIT Awards Co-op Live Manchester, England "Berghain" (with Rosalía and Heritage Orchestra)

04Television shows

Date Show Network Country Performed song(s) Ref.
2 July 1993 Later... with Jools Holland BBC Two England "Aeroplane" (with D'Influence)
13 August 1993 The Beat ITV
9 September 1993 Top of the Pops BBC One "Venus as a Boy"
29 September 1993 U NRK1 Norway
  • "Come to Me"
  • "The Anchor Song"
13 October 1993 Planeta Rock TVE Spain
10 November 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien NBC United States "Human Behaviour"
15 November 1993 Dance Energy BBC Two England "Big Time Sensuality" (with Fluke)
21 November 1993 120 Minutes MTV United States
  • "Come to Me"
  • "Aeroplane"
22 November 1993 MTV's Most Wanted MTV Europe England
  • "Come to Me"
  • "The Anchor Song"
2 December 1993 Top of the Pops BBC One "Big Time Sensuality"
16 February 1994 Nulle part ailleurs Canal+ France "Violently Happy"
8 March 1994 Le Cercle de minuit France 2
  • "Violently Happy"
  • "Human Behaviour"
17 March 1994 Top of the Pops BBC One England "Violently Happy"
15 April 1994 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC United States "Big Time Sensuality"
7 June 1994 Festivalbar Italia 1 Italy
17 June 1994 MTV's Most Wanted MTV Europe England
  • "Human Behaviour"
  • "Big Time Sensuality"
7 November 1994 MTV Unplugged
  • "Human Behaviour"
  • "One Day"
  • "Come to Me"
  • "Big Time Sensuality"
  • "Aeroplane"
  • "Like Someone in Love"
  • "Crying"
  • "The Anchor Song"
  • "Violently Happy"
20 April 1995 Top of the Pops BBC One "Army of Me"
22 April 1995 The White Room Channel 4
4 May 1995 Top of the Pops BBC One "Army of Me" (with Skunk Anansie)
13 June 1995 Festivalbar Italia 1 Italy "Army of Me"
17 June 1995 Later... with Jools Holland BBC Two England
16 August 1995 Late Show with David Letterman CBS United States "Hyperballad"
17 August 1995 Top of the Pops BBC One England "Isobel"
24 August 1995
27 October 1995 Zona franca TVE Spain "I Miss You"
2 November 1995 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC United States "It's Oh So Quiet"
23 November 1995 Top of the Pops BBC One England
24 November 1995 Children in Need
14 December 1995 Top of the Pops
13 January 1996 Jack Dee's Saturday Night Channel 4
18 February 1996 Taratata France 2 France
19 April 1996 TFI Friday Channel 4 England "I Miss You"
1 November 1996 "Possibly Maybe"
8 November 1996 Top of the Pops BBC One
14 March 1997 Red Nose Day "Short Term Affair" (with Tony Ferrino)
19 September 1997 TFI Friday Channel 4 "Jóga"
3 October 1997 Top of the Pops BBC One
18 October 1997 Saturday Night Live NBC United States "Bachelorette"
9 November 1997 The South Bank Show ITV England "Unravel"
29 November 1997 Later... with Jools Holland BBC Two
  • "Bachelorette"
  • "Hunter"
  • "Jóga"
11 February 1998 Nulle part ailleurs Canal+ France
  • "Jóga"
  • "Bachelorette"
14 February 1998 MTV Live 'n' Loud MTV Europe England
  • "You've Been Flirting Again"
  • "Isobel"
  • "Human Behaviour"
  • "Bachelorette"
  • "Jóga"
  • "Pluto"
22 May 1998 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC United States "Bachelorette"
20 June 1998 Hit Machine M6 France
  • "Hunter"
  • "Bachelorette"
16 October 1998 Later... with Jools Holland BBC Two England "So Broken"
5 December 1998 CD:UK ITV "Alarm Call"
31 December 1999 2000 Today Various Iceland "The Anchor Song"
17 August 2001 Top of the Pops BBC One England
4 September 2001 Late Show with David Letterman CBS United States "Pagan Poetry"
17 October 2001 Reverb HBO
  • "Pagan Poetry"
  • "Possibly Maybe"
  • "Generous Palmstroke"
  • "All Is Full of Love"
  • "Unravel"
  • "Hidden Place"
  • "The Anchor Song"
19 October 2001 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC "Cocoon"
14 January 2002 NEWS23 JNN Japan
  • "Pagan Poetry"
  • "Generous Palmstroke"
26 February 2002 Johnny Vaughan Tonight BBC One England "Cocoon"
6 March 2002 Die Harald Schmidt Show Sat.1 Germany
28 May 2002 Music Planet 2Nite Arte
  • "Unravel"
  • "Pagan Poetry"
  • "Cocoon"
  • "All Is Full of Love"
3 November 2002 Inside Björk Channel 4 England
  • "The Anchor Song"
  • "Generous Palmstroke"
8 October 2004 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross BBC One "Who Is It"
25, 29 October 2004 Album de la Semaine Canal+ France
  • "Sonnets/Unrealities XI"
  • "Show Me Forgiveness"
  • "Pleasure Is All Mine"
  • "Desired Constellation"
  • "Who Is It"
  • "Vökuró"
21 April 2007 Saturday Night Live NBC United States
8 June 2007 Later... with Jools Holland BBC Two England
27 September 2007 Late Night with Conan O'Brien NBC United States "Wanderlust"
27 February 2011 Átta Raddir RÚV Iceland
  • "Pleasure Is All Mine"
  • "Hjá Lygnri Móðu"
  • "Immature"
  • "Aurora"
  • "Oceania"
  • "Cover Me"
  • "Sun in My Mouth"
  • "Where Is the Line"
22 November 2011 Later... with Jools Holland BBC Two England
31 January 2012 The Colbert Report Comedy Central United States "Cosmogony"
22 May 2018 Later... with Jools Holland BBC Two England

05Radio broadcasts

Date Show Station Country Performed song(s) Ref.
2 March 2002 Jonathan Ross Show BBC Radio 2 England "Cocoon"
12 June 2003 Gilles Peterson Show BBC Radio 1
  • "Heirloom"
  • "Generous Palmstroke"
  • "Síðasta Ég"
  • "It's in Our Hands" (Soft Pink Truth Mix)
10 October 2004
  • "Pleasure Is All Mine"
  • "Show Me Forgiveness"
  • "Sonnets/Unrealities XI"
  • "Vökuró"
  • "Who Is It"
12 April 2011 Gideon Coe Show BBC Radio 6 Music

06Web performances

Date Event Venue Location Performed song(s) Ref.
21 May 2001 Vespertine world tour rehearsal webcast The Loft New York City, United States
16 May 2003 Greatest Hits tour rehearsal webcast Loftkastalinn Theatre Reykjavík, Iceland
  • "Pagan Poetry"
  • "Scary"
  • "5 Years"
28 June 2016 Virtual reality livestreaming Miraikan Tokyo, Japan "Quicksand"
2 December 2022 A cappella live video Fagradalsfjall Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland "Sorrowful Soil"

07Guest appearances

Date Event Venue Location Performed song(s) Ref.
8 February 1991 808 State concert Lídó Reykjavík, Iceland "Ooops"
9 February 1991
16 March 1991 GMEX Manchester, England
  • "Ooops"
  • "Qmart"
26 May 1991 Lídó Reykjavík, Iceland
14 September 1991 Long Beach Convention Center Long Beach, United States
15 September 1991 Club dv8 San Francisco, United States
1 July 1994 Underworld concert (part of Roskilde Festival) Festivalpladsen Roskilde, Denmark "Human Behaviour" (Underworld Mix)
4 August 1996 Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire conducted by Kent Nagano (part of Verbier Festival) Salle des Combins Verbier, Switzerland
  • "Mondestrunken"
  • "Colombine"
  • "Der Dandy"
  • "Eine blasse Wäscherin"
  • "Valse de Chopin"
  • "Madonna"
  • "Der kranke Mond"
  • "Galgenlied"
16 April 1998 Concert for the benefit of the Walden Woods Project and the Thoreau Institute Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, United States
4 December 1998 Brodsky Quartet concert St George's Church Bristol, England
31 December 1999 Voices of Europe Choir New Year's Party Perlan Reykjavík, Iceland
  • "You've Been Flirting Again"
  • "The Anchor Song"
6 November 2005 Meredith Monk tribute concert Carnegie Hall New York City, United States "Gotham Lullaby"
7 January 2006 Hætta! Festival Laugardalshöll Reykjavík, Iceland
  • "Vökuró"
  • "Show Me Forgiveness"
  • "Generous Palmstroke"
14 March 2007 Mattias Mimoun concert Le Baron Paris, France "No Limit"
28 June 2008 Sigur Rós concert (part of the Náttúra concert) Laugardalur Park Reykjavík, Iceland "Gobbledigook" (on drums)
10 August 2008 Toumani Diabaté concert (part of Expo 2008) Amphitheatre 43 Zaragoza, Spain
  • "Hope"
  • "Softly"
23 December 2008 Christmas Calendar project Nordic House Reykjavík, Iceland
8 May 2009 Housing Works concert (with Dirty Projectors) Housing Works Bookstore Café New York City, United States
  • "On and Ever Onward"
  • "Sharing Orb"
  • "All We Are"
19 July 2010 Press conference to protest HS Orka planned sale Nordic House Reykjavík, Iceland
  • "Hjá Lygnri Móðu"
  • "Vertebræ by Vertebræ"
  • "Oceania"
20 September 2010 Alexander McQueen memorial service St Paul's Cathedral London, England "Gloomy Sunday"
6, 8 January 2011 The Voice of the People karaoke marathon Nordic House Reykjavík, Iceland
18 March 2014 Stopp! - Gætum Garðsins Harpa
27 September 2019 Arca performance (Mutant;Faith, Act 3: Ripples) The Shed New York City, United States "Afterwards"

08DJ sets

Date Event Venue Location Ref.
31 March 1998 Mix for The Breezeblock , N/a
9 June 2004 Index Magazine June issue party 168 Delancey Street New York City, United States
26 October 2004 Mix for The Breezeblock , N/a
13 May 2006 , N/a Tonight Josephine London, England
21 June 2006 , N/a Stud bar San Francisco, United States
29 July 2009 Mix for NPR's All Songs Considered , N/a
2 May 2010 Rites of Spring: Benefit for Haiti Above the Auto Parts Store New York City, United States
19 July 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival aftershow Lincoln Hall Chicago, United States
24 May 2014 , N/a Saint Vitus bar New York City, United States
4 August 2014 , N/a King's Head Members Club London, England
30 January 2015 , N/a Good Room club New York City, United States
18 February 2015 Mix for Rinse FM (with Tri Angle Records) , N/a
15 May 2015 Tri Angle Records fifth anniversary 23 Wall Street New York City, United States
30 May 2015 , N/a Saint Vitus bar
31 October 2015 Halloween party (with Arca) Rough Trade London, England
3 June 2016 Vivid Sydney Carriageworks Sydney, Australia
4 June 2016
29 June 2016 VR in Music, 18 Days Experiment Miraikan Tokyo, Japan
30 June 2016
25 October 2016 Red Bull Music Academy Cirque Éloize Montreal, Canada
26 October 2016
16 December 2016 Day for Night Barbara Jordan Post Office Houston, United States
17 December 2016
15 March 2017 Hyperdub Ø monthly clubnight Corsica Studios London, England
6 April 2017 WARP11 (with Arca) Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos Mexico City, Mexico
9 June 2017 RuPaul's Drag Race party (with Robin Carolan) The Rosemont New York City, United States
14 June 2017 Sónar Fira de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain
3 July 2017 Iris van Herpen tenth anniversary Salò Club Paris, France
15 September 2017 "The Gate" release party (promoted by Nowness) 180 The Strand London, England
20 September 2017 Gucci party at Milan Fashion Week Porta D'oro Club Milan, Italy
16 November 2017 Mix for Mixmag , N/a
5 December 2017 Art Basel Mana Wynwood Miami Beach, United States
12 January 2018 Mix for NTS Radio , N/a
19 December 2018 Store clearance Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland
11 April 2019 Annual school dance Barnamúsíkskóli
17 June 2019 Smengi #6 Smekkleysa record store
8 November 2019 Le Guess Who? TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Netherlands
24 February 2021 Mix for Sonos Radio: 21 years worth of wave files liquidated into a stream , N/a
29 May 2021 Björk x Ogolúgó Hannesarholt Reykjavík, Iceland
5 June 2021
12 June 2021
19 June 2021
2 October 2021
24 October 2021
13 May 2022 Fundraising Celebration Höfuðstöðin
10 October 2022 Fossora release party (promoted by AnOther Magazine) Victoria House London, England
12 October 2022 35th European Film Awards afterparty Harpa Reykjavík, Iceland
17 December 2022 Hátíðni óhljóðs ó’friðar 2.0 Smekkleysa record store
26 December 2022 Mix for BBC Radio 6 Music's Festive Takeover , N/a
4 February 2023 Máni I, Snjótungl/Storm Moon Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland
6 May 2023 Smekkleysa Flower Moon
3 June 2023 Hvalir Kvalir, Strawberry Moon
7 June 2023 Fan exclusive and intimate DJ experience Höfuðstöðin
11 June 2023
13 June 2023
8 July 2023 Mánakvöld, Buck Moon Smekkleysa record store
5 August 2023 Mánakvöld, Sturgeon Moon (with Glupsk)
5 October 2023 Reykjavík International Film Festival Edition Hotel
28 October 2023 Mánakvöld, Hunter's Moon (with Sega Bodega, Aleph and Ronja) Smekkleysa record store
27 January 2024 Mánakvöld, Wolf Moon (with Arca)
3 March 2024 The Light Comes in the Name of the Voice (with Arca) Bourse de commerce Paris, France
30 March 2024 Mánakvöld, Worm Moon Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland
18 April 2024 Iceland pavilion at 60th Venice Biennale Venetian Arsenal Venice, Italy
10 May 2024 Under the K Bridge (with Shygirl, Sega Bodega, Mun Sing, Jlin and Eartheater) Kosciuszko Bridge New York City, United States
22 June 2024 Mánakvöld, Strawberry Moon (with Mica Levi) Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland
14 September 2024 Exos Invites (with Aleph) Radar Club
8 December 2024 Cornucopia: The Book release party Rough Trade London, England
13 December 2024 Mánakvöld, Cold Moon (with Aleph and Joakim) Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland
31 December 2024 Apple Music Live: NYE livestream The Cause London, England
29 March 2025 Mánakvöld, Under the Blue Light (with Ronja) Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland
8 April 2025 Vans Checkered Future at Milan Design Week Triennale di Milano Milan, Italy
17 June 2025 Smengi #15 x Mánakvöld Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland
12 July 2025 Mánakvöld, Buck Moon x Surrealism 101
6 September 2025 Mánakvöld, Corn Moon
7 May 2026 Iceland pavilion at 61st Venice Biennale Docks Cantieri Cucchini Venice, Italy
12 August 2026 Echolalia Festival Víðistaðatún Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
12 September 2026 Dissonanze Festival Auditorium Parco della Musica Rome, Italy

09Cancelled shows

Scheduled date Event Venue / Network Location Reason Ref.
16 December 1997 Late Show with David Letterman CBS New York City, United States Cancelled due to kidney infection.
13 February 1998 TFI Friday Channel 4 London, England Björk's performance of "Bachelorette" was cancelled due to her refusal to be interviewed.
12 April 1998 Tour with Radiohead Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Canada Cancelled due to staging and production difficulties.
13 April 1998 Molson Centre Montreal, Canada
15 April 1998 Worcester Centrum Centre Worcester, United States
17 April 1998 Radio City Music Hall New York City, United States
26 August 2000 Tour with Voices of Europe Choir Hallgrímskirkja Reykjavík, Iceland Björk's performances were cancelled due to "increasing media frenzy" over her appearance, which was scheduled to consists of only 3 songs during the 120 minutes of show from the choir.
27 August 2000
29 August 2000 Centre for Fine Arts Brussels, Belgium
31 August 2000 St. John's Church Helsinki, Finland
1 September 2000 Charles's Church Tallinn, Estonia
3 September 2000 St. Catherine's Church Warsaw, Poland
5 September 2000 Opéra d'Avignon Avignon, France
7 September 2000 Europauditorium Bologna, Italy
10 September 2000 Auditorio de Galicia Santiago de Compostela, Spain
12 September 2000 Grieg Hall Bergen, Norway
13 September 2000
2 October 2001 The Rosie O'Donnell Show Syndicated New York City, United States Undisclosed reasons.
21 October 2004 Late Show with David Letterman CBS
22 November 2024 Spark Epoch DJ set at Luxembourg Art Week opening night Casino Luxembourg Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
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