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.[1] Björk performed a cover of The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" with PJ Harvey at the 1994 Brit Awards.[2] She also performed her single "Big Time Sensuality" at the inaugural MTV Europe Music Awards in Munich, while accompanied by Fluke.[3] After the end of the tour, Björk curated her own MTV Unplugged special.[4] 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.[5]

Concert tours11
One-off concerts4
Ceremonies11
Television shows66
Quick facts Björk live performances, Concert tours ...
Björk live performances
Björk holding a microphone in her right hand.
Björk performing at Coachella Festival in Indio, California in 2007, as part of the Volta tour. In 2002, she became the festival's first female headliner.
Concert tours11
One-off concerts4
Ceremonies11
Television shows66
Radio broadcasts4
Web performances4
Guest appearances25
DJ sets77
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In 1997, the release of Homogenic was accompanied by a short promotional stint in clubs with Mark Bell before starting a worldwide tour.[6] The tour was extended to 1998 after plans for a North American leg with Radiohead were canceled due to staging and production difficulties.[7] 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.[8][9] 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.[10] To promote her fourth album Vespertine (2001), Björk embarked on a worldwide tour of opera houses and theaters, backed by a 54-piece orchestra.[11] The following year, Björk became the first female artist to headline the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.[12][13] In 2003, the singer performed at several European festivals and North American arenas with her Greatest Hits tour.[6] 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.[14][15]

Björk did not tour again until The Volta tour in 2007, supporting her sixth studio album.[16] 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.[17] 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".[18][19] 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.[20] 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.[21][22][23] Similar problems caused the cancellation of the last shows of her following tour, the Vulnicura tour, which supported her 2015 eighth studio album.[24] Following the schedule of her Björk Digital exhibition, the tour resumed with acoustic shows and festival performances in 2016 and 2017.[25][26]

The singer supported the release of her 2017 album Utopia with a series of shows throughout Europe the following summer.[27] In 2019, Björk announced Cornucopia, said to be her "most elaborate stage concert yet".[28] It debuted as a residency show at The Shed arts center in New York before traveling worldwide.[29][30][31] 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.[32][33]

Concert tours

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Title Dates Associated album(s) Continent(s) Shows Live release(s) Ref.
Debut tour August 19, 1993 – July 31, 1994 Debut Europe
North America
Oceania
Asia		 50 Vessel [34]
[35]
[36]
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 July 6, 1995 – February 27, 1997 Post Europe
North America
Asia
Oceania
South America		 113 Live at Shepherds Bush Empire
Post Live		 [37]
[38]
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 June 8, 1997 – January 6, 1999 Homogenic North America
Europe
Asia
South America		 58 Live in Cambridge
Homogenic Live		 [39]
[40]
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 May 22, 2001 – December 21, 2001 Vespertine North America
Europe
Asia		 36 Live at Royal Opera House
Minuscule
Vespertine Live		 [41]
[42]
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 May 24, 2003 – September 3, 2003 Greatest Hits Europe
Asia
North America		 28 N/a [43]
[44]
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 April 9, 2007 – August 26, 2008 Volta Europe
North America
South America
Oceania
Asia		 76 Voltaïc [45]
[16]
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 June 27, 2011 – September 7, 2013 Biophilia Europe
North America
South America
Africa
Asia		 70 When Björk Met Attenborough
Björk: Biophilia Live		 [46]
[21]
[22]
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 March 7, 2015 – November 3, 2017 Vulnicura North America
Europe
Asia		 27 Vulnicura Live [47]
[48]
[49]
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 April 9, 2018 – July 30, 2018 Utopia Europe 11 N/a [50]
[51]
[27]
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 May 6, 2019 – December 5, 2023 Utopia
Fossora[a]		 North America
Europe
Oceania
Asia		 45 Cornucopia [52]
[53]
[54]
[28]
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 October 11, 2021 – April 23, 2023 Various Europe
North America
South America
Asia		 20 N/a [32]
[55]
[56]
[57]
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"
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One-off concerts

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Date Event Venue Location Performed song(s) Ref.
December 9, 1999 Concerts with Brodsky Quartet[i] Union Chapel London, England
[58]
December 11, 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"
 [59]
[60]
April 27, 2002 Coachella Festival Empire Polo Club Indio, United States
[61]
[62]
July 2, 2005 Live 8 Makuhari Messe Chiba, Japan
  • "Pagan Poetry" (instrumental)
  • "Pagan Poetry"
  • "All Is Full of Love"[ii]
  • "Desired Constellation"
  • "Jóga"
  • "Hyperballad"
  • "Generous Palmstroke"
  • "Bachelorette"
  • "It's in Our Hands" (Soft Pink Truth Mix)
 [15]
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Ceremonies

More information Date, Event ...
Date Event Venue Location Performed song(s) Ref.
December 5, 1993 1993 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party Docklands Arena London, England "Big Time Sensuality" (with Fluke) [63]
February 14, 1994 1994 BRIT Awards Alexandra Palace "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (with PJ Harvey) [2]
November 24, 1994 1994 MTV Europe Music Awards Brandenburg Gate Berlin, Germany "Big Time Sensuality" (with Fluke) [3]
December 3, 1995 1995 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party Docklands Arena London, England "It's Oh So Quiet" [64]
March 4, 1997 1997 Nordic Council Music Prize Oslo City Hall Oslo, Norway
[65]
November 6, 1997 1997 MTV Europe Music Awards The Ahoy Rotterdam, Netherlands "Bachelorette" [8]
March 25, 2001 73rd Academy Awards Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, United States "I've Seen It All" [10]
March 9, 2002 2002 Victoires de la Musique Le Zénith Paris, France "It's Not Up to You" [66]
October 15, 2003 2003 Fashion Rocks Royal Albert Hall London, England "Bachelorette" [67]
August 13, 2004 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony Olympic Stadium of Athens Athens, Greece "Oceania" [14]
[68]
February 28, 2026 2026 BRIT Awards Co-op Live Manchester, England "Berghain" (with Rosalía and Heritage Orchestra) [69]
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Television shows

More information Date, Show ...
Date Show Network Country Performed song(s) Ref.
July 2, 1993 Later... with Jools Holland BBC Two England "Aeroplane" (with D'Influence) [70]
August 13, 1993 The Beat ITV
[71]
September 9, 1993 Top of the Pops BBC One "Venus as a Boy" [72]
September 29, 1993 U NRK1 Norway
  • "Come to Me"
  • "The Anchor Song"
 [73]
October 13, 1993 Planeta Rock[iii] TVE Spain
[74]
November 10, 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien[iv] NBC United States "Human Behaviour" [75]
November 15, 1993 Dance Energy BBC Two England "Big Time Sensuality" (with Fluke) [76]
November 21, 1993 120 Minutes MTV United States
  • "Come to Me"
  • "Aeroplane"[v]
 [77]
November 22, 1993 MTV's Most Wanted MTV Europe England
  • "Come to Me"
  • "The Anchor Song"
 [78]
December 2, 1993[b] Top of the Pops BBC One "Big Time Sensuality" [79]
February 16, 1994 Nulle part ailleurs Canal+ France "Violently Happy" [80]
March 8, 1994 Le Cercle de minuit France 2
  • "Violently Happy"
  • "Human Behaviour"
 [81]
March 17, 1994 Top of the Pops BBC One England "Violently Happy" [82]
April 15, 1994 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC United States "Big Time Sensuality" [83]
June 7, 1994 Festivalbar Italia 1 Italy [84]
June 17, 1994 MTV's Most Wanted MTV Europe England
  • "Human Behaviour"
  • "Big Time Sensuality"
 [85]
November 7, 1994[c] MTV Unplugged[vi][vii]
  • "Human Behaviour"
  • "One Day"
  • "Come to Me"
  • "Big Time Sensuality"
  • "Aeroplane"
  • "Like Someone in Love"
  • "Crying"
  • "The Anchor Song"
  • "Violently Happy"
 [4]
[5]
April 20, 1995 Top of the Pops BBC One "Army of Me" [86]
April 22, 1995 The White Room Channel 4
[87]
May 4, 1995 Top of the Pops BBC One "Army of Me" (with Skunk Anansie) [88]
June 13, 1995 Festivalbar Italia 1 Italy "Army of Me" [89]
June 17, 1995 Later... with Jools Holland[viii] BBC Two England
[90]
August 16, 1995 Late Show with David Letterman CBS United States "Hyperballad" [91]
August 17, 1995[d] Top of the Pops BBC One England "Isobel" [92]
August 24, 1995 [93]
October 27, 1995 Zona franca TVE Spain "I Miss You" [94]
November 2, 1995 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC United States "It's Oh So Quiet" [95]
November 23, 1995 Top of the Pops BBC One England [96]
November 24, 1995 Children in Need [97]
December 14, 1995 Top of the Pops [98]
January 13, 1996 Jack Dee's Saturday Night Channel 4 [99]
February 18, 1996 Taratata[ix] France 2 France [100]
April 19, 1996 TFI Friday Channel 4 England "I Miss You"[ix] [101]
November 1, 1996 "Possibly Maybe" [102]
November 8, 1996 Top of the Pops BBC One [103]
March 14, 1997 Red Nose Day "Short Term Affair" (with Tony Ferrino) [104]
September 19, 1997 TFI Friday Channel 4 "Jóga" [105]
October 3, 1997 Top of the Pops BBC One [106]
October 18, 1997 Saturday Night Live NBC United States "Bachelorette" [9]
November 9, 1997 The South Bank Show[e] ITV England "Unravel" [107]
November 29, 1997 Later... with Jools Holland[viii] BBC Two
[90]
February 11, 1998 Nulle part ailleurs Canal+ France
  • "Jóga"
  • "Bachelorette"
 [108]
February 14, 1998 MTV Live 'n' Loud[vi] MTV Europe England
  • "You've Been Flirting Again"
  • "Isobel"
  • "Human Behaviour"
  • "Bachelorette"
  • "Jóga"
  • "Pluto"
 [4]
May 22, 1998 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC United States "Bachelorette" [109]
June 20, 1998 Hit Machine M6 France
  • "Hunter"
  • "Bachelorette"
 [110]
October 16, 1998 Later... with Jools Holland[viii] BBC Two England "So Broken"[x] [104]
December 5, 1998 CD:UK ITV "Alarm Call" [111]
December 31, 1999 2000 Today Various Iceland "The Anchor Song" [112]
August 17, 2001 Top of the Pops BBC One England
[114]
September 4, 2001 Late Show with David Letterman CBS United States "Pagan Poetry" [42]
October 17, 2001 Reverb HBO
  • "Pagan Poetry"
  • "Possibly Maybe"
  • "Generous Palmstroke"
  • "All Is Full of Love"
  • "Unravel"
  • "Hidden Place"
  • "The Anchor Song"
 [115]
October 19, 2001 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC "Cocoon" [116]
January 14, 2002 NEWS23 JNN Japan
  • "Pagan Poetry"
  • "Generous Palmstroke"
 [117]
February 26, 2002 Johnny Vaughan Tonight BBC One England "Cocoon" [118]
March 6, 2002 Die Harald Schmidt Show Sat.1 Germany [119]
May 28, 2002 Music Planet 2Nite Arte
  • "Unravel"
  • "Pagan Poetry"
  • "Cocoon"
  • "All Is Full of Love"
 [120]
November 3, 2002 Inside Björk[e] Channel 4 England
  • "The Anchor Song"
  • "Generous Palmstroke"
 [121]
October 8, 2004 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross BBC One "Who Is It" [122]
October 25 – 29, 2004[g] Album de la Semaine Canal+ France
  • "Sonnets/Unrealities XI"
  • "Show Me Forgiveness"
  • "Pleasure Is All Mine"
  • "Desired Constellation"
  • "Who Is It"
  • "Vökuró"
 [123]
April 21, 2007 Saturday Night Live NBC United States
[124]
June 8, 2007 Later... with Jools Holland[viii] BBC Two England
[90]
September 27, 2007 Late Night with Conan O'Brien NBC United States "Wanderlust" [125]
February 27, 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"
 [126]
November 22, 2011 Later... with Jools Holland[viii] BBC Two England
[128]
January 31, 2012 The Colbert Report Comedy Central United States "Cosmogony" [129]
May 22, 2018 Later... with Jools Holland BBC Two England
[131]
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Radio broadcasts

More information Date, Show ...
Date Show Station Country Performed song(s) Ref.
March 2, 2002 Jonathan Ross Show BBC Radio 2 England "Cocoon" [132]
June 12, 2003[j] Gilles Peterson Show BBC Radio 1
  • "Heirloom"
  • "Generous Palmstroke"
  • "Síðasta Ég"
  • "It's in Our Hands" (Soft Pink Truth Mix)
 [133]
October 10, 2004
  • "Pleasure Is All Mine"
  • "Show Me Forgiveness"
  • "Sonnets/Unrealities XI"
  • "Vökuró"
  • "Who Is It"[xi]
 [134]
April 12, 2011[k] Gideon Coe Show BBC Radio 6 Music
[135]
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Web performances

More information Date, Event ...
Date Event Venue Location Performed song(s) Ref.
May 21, 2001 Vespertine world tour rehearsal webcast The Loft New York City, United States
[136]
May 16, 2003 Greatest Hits tour rehearsal webcast Loftkastalinn Theatre Reykjavík, Iceland
  • "Pagan Poetry"
  • "Scary"
  • "5 Years"
 [137]
June 28, 2016[l] Virtual reality livestreaming Miraikan Tokyo, Japan "Quicksand" [138]
[139]
December 2, 2022[m] A cappella live video Fagradalsfjall Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland "Sorrowful Soil" [140]
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Guest appearances

More information Date, Event ...
Date Event Venue Location Performed song(s) Ref.
February 8, 1991 808 State concert Lídó Reykjavík, Iceland "Ooops" [141]
February 9, 1991
March 16, 1991 GMEX Manchester, England
  • "Ooops"
  • "Qmart"
 [142]
May 26, 1991 Lídó Reykjavík, Iceland [143]
September 14, 1991 Long Beach Convention Center Long Beach, United States [144]
September 15, 1991 Club dv8 San Francisco, United States [145]
July 1, 1994 Underworld concert (part of Roskilde Festival) Festivalpladsen Roskilde, Denmark "Human Behaviour" (Underworld Mix) [146]
August 4, 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"
 [147]
[148]
April 16, 1998 Concert for the benefit of the Walden Woods Project and the Thoreau Institute[xii] Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, United States
[149]
December 4, 1998 Brodsky Quartet concert St George's Church Bristol, England
[150]
December 31, 1999 Voices of Europe Choir New Year's Party Perlan Reykjavík, Iceland
  • "You've Been Flirting Again"
  • "The Anchor Song"
 [151]
November 6, 2005 Meredith Monk tribute concert Carnegie Hall New York City, United States "Gotham Lullaby" [152]
January 7, 2006 Hætta! Festival Laugardalshöll Reykjavík, Iceland
  • "Vökuró"
  • "Show Me Forgiveness"
  • "Generous Palmstroke"
 [153]
March 14, 2007 Mattias Mimoun concert Le Baron Paris, France "No Limit" [154]
June 28, 2008 Sigur Rós concert (part of the Náttúra concert) Laugardalur Park Reykjavík, Iceland "Gobbledigook" (on drums) [155]
August 10, 2008 Toumani Diabaté concert (part of Expo 2008) Amphitheatre 43 Zaragoza, Spain
  • "Hope"
  • "Softly"
 [156]
December 23, 2008 Christmas Calendar project Nordic House Reykjavík, Iceland
[157]
May 8, 2009 Housing Works concert (with Dirty Projectors)[xiii] Housing Works Bookstore Café New York City, United States
  • "On and Ever Onward"
  • "Sharing Orb"
  • "All We Are"
 [158]
July 19, 2010 Press conference to protest HS Orka planned sale Nordic House Reykjavík, Iceland
  • "Hjá Lygnri Móðu"
  • "Vertebræ by Vertebræ"
  • "Oceania"
 [159]
September 20, 2010 Alexander McQueen memorial service St Paul's Cathedral London, England "Gloomy Sunday" [160]
January 6 – 8, 2011 The Voice of the People karaoke marathon Nordic House Reykjavík, Iceland
[161]
March 18, 2014 Stopp! - Gætum Garðsins Harpa
[162]
September 27, 2019 Arca performance (Mutant;Faith – Act 3: Ripples) The Shed New York City, United States "Afterwards" [163]
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DJ sets

More information Date, Event ...
Date Event Venue Location Ref.
March 31, 1998 Mix for The Breezeblock N/a [164]
June 9, 2004 Index Magazine June issue party 168 Delancey Street New York City, United States [165]
October 26, 2004 Mix for The Breezeblock N/a [166]
May 13, 2006 N/a Tonight Josephine London, England [167]
June 21, 2006 N/a Stud bar San Francisco, United States [168]
July 29, 2009 Mix for NPR's All Songs Considered N/a [169]
May 2, 2010 Rites of Spring: Benefit for Haiti Above the Auto Parts Store New York City, United States [170]
July 19, 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival aftershow Lincoln Hall Chicago, United States [171]
May 24, 2014 N/a Saint Vitus bar New York City, United States [172]
August 4, 2014 N/a King's Head Members Club London, England [173]
January 30, 2015 N/a Good Room club New York City, United States [172]
February 18, 2015 Mix for Rinse FM (with Tri Angle Records) N/a [174]
May 15, 2015 Tri Angle Records fifth anniversary 23 Wall Street New York City, United States [175]
May 30, 2015 N/a Saint Vitus bar [176]
October 31, 2015 Halloween party (with Arca) Rough Trade London, England [177]
June 3, 2016[l] Vivid Sydney Carriageworks Sydney, Australia [178]
June 4, 2016[l] [179]
June 29, 2016[l] VR in Music – 18 Days Experiment Miraikan Tokyo, Japan [180]
June 30, 2016[l]
October 25, 2016[l] Red Bull Music Academy Cirque Éloize Montreal, Canada [181]
October 26, 2016[l]
December 16, 2016[l] Day for Night Barbara Jordan Post Office Houston, United States [182]
December 17, 2016[l]
March 15, 2017 Hyperdub Ø monthly clubnight Corsica Studios London, England [183]
April 6, 2017[l] WARP11 (with Arca) Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos Mexico City, Mexico [184]
June 9, 2017 RuPaul's Drag Race party (with Robin Carolan) The Rosemont New York City, United States [185]
June 14, 2017[l] Sónar Fira de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain [186]
July 3, 2017 Iris van Herpen tenth anniversary Salò Club Paris, France [187]
September 15, 2017 "The Gate" release party (promoted by Nowness) 180 The Strand London, England [188]
September 20, 2017 Gucci party at Milan Fashion Week Porta D'oro Club Milan, Italy [189]
November 16, 2017 Mix for Mixmag N/a [190]
December 5, 2017 Art Basel Mana Wynwood Miami Beach, United States [191]
January 12, 2018 Mix for NTS Radio N/a [192]
December 19, 2018 Store clearance Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland [193]
April 11, 2019 Annual school dance Barnamúsíkskóli [194]
June 17, 2019 Smengi #6 Smekkleysa record store [195]
November 8, 2019 Le Guess Who? TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Netherlands [196]
February 24, 2021 Mix for Sonos Radio: 21 years worth of wave files liquidated into a stream N/a [197]
May 29, 2021 Björk x Ogolúgó Hannesarholt Reykjavík, Iceland [198]
June 5, 2021 [199]
June 12, 2021 [200]
June 19, 2021 [201]
October 2, 2021 [202]
October 24, 2021 [203]
May 13, 2022 Fundraising Celebration Höfuðstöðin [204]
October 10, 2022 Fossora release party (promoted by AnOther Magazine) Victoria House London, England [205]
October 12, 2022 35th European Film Awards afterparty Harpa Reykjavík, Iceland [206]
December 17, 2022 Hátíðni óhljóðs ó’friðar 2.0 Smekkleysa record store [207]
December 26, 2022 Mix for BBC Radio 6 Music's Festive Takeover N/a [208]
February 4, 2023 Máni I – Snjótungl/Storm Moon Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland [209]
May 6, 2023 Smekkleysa Flower Moon [210]
June 3, 2023 Hvalir Kvalir – Strawberry Moon [211]
June 7, 2023[n] Fan exclusive and intimate DJ experience Höfuðstöðin [212]
[213]
June 11, 2023[n]
June 13, 2023[n]
July 8, 2023 Mánakvöld – Buck Moon Smekkleysa record store [214]
August 5, 2023 Mánakvöld – Sturgeon Moon (with Glupsk) [215]
October 5, 2023 Reykjavík International Film Festival Edition Hotel [216]
October 28, 2023 Mánakvöld – Hunter's Moon (with Sega Bodega, Aleph and Ronja) Smekkleysa record store [217]
January 27, 2024 Mánakvöld – Wolf Moon (with Arca) [218]
March 3, 2024 The Light Comes in the Name of the Voice (with Arca) Bourse de commerce Paris, France [219]
March 30, 2024 Mánakvöld – Worm Moon Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland [220]
April 18, 2024 Iceland pavilion at 60th Venice Biennale Venetian Arsenal Venice, Italy [221]
May 10, 2024 Under the K Bridge (with Shygirl, Sega Bodega, Mun Sing, Jlin and Eartheater) Kosciuszko Bridge New York City, United States [222]
June 22, 2024 Mánakvöld – Strawberry Moon (with Mica Levi) Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland [223]
September 14, 2024 Exos Invites (with Aleph) Radar Club [224]
December 8, 2024 Cornucopia: The Book release party Rough Trade London, England [225]
December 13, 2024 Mánakvöld – Cold Moon (with Aleph and Joakim) Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland [226]
December 31, 2024 Apple Music Live: NYE livestream The Cause London, England [227]
March 29, 2025 Mánakvöld – Under the Blue Light (with Ronja) Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland [228]
April 8, 2025 Vans Checkered Future at Milan Design Week Triennale di Milano Milan, Italy [229]
June 17, 2025 Smengi #15 x Mánakvöld Smekkleysa record store Reykjavík, Iceland [230]
July 12, 2025 Mánakvöld – Buck Moon x Surrealism 101 [231]
September 6, 2025 Mánakvöld – Corn Moon [232]
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Cancelled shows

More information Scheduled date, Event ...
Scheduled date Event Venue / Network Location Reason Ref.
December 16, 1997 Late Show with David Letterman CBS New York City, United States Cancelled due to kidney infection. [233]
February 13, 1998 TFI Friday Channel 4 London, England Björk's performance of "Bachelorette" was cancelled due to her refusal to be interviewed. [234]
April 12, 1998 Tour with Radiohead Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Canada Cancelled due to staging and production difficulties. [235]
April 13, 1998 Molson Centre Montreal, Canada
April 15, 1998 Worcester Centrum Centre Worcester, United States
April 17, 1998 Radio City Music Hall New York City, United States
August 26, 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. [236]
[237]
August 27, 2000
August 29, 2000 Centre for Fine Arts Brussels, Belgium
August 31, 2000 St. John's Church Helsinki, Finland
September 1, 2000 Charles's Church Tallinn, Estonia
September 3, 2000 St. Catherine's Church Warsaw, Poland
September 5, 2000 Opéra d'Avignon Avignon, France
September 7, 2000 Europauditorium Bologna, Italy
September 10, 2000 Auditorio de Galicia Santiago de Compostela, Spain
September 12, 2000 Grieg Hall Bergen, Norway
September 13, 2000
October 2, 2001 The Rosie O'Donnell Show Syndicated New York City, United States Undisclosed reasons. [238]
October 21, 2004 Late Show with David Letterman CBS [239]
November 22, 2024 Spark Epoch DJ set at Luxembourg Art Week opening night Casino Luxembourg Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. [240]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    The show incorporated songs from Fossora only during the 2023 leg.
  2. [b]
    Recorded live from Rennes, France.
  3. [c]
    Recorded on September 1, 1994.
  4. [d]
    Recorded live from New York City, United States.
  5. [e]
    The documentary also includes rehearsals and other already released live performances.
  6. [f]
    Aired on March 22, 2002.[113]
  7. [g]
    Separate performances were aired during the week. Recorded on October 15, 2004.
  8. [h]
    Aired on November 25, 2011.[127]
  9. [i]
    Aired on May 26, 2018.[130]
  10. [j]
    Recorded on June 11, 2003 live from Sónar, Barcelona, Spain.
  11. [k]
    These performances were recorded during a BBC Radio 1 Session in 1997.
  12. [l]
    Part of Björk Digital.
  13. [m]
    Recorded during the 2022 Fagradalsfjall eruption.
  14. [n]
    These DJ sets were organized following the cancellation of the Reykjavík dates of Cornucopia. Two sets were played on each day.
Live releases
  1. [i]
    Selections from these shows were released on Family Tree (2002), the performance of "Gotham Lullaby" was released on Monk Mix: Remixes and Interpretations of Music by Meredith Monk (2012).
  2. [ii]
    This performance was released on Live 8 (2005).
  3. [iii]
    These performances were included in the "Violently Happy" single (1994).
  4. [iv]
    This performance was released on Live from 6A: Great Musical Performances from Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997).
  5. [v]
    This performance was released on 120 Minutes Live (1998).
  6. [vi]
    This performance was released on MTV Unplugged / Live (2002).
  7. [vii]
    This performance was included in Debut Live (2004).
  8. [viii]
    This performance was released on Later with Jools Holland (2003; re-issued in 2012).
  9. [ix]
    This performance was included in Post Live (2004).
  10. [x]
    This performance was included in Homogenic Live (2004).
  11. [xi]
    This performance was released on Gilles Peterson Presents the BBC Sessions Vol. 1 (2005).
  12. [xii]
    Selections from this concert were released on Stormy Weather (1998).
  13. [xiii]
    Selections from this concert were released on Mount Wittenberg Orca: Expanded Edition (2023).

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