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2007–08 concert tour by Björk
Volta tour
Tour by Björk
Associated albumVolta
Start dateApril 1, 2007 (2007-04-01)
End dateAugust 26, 2008 (2008-08-26)
No. of shows
  • 37 in Europe
  • 18 in North America
  • 8 in South America
  • 6 in Oceania
  • 7 in Asia
  • 76 total
Björk concert chronology

The Volta tour was the sixth concert tour by Icelandic artist Björk. It supported her sixth studio album, Volta (2007). Preceded by an appearance in a benefit concert in Iceland, the 18-month tour began on April 9, 2007 at the Laugardalshöll in Reykjavík and concluded in the same city with a special acoustic showcase at the Langholtskirkja on August 26, 2008. Overall, 48 songs were performed on the tour, focusing on tracks from Debut (1993) through to Medúlla (2004), which did not receive its own tour. The tour was Björk's first in four years and saw her play countries that she had not played in over ten years. As part of a collaboration with UNICEF, part of the proceeds of the ticket sales was donated to the agency's "Born Free from HIV" campaign.

The tour band consisted of drummer Chris Corsano, musician Mark Bell, who previously accompanied Björk on the Homogenic tour, pianist Jónas Sen, who played celeste on the tracks "Gratitude" and "Cetacea" on the Drawing Restraint 9 soundtrack (2005), musician Damian Taylor, and a 10 piece female Icelandic brass section called the Wonderbrass. The tour instrumentation included the ReacTable, an electro-acoustic music instrument with a tabletop Tangible User Interface, and the Tenori-on.

The tour generated controversy due to several performances of the third single from Volta, "Declare Independence", during which Björk declared political support for various causes, such as Kosovo declaration of independence, the Faroese independence movement and Tibetan independence movement. This latter endorsement prompted the Chinese Ministry of Culture to announce a ban for all entertainers who have ever attended activities that "threaten national sovereignty".

A number of concerts were recorded and broadcast. Voltaïc, a box set consisting in a live album recorded at the Olympic Studios in London, a concert film including performances from Olympia in Paris and the Langholtskirkja, a remixes compilation and music videos, was released on June 23, 2009.

Background

Björk performing at Coachella Festival on April 27, 2007

After some rumours started circulating during 2006, in January 2007, through Björk's official website, it was announced that a new album, the follow-up to her 2004 record Medúlla was being ultimated. Collaborators on the latest output included Timbaland, with whom Björk had collaborated on three songs, Antony and the Johnsons lead singer Anohni, drummers Chris Corsano and Brian Chippendale, African musicians Toumani Diabaté and Konono N°1, Chinese pipa player Min Xiaofen, Mark Bell, who had collaborated with Björk on Homogenic and played with her during the Homogenic tour and Icelandic poet and long-time collaborator Sjón, who had penned a song for the album. Along with the album, a new tour was confirmed to take place in the following months. On January 22, 2007, the first show was confirmed to take place at Coachella Festival, which she already headlined in 2002. Three days later, Björk's performance at Glastonbury Festival was announced. However, it was specified by Glastonbury chief Michael Eavis that she would not be headlining. Between January and February, performances at Roskilde Festival, Open'er Festival, Paléo Festival, Rock Werchter and Sasquatch! Music Festival were confirmed. The first North American leg was announced on March 19, with shows at Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks Amphitheatre and Shoreline Amphitheatre.

At the start of the tour, Björk performed three songs at a benefit concert at Club Nasa in Reykjavík on April 1 for Forma, an Icelandic organisation which deals with people who have eating disorders. Tour rehearsals began shortly before this performance in Iceland. The tour band consisted of Mark Bell on beats, Chris Corsano on drums, Canadian producer Damian Taylor on electronics, Icelandic-Chinese classical pianist Jónas Sen on keyboards and a 10-piece, all-female brass band from Reykjavík called the Wonderbrass. The tour started on April 9, 2007, with a concert at Laugardalshöll in Reykjavík.

Further dates were announced in the Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy, Ireland and Scotland. The second North American leg, which was announced in July, featured a performance at Madison Square Garden, while the South American dates were confirmed in October. It was since 1997 (during the Homogenic tour) that Björk didn't perform in South America. During October, 2007, the first dates for 2008 were confirmed, with Björk playing seven shows in Australia and New Zealand for the Big Day Out and Sydney Festival. It was the first time since 1996 that Björk had played in Oceania. Björk had to cancel an appearance in Sydney due to "swelling of the vocal chords ". Further dates were announced in Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Indonesia and United Kingdom. A show in Sheffield was rescheduled due to health issues. Later appearances included shows at Melt! Festival, Festival Sudoeste, Riga, Ola Festival in Spain, Helsinki, Vilnius, Paris, Verona, Rome, Athens and Istanbul. It was rumoured that the singer would perform in Israel for the first time since 1996 (during the Post tour), but no such event happened. Moreover, Björk had to cancel appearances in Helsinki and Sheffield because of problems with her throat and vocal chords. An appearance at Wild in the Country, which was promoted as an exclusive UK festival appearance, was cancelled after Björk had called the event "volatile" and cited problems with staging and lighting. The whole event was cancelled thereafter. On June 18, 2008, it was announced that Björk and Sigur Rós would join and organise a free concert called "Náttúra" in Reykjavík along with Icelandic author Andri Snær Magnason, to raise awareness about the impact of Aluminium smelting activity on Iceland's landscape. The last show of the tour was an acoustic showcase that took place at Langholtskirkja in Reykjavík, in which different songs, not usually performed during the tour were performed, alongside new arrangements of old songs, including "It's Oh So Quiet".

Controversies

Björk performing at the Deer Lake Park on May 23, 2007 (left) and during Rock en Seine 2007, in a dress designed by Bernhard Willhelm (right).

Björk has used live performances of "Declare Independence" to declare political support for various causes, often to some controversy. At two concerts in Tokyo, Japan she showed her support for Kosovo's declaration of independence. When her upcoming performance at the 2008 Serbian EXIT Festival was cancelled, Björk suggested that "Maybe a Serb attended my concert and called home, and therefore the concert in Novi Sad was cancelled." The organizer behind the EXIT Festival denied that Björk's cancellation from the festival was because of her song dedication to Kosovo; that it was actually their inability to guarantee the safety of her fans. Björk's management maintained that the cancellation was because of the dedication, claiming that they had received an email from EXIT Festival saying that they would only allow the concert to go ahead if Björk's management "denied that Björk has ever ". On March 7, 2008 EXIT festival organiser Bojan Boscovic changed his position and told NME that Björk has an "open invitation" to play at the festival. Björk's dedicating of "Declare Independence" to the Faroe Islands caused some minor controversy in the country.

At a concert in Shanghai, China on March 2, 2008 Björk shouted "Tibet, Tibet!" three times followed by "Raise your flag!" four times during the finale performance of "Declare Independence". Immediately there was an 'uneasy atmosphere' and fans left the venue quickly, and internet forums such as Tianya fielded many negative comments on her statement. China's Ministry of Culture issued a statement denouncing Björk's outburst, and warned that she would be banned from future appearances in China if she repeated such behavior. In an interview, Björk said that she did not " a trip to China with the purpose of... propaganda" and that Chinese officials "sensationalized" her performance. On July 17, 2008 the Chinese Ministry of Culture announced that artistic groups who "threaten national unity" or "whip up ethnic hatred" among other things during live events would be banned from performing. Fans of Oasis and Bob Dylan, who had previously performed in Tibetan Freedom Concerts, blamed the new regulations for their subsequent denials of permission to perform in Chinese venues.

Many of the live performances from the tour were shot by the audience and uploaded on YouTube, causing Björk to voice her dislike of fans recording video or taking pictures (with flash) at her concerts using their mobile phones ("little cameras"), stating that it affects her ability to perform. On 13 January 2008, Björk attacked a photographer who had photographed her arrival at Auckland International Airport in New Zealand for her scheduled performance at the Big Day Out festival. Björk allegedly tore the photographer's shirt down the back, and in the process she fell to the ground. Neither the photographer nor his employer, The New Zealand Herald, lodged a formal complaint, and Auckland police did not investigate further.

Broadcasts and recordings

Main article: Voltaïc
Björk performing "Earth Intruders" at the Náttúra concert in Reykjavík, on June 28, 2008

Several performances from the tour were streamed online. Björk's performance at Coachella was streamed on AT&T Webcasts the day of the show. NPR and WNYC offered a webcast of the show at United Palace Theater. The singer's show at Glastonbury Festival was broadcast on BBC Four. A partial footage from Roskilde Festival was broadcast by MTV. Björk and Sigur Rós headlined free concert "Náttúra" was live streamed by Nat Geo Music.

On June 25, 2007, it was announced on pianist Jonas Sen tour blog, that a recording session at Olympic Studios in London took place with the band earlier that day. The recording was officially confirmed by Björk's team three months later, on September 7, 2007. It was stated that the recording was intended for a "live session album". When Björk's concert at Olympia in Paris was announced, it was specified that it would be recorded. The acoustic showcase at Langholtskirkja in Reykjavík was also filmed. On January 31, 2009, it was announced that a box set called Voltaïc, which would contain the London live session and both the Paris and Reykjavik shows, along with music videos and remixes, was to be released during the year. The collection, originally bound to a March, 2008, release, saw many delays due to a manufacturing error which led to 20,000 copies of the box-set having to be destroyed, and with a remanufacture necessary, Björk decided to make changes to the track listing resulting in four songs being cut from the live DVD. Towards the end of April 2009 Universal Europe accidentally shipped their Deluxe Edition copies of Voltaïc early. A statement released by One Little Indian confirmed that the projected release date was meant to be June 2009 as they wanted all three versions of Voltaïc to be available upon official release. However, UK-based music retailer CD Wow was found to be for a brief period selling un-cut copies of the box set, before its official release. These copies, which had allegedly been destroyed, were manufactured in Malaysia - and as such contained more tracks than the other released (cut) editions. Voltaïc eventually enjoyed its full official release on 23 June 2009. A preview of the DVD was released on YouTube on June 16, 2009, while footage from "Declare Independence" from Paris and "Sonnets/Unrealities XI" from Reykjavík were premiered by Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, respectively. Voltaïc was screened at fifteen theatres throughout the USA to coincide with the North American release, and throughout July 2009 the concert was also shown twice weekly at the Háskólabíó theatre in Reykjavík. Björk herself was present at the first screening.

Set list

2007

This set list is from the June 22, 2007 concert in Pilton, England. It is not intended to represent all concerts for the year.

  1. "Earth Intruders"
  2. "Venus as a Boy"
  3. "Hunter"
  4. "Pagan Poetry"
  5. "All Is Full of Love"
  6. "Pleasure is All Mine"
  7. "Hope"
  8. "Jóga"
  9. "Army of Me"
  10. "I Miss You"
  11. "Innocence"
  12. "Bachelorette"
  13. "5 Years"
  14. "Wanderlust"
  15. "Hyperballad" (contains elements of "Freak" by LFO)
  16. "Pluto"
Encore
  1. "Declare Independence"

2008

This set list is from the June 25, 2008 concert in Paris, France. It is not intended to represent all concerts for the year.

  1. "Brennið Þið Vitar" (performed by the Wonderbrass)
  2. "Earth Intruders"
  3. "Hunter"
  4. "Immature"
  5. "Jóga"
  6. "I See Who You Are"
  7. "Pleasure Is All Mine"
  8. "Pagan Poetry"
  9. "Vertebræ by Vertebræ"
  10. "Where Is the Line"
  11. "Who Is It"
  12. "Oceania"
  13. "Desired Constellation"
  14. "Army of Me"
  15. "Innocence"
  16. "Triumph of a Heart"
  17. "Bachelorette"
  18. "Vökuró"
  19. "Wanderlust"
  20. "Hyperballad" (contains elements of "Freak" by LFO)
  21. "Pluto"
Encore
  1. "Declare Independence"

Langholtskirkja showcase

This set list is from the August 26, 2008 concert in Reykjavík, Iceland.

  1. "Overture" (performed by the Wonderbrass)
  2. "Pneumonia"
  3. "The Anchor Song"
  4. "Cover Me"
  5. "My Juvenile"
  6. "Immature"
  7. "The Dull Flame of Desire"
  8. "Vökuró"
  9. "Sonnets/Unrealities XI"
  10. "Mouth's Cradle"
  11. "Oceania"
  12. "Who Is It"
Encore
  1. "It's Oh So Quiet"

Other songs performed

Björk rehearsed 48 songs from her discography for the tour and changed set list order for every show. These songs are not included in the set lists reported above.

Appearances

  1. performed with Konono Nº1 only during the May 2–5, 2007 shows
  2. performed with Toumani Diabaté on select dates
  3. performed with Einar Örn on select dates
  4. performed with Matmos only during the July 5, 2007 show
  5. performed with Min Xiao-Fen on select dates
  6. performed with Anohni on select dates

Tour dates

List of 2007 concerts
Date (2007) City Country Venue Opening act(s)
April 1 Reykjavík Iceland Club Nasa
April 9 Laugardalshöll Hot Chip
April 27 Indio United States Empire Polo Club
May 2 New York City Radio City Music Hall Konono Nº1
May 5 United Palace Theater
May 8 Apollo Theater Spank Rock
May 12 Chicago Auditorium Theatre Ghostigital
May 15 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre Joanna Newsom
May 19 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre Joanna Newsom
Ghostigital
May 23 Burnaby Canada Deer Lake Park Ghostigital
May 26 George United States The Gorge Amphitheatre
June 22 Pilton England Worthy Farm
June 28 Werchter Belgium Werchter Festivalpark
July 1 Gdynia Poland Gdynia-Babie Doły
July 5 Roskilde Denmark Festivalpladsen
July 8 Amsterdam Netherlands Westergasfabriek
July 13 Bilbao Spain Guggenheim Museum Esplanade
July 15 Segovia La Granja
July 18 Madrid Las Ventas
July 21 Codroipo Italy Villa Manin Ghostigital
July 25 Nyon Switzerland Plaine de l'Asse
August 21 Nîmes France Arena of Nîmes M.I.A.
August 23
August 26 Saint-Cloud Domaine national de Saint-Cloud
August 31 Stradbally Ireland Stradbally Hall
September 2 Inveraray Scotland Inveraray Castle
September 8 Toronto Canada Toronto Islands Park
September 11 Detroit United States Fox Theatre M.I.A.
September 14 Austin Zilker Park
September 17 Atlanta Fox Theatre Santogold
September 21 Montreal Canada Jacques-Cartier Pier
September 24 New York City United States Madison Square Garden Klaxons
Santogold
October 26 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Marina da Glória
October 28 São Paulo Arena Skol Anhembi
October 31 Curitiba Pedreira Paulo Leminski
November 4 Buenos Aires Argentina Teatro Gran Rex
November 7
November 10 Santiago Chile Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
November 13 Lima Peru Museo de la Nación
November 17 Bogotá Colombia Palacio de los Deportes
December 8 Guadalajara Mexico Huentitán Canyon
December 12 Los Angeles United States Nokia Theatre Ratatat
December 15 Paradise Palms Casino Resort
List of 2008 concerts
Date (2008) City Country Venue Opening act(s)
January 18 Auckland New Zealand Mount Smart Stadium
January 20 Gold Coast Australia Gold Coast Parklands
January 23 Sydney Sydney Opera House Forecourt
January 28 Melbourne Flemington Racecourse
February 1 Adelaide Adelaide Showground
February 3 Perth Claremont Showground
February 12 Jakarta Indonesia Tennis Indoor Senayan
February 16 Seoul South Korea Olympic Hall
February 19 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
February 22
February 25 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
February 28 Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena
March 2 Shanghai China Shanghai International Gymnastic Center
April 11 Manchester England Manchester Carling Apollo Leila Arab
April 14 London Hammersmith Apollo
April 17
April 20
April 22 Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions
April 25 Wolverhampton Civic Hall
April 28 Belfast Northern Ireland Waterfront Hall
May 1 Blackpool England Empress Ballroom
June 25 Paris France Olympia
June 28 Reykjavík Iceland Laugardalur Park
July 13 Vilnius Lithuania Vingis Park Jurga Šeduikytė
July 16 Riga Latvia Arena Riga Cosmos
July 20 Gräfenhainichen Germany Ferropolis
July 25 Rome Italy Auditorium Parco della Musica Ricardo Villalobos
July 28 Verona Verona Arena
July 31 Athens Greece Olympic Sports Hall
August 3 Istanbul Turkey Turkcell Kuruçeşme Arena
August 7 Zambujeira do Mar Portugal Herdade da Casa Branca
August 15 El Ejido Spain Playa de Guardias
August 26 Reykjavík Iceland Langholtskirkja

Festivals and miscellaneous performances

Part of Forma charity concert, billed as a "warm-up" show
This concert was a part of Coachella Festival
This concert was a part of Sasquatch! Music Festival
This concert was a part of Glastonbury Festival
This concert was a part of Rock Werchter
This concert was a part of Open'er Festival
This concert was a part of Roskilde Festival
This concert was a part of No Borders Music Festival
This concert was a part of Paléo Festival
This concert was a part of Rock en Seine
This concert was a part of Electric Picnic
This concert was a part of Connect Music Festival
This concert was a part of Virgin Festival
This concert was a part of Austin City Limits Music Festival
These concerts were part of TIM Festival
These concerts were part of Big Day Out
This concert was a part of Sydney Festival
Free charity concert billed as "Náttúra", organized with Sigur Rós
This concert was a part of Melt! Festival
This concert was a part of Festival Sudoeste
This concert was a part of Ola Festival
Special acoustic showcase

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

January 25, 2008 Sydney, Australia Big Day Out Cancelled due to "swelling vocal chords."
May 4, 2008 Sheffield, England Sheffield City Hall Postponed due to health issues. Rescheduled to July 2, 2008, and ultimately cancelled due to "ongoing throat problems."
July 5, 2008 Hertfordshire, England Wild in the Country Cancelled because of problems with the staging, sound and lighting. Björk has called the event "volatile."
July 10, 2008 Helsinki, Finland Finlandia Puisto Cancelled due to "medical issues with her voice."
July 10-13, 2008 Novi Sad, Serbia Exit Festival Cancelled due to political controversies.

Awards and nominations

See also: List of awards and nominations received by Björk

Meteor Ireland Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2008 Volta Tour live at Electric Picnic Best International Live Performance Nominated

Personnel

All credits adapted from Voltaïc.

  • Björk – vocals
  • Damian Taylor – musical director (except first and last shows in Reykjavík)
  • Mark Bell – computers and keyboards (except first show in Reykjavík)
  • Jónas Sen – keyboards
  • Chris Corsano – drums and percussion (except first and last shows in Reykjavík)
  • Wonderbrass – horns
    • Erla Axelsdóttir – french horn
    • Brynja Guðmundsdóttir – tuba
    • Sylvía Hlynsdóttir – trumpet
    • Harpa Jóhannsdóttir – trombone
    • Sigrún Jónsdóttir – trombone
    • Sigrún Kristbjörg Jónsdóttir – trombone
    • Björk Níelsdóttir – trumpet
    • Særún Ósk Pálmadóttir – french horn
    • Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir – french horn
    • Valdís Þorkelsdóttir – trumpet
  • Choir (only during last show in Reykjavík)
    • Brynja Guðmundsdóttir – soprano
    • Hugrún R. Hólmgeirsdóttir – soprano
    • Inga Harðardóttir – soprano
    • Heiða Árnadóttir – soprano
    • Margret Sigurðardóttir – soprano
    • Jónína Guðrún Kristinsdóttir – soprano
    • Guðrún Edda Gunnarsdóttir – alto
    • Guðrún Finnbjarnardóttir – alto
    • Sólveig Samúelsdóttir – alto
    • Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir – alto
    • Aðalheiður Þorsteinsdóttir – alto
    • Guðmundur Vignir Karlsson – tenor
    • Björn Thorarensen – tenor
    • Magnús Ragnarsson – tenor
    • Þorbjörn Sigurðsson – tenor
    • Benedikt Ingólfsson – bass
    • Hugi Jónsson – bass
    • Þorvaldur Þorvaldsson – bass

Stage, audio and technical

  • Shaun Martin – tour manager
  • Jennifer George – Björk PA
  • Andrea Helgadottir – Björk make up
  • Rosemary Llagostera – Björk wardrobe
  • Thelma Björk Johannesdottir – Björk nanny
  • Peter van der Velde – production manager
  • Kevin Pruce – FOH sound engineer
  • Bob Lopez – monitor sound engineer
  • Paul Normandale – lighting designer
  • Jez Webb – backline technician
  • Alan Pollard – backline technician
  • Chris Taplin – stage manager
  • Tracy Fraser – production assistant
  • Richard Brisson – laser and pyro assistant
  • Ken Schmitt – laser technician
  • Andy Squibb – sound technician
  • Rob Priddle – sound technician
  • Richard Cook – sound technician
  • Dave Jolly – lighting technician
  • Graham Feast – lighting technician
  • Stevie Marr – lighting technician
  • Andrew Wooderson – harpsichord tuner
  • Edmund Handy – harpsichord tuner
  • Graham Butler – truck driver
  • Robert “Ratty” Quinn – truck driver
  • Roy Ladds – truck driver
  • Ragga Gestsdottir – Björk PA (2007)
  • Helga Fridriksdottir – Björk nanny (2007)
  • Numi Thomasson – Björk chef (2007)
  • Anthony Cairns – on tour video director
  • Mark Dawson – Björk security
  • Richard Gibson – sound technician
  • Emmanuelle George – Björk wardrobe
  • Nick Mooney – sound technician
  • Nick Davis – sound technician
  • Chris Hill – wigwam audio
  • Geoff Muir – wigwam audio
  • Jon Greaves – lite alt lighting
  • David and Sue Steinberg – stardes trucking
  • Des Fallon – XL video
  • Valdis Dauksts – XL video
  • Rebecca and Abby Yunke – strickly FX
  • Ted Maccabee – strickly FX
  • Mark Greka – strickly FX
  • Alan Durant – rockit cargo
  • Bill Good – rockit cargo
  • Maureen Scott – vocal coach
  • Sergi Jorda – reactable
  • Marco Alonso – reactable
  • Gunter Geiger – reactable
  • David Cushion – accountant
  • Patrick Templeman – US accountant
  • Tom Arko – eight day sound
  • Jordan Zur – eight day sound
  • John Bahnink – upstaging lighting
  • Chanon DiCarlo – upstaging lighting
  • Mark and Paula Turner – MTFX
  • David Levy – William Morris Agency
  • Karey Fisher – William Morris Agency
  • Sam Kirby – William Morris Agency
  • Doug Singer – William Morris Agency
  • Vicky Leviten – Music Travel Agency
  • Sarah Howden – Music Travel Agency
  • Jennifer Chiara – Linden Travel
  • Paul Hattin – Phoenix Busing
  • Mark Larson – Hemphill Brothers

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