björk's performing at finlandia-talo in helsinki, finland on tuesday july 17th. the venue will open at 6pm utc+3 and björk is scheduled to begin her concert at 8pm.
her intimate concert will be held in the largest concert hall of the venue called finlandia-sali (finlandia hall), which holds the capacity of 1700 people; it's a popular venue for congresses, conferences, festivals, galas, and concerts of anything from light to classical music. due to the small capacity and the large production of björk's current show, the ticket prices (including service fees, cloakroom fee 3€ not included) start at 109€ with the closest rows being 199€ per seat. it's also been reported that according to livenation, björk's show will be one of the largest productions to be held at the venue.
duration of the show is 1,5 hours and small amount of tickets are still available.
björk's previous performances in finland have been at festivals; she performed at provinssirock in 1989 with the sugarcubes, and during her solo career she's only been to finland thrice - at pori jazz festival in 1996, ruisrock in 1998 and flow festival in 2012. she was supposed to perform at the park behind finlandia-talo in 2008 but the performance was cancelled due to medical issues with her voice so this will be her 4th time in finland during her solo career and also her first non-festival performance. finlandia-talo was supposed to be "a finnish finish" for the tour this summer, however caracalla in rome will be the last stop due to rescheduling.
björk isn't the only big celebrity visiting helsinki next week as donald trump and vladimir putin are meeting each other in helsinki on monday, and during their meeting finlandia-talo will serve as a media centre for journalists - however it's been confirmed that this won't affect björk's concert and she is performing as planned.
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I'm so excited for this!
i've been a hardcore fan for the last couple of years and seeing her live has been one of my biggest dreams. i always thought i'd probably just see her at some festival in distant future so the fact that i'm seeing her this soon while she's touring with one of my top 3 albums from her is absolutely surreal. the fact that i managed to get front row seats is even more surreal, although for the time being i'm surprisingly calm about it - i'm excited af but i guess it'll hit me once i'm there for real. this is also my first time at finlandia-talo, i've passed it numerous amount of times before but i've never been inside so i got a lot to look forward to which just adds up to the excitement. i live close to helsinki and i'm going to helsinki early on tuesday, however i don't know when exactly i'm heading to the venue - i'll do my best to keep you guys updated when the time comes!
(don't expect any updates from me during the show itself though)
