
Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós are set to appear on Jay Leno’s The Tonight Show on NBC on Friday next week.

Sigur Rós will be the second Icelandic band to perform on the show this year after Of Monsters and Men, ruv.is reports.
Sigur Rós’s music will be featured in the final episode of the current season of The Simpsons, which will premiere in North America today.
As well as composing original music for the show, the band also produced a remake of the opening song written by Danny Elfman.
Sigur Rós is currently on an international tour. http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/tour/#2013
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