Utopia Tour (Björk)
The Utopia Tour was the ninth concert tour by Icelandic musician Björk, centering on her 2017 studio album, Utopia. The tour kicked off with 2 special stage rehearsals on 9 and 12 April 2018 at the Háskólabío Theater in Iceland before touring Europe. Utopia's live presentation later evolved into Cornucopia, a theatrical stage concert with enhanced visual and sound presentations which opened at The Shed in New York City on 6 May 2019. Background and concept Björk announced her ninth studio album, Utopia, on 2 August 2017 to coincide with a Dazed magazine cover story which detailed the soundscape of the album as featuring flutes and birdsong. A release date was not initially revealed, but was later announced as 24 November 2017. On 30 October 2017, Björk was announced as one of the headliners for the All Points East music festival in London on 27 May 2018. It was her first confirmed live gig during the Utopia era. On 2 November, another live date was announced, this time in Aarhus, Denmark as part of the Northside Festival, to be held on 7 June 2018. Björk first performed in Aarhus on 9 September 1993, the third night of her first concert