Icelandic musician Björk has reflected on the grueling nature of touring, explaining how she’s managed to curate her current touring schedule to allow her to “actually have a life”. 
	Björk, who has been playing shows with varying frequency on a near-annual basis since the release of her 1993 album Debut, spoke to The Guardian about her change in touring, which first occurred following the release of her seventh record, 2011’s Biophilia. Instead…

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Björk Says Recent Touring Schedule Allows Her to ‘Actually Have a Life’

Björk says she has "gently fought" the "macho way" of touring since she was a teen.

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Björk's 'flexible' touring schedule means she can 'actually have a life'

Björk doesn't want to “work 18 hours a day, every day, until she vomits.” “Maybe because I'm a woman, or a matriarch, I try to make people have a life”

Björk não quer “trabalhar 18 horas por dia, todos os dias, até vomitar”. “Talvez por ser mulher, ou matriarca, tento fazer com que as pessoas tenham uma vida”

Porque é que não vemos Björk mais vezes? Porque ela quer ter uma vida

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Why don't we see Björk more often? Because she wants to have a life

As one of music’s most eccentric figures, Björk is usually the odd one out. But throughout her career, the musician has grappled with the oddities of the industry — and not the intriguing, creative kind that she prefers and evokes. She found the normalization of consistently grueling workdays on tours strange. It’s why, after her 2011 album Biophilia, she made the decision to swap our traditional touring practices for mini-residencies that prior…

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Björk has spoken about how her tours have changed in recent years, explaining that they are designed so she "can actually have a life".

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Björk says she changed the way she tours so she "can actually have a life"

Björk has spoken about how her tours have changed in recent years so she “can actually have a life”.The singer-songwriter changed the way she toured after her seventh album, Biophilia in 2011.Instead of moving from city to city, she set up a musical residency and stayed in the same place for weeks at a time.Explaining her decision to tour in this way, she said in a new interview with The Guardian: “The nuts and bolts are more flexible. Maybe bei…

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Björk says she changed the way she tours so she “can actually have a life”

Getty Image Nearly no entertainer put as much care into their live shows as Björk. Sadly, for fans of the “Nature Manifesto” musician that means Björk performances are far and few between. Yesterday (January 13), during an interview with The Guardian, Björk seemingly explained why as she confessed to preferring residencies to tours. “The nuts and bolts are more flexible,” she said. “Maybe being a woman, or a matriarch, or whatever, I try to make…

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Björk Prefers Residencies To Touring, And She Has A Rather Considerate Reason For It

It wouldn't be classic Björk if there wasn't a bit of controversy, and that was exactly what happened when MTV banned her video 'Pagan Poetry'.

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Music tours can be long, exhausting and challenging, so many artists are somewhat reluctant to make permanent tours. Björk recently told how the modality of his tours to “have a life” has changed. Since the publication of Biophilia in 2011, the Icelandic artist changed the way of making tours: instead of going through several cities she chose to make residences and spend weeks in one place. In an interview with The Guardian she explained why: “P…

Las giras musicales pueden ser largas, agotadoras y desafiantes, por eso muchos artistas se muestran un tanto reacios a hacer tours permanentemente. Recientemente, Björk contó cómo ha cambiado la modalidad de sus giras para “tener una vida”. Desde la publicación de Biophilia en 2011, la artista islandesa cambió la manera de hacer tours: en vez de recorrer varias ciudades optó por hacer residencias y pasar semanas en un solo lugar. En una entrevi…

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Björk on his tours: "I have fought against this macho way of organizing tours"

Björk has spoken about how her tours have changed in recent years so she “can actually have a life”. 
READ MORE: Björk: “First you create a universe with sound, then you move into it” The singer-songwriter changed the way she toured after her seventh album, Biophilia in 2011. Instead of moving from city to city, she set up a musical residency and stayed in the same place for weeks at a time. Explaining her decision to tour in this way, she said …

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