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The Biophilia Tour was the seventh concert tour by Icelandic musician Björk. The tour was centered on her multimedia project and eighth studio album, ''Biophilia'' (2011). The tour premiered at the Manchester International Festival and visited Europe, Americas, Asia and featured the singer's first performance in Africa. The tour schedule featured both a residency format, with a "in-the-round" stage, in which the singer would perform at the same place during different nights, and a conventional stage format for the festival dates. For the tour and the album, the singer conceived a series of new musical instruments, which were controlled on stage by tablets. Björk wore different nature-inspired dresses by Michael van der Ham, Iris van Herpen, Kokon to Zai and Jeremy Scott. The tour was lauded by music critics. A documentary on the concept and recording of the album, ''When Björk Met Attenborough'', included different partial performances from the tour, while a concert film, called ''Björk: Biophilia Live'', which chronicled the last full Biophilia concert in London, premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. == Background == At the end of 2010, Björk confirmed she was working on a new album. In an interview published on ''Fréttablaðið'', the singer stated that the project was midway through the completion and that she hoped to go on tour before the end of 2011. Björk originally conceived the idea for the tour as a house in Iceland where each room would represent a song from the album. When she was contacted from National Geographic they proposed to produce a 3D film from that original idea. Because of that, the singer contacted long time collaborator Michel Gondry and they started to write a script for the movie. Because of the director conflicting schedule with the editing of ''The Green Hornet'', the project was scrapped. The project was officialised in March 2011, with the announcement of Björk performance at Manchester International Festival. The project, called ''Biophilia'', comprises a series of live performances, a new website, a documentary and a series of apps, besides the release as a music album which is partly composed on an iPad. The Biophilia Tour was said to be touring eight cities for three years〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/bjork-unveils-biophilia-lead-single-crystalline-available-now-apps-come-2011-06-29 )〕 and to be including a series of workshops for children in collaboration with local schools.〔 Six performances were planned for the residency in Manchester, with one show being added later and dubbed as a "preview show" on June 27, 2011. In July 2011, Björk was announced as the headliner of Bestival, her only planned outdoor concert of that year. On July 8, 2011, the second residency was announced to be at Harpa in Reykjavík, with six shows planned. The first two shows were also part of Iceland Airwaves.〔 Due to high demand, two more shows were announced, with a last one being announced later. The Icelandic residency went sold out. In the beginning of 2012, the third residency was announced to take place in New York City, in partnership with The Creators Project and the New York Hall of Science, where six of the ten planned gigs were announced to take place, with the other four being at Roseland Ballroom. However, due to an illness, one show that was to take place at the Hall of Science was rescheduled and moved to the Roseland Ballroom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bjork.com/#/news/tonight'sshowinnewyorkiscancelled )〕 After the end of the residency, another one was announced at Centro de Exposiciones of Buenos Aires, with the last show taking place at the Estadio G.E.B.A.. However, due to the discovery of a nodule on her vocal chords, Björk had to cancel the last show at the Centro de Exposiciones and the concert at the Estadio G.E.B.A.〔 For this reason, Björk cancelled several festival appearances she was supposed to have during the summer of 2012. In November 2012, the singer announced that she underwent surgery to remove the nodule. The tour started again in February 2013, with the fifth residency in Paris, where four concerts took place at the Cirque en Chantier on the Île Seguin and two at the Zénith de Paris. When a fund-raising project appeared on the website for the company Kickstarter, it was stated that the Biophilia Tour would visit San Francisco, Los Angeles and Tokyo as the next residencies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/501402653/bjork-biophilia-app-for-android-and-windows-8 )〕 The California residency was announced on April 1, 2013, with three dates in Richmond, and three in Los Angeles. Once again, because of ticket requests, another date at the Hollywood Palladium was added.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bjork.com/#/news/moreticketsonsale )〕 On May 21, 2013, the website of music promoters Smash was updated with details on the last Biophilia residency at the Miraikan museum in Tokyo, with three dates to take place at the end of July and the beginning of August.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://smash-jpn.com/special/bjork/ )〕 After an announcement was previewed on Björk's official Facebook page,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151635672546460&set=pb.6747251459.-2207520000.1370980965.&type=3&theater )〕 on June 10, 2013, the last Biophilia concert with the "in round format" was announced at the Alexandra Palace of London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nme.com/news/bjork/70792 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Biophilia Tour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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