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The indie-folk outfit is headed to Melbourne for one night only

Bon Iver – originally a solo project from Justin Vernon, which has now evolved into a band with a revolving lineup of collaborators – is heading to Melbourne for the first time in 11 years for one night only at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl .

Bon Iver's  debut album  For Emma, Forever Ago introduced Vernon to a generation of indie-folk lovers back in 2008, and since then we've seen three more critically acclaimed albums, including 2019's  i,i. By channelling more of a lush, ambient soundscape vibe than a traditional indie-folk album, Bon Iver's success has delivered multi-Grammy award wins and collaborations with everyone from Kanye West to James Blake.

In addition to headline performances in Sydney and Brisbane as well as Melbourne, Bon Iver will be playing a swag of much-loved festivals including Mona Foma, Perth Festival and WOMAdelaide.  Buy tickets  via the website.

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Bon Iver Announce Summer 2023 Tour

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Bon Iver will return to the stage this summer . The indie heavyweights will kick things off in Brisbane, Australia and Europe before making their way to the U.S. with stops in Madison, Seattle, and more cities before the grand finale at Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts for Beach Road Weekend.

Bon Iver returned to the stage for the first time in two years at Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater in 2021, following up the performance with a 2022 U.S. tour that spring.

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Bon iver announces australia tour, performing in melbourne for the first time in 11 years.

The headline dates include shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne and will mark the outfit’s first national tour since 2009.

The mesmerising Bon Iver will return to Australian shores in February and March next year, gracing Aware Super Theatre, Sydney; Riverstage, Brisbane and Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne with their breathtaking live performance.

The highly anticipated Australian dates will mark the revered indie folk act’s first national tour since 2009; returning to Sydney for the first time following their four sold-out headline shows at the Sydney Opera House for VividLIVE in 2016, as well as their first performances in Brisbane and Melbourne in 11 years.

In addition to these headline performances, Bon Iver will be rounding out the tour playing some of the country’s most revered festivals, including MONA FOMA, Perth Festival and WOMADelaide.

Bon Iver Australian Tour Dates 2023

Friday 17 February 2023 – Aware Super Theatre, Sydney Tuesday 21 February – MONA FOMA, Hobart Sunday 26 February – Perth Festival, Perth Thursday 2 March 2023 – Riverstage, Brisbane Saturday 4 March 2023 – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne Friday 10 March 2023 – WOMADelaide, Adelaide

Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews  here .

Emerging in 2008, Justin Vernon released the debut album For Emma, Forever Ago under Bon Iver, introducing Vernon as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation and revealing a distinct sound – tethered to a season of contemplation and the crisp, heart-strung isolation of Winter.

EP Blood Bank followed in 2009 and then Bon Iver’s eponymous sophomore album in 2011, featuring a more frenetic Spring sound. The record topped album charts across the globe, hitting #2 in America and Australia and saw Bon Iver take home Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best New Artist.

2016’s critically acclaimed 22, A Million followed. “It was,” Vernon says, “our crazy energy Summer record” and was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards.

Bon Iver returned in 2019 with i,i, garnering an ecstatic response upon its release as the outfit’s most expansive, joyful and generous album yet. i,i was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas, a tenure which brought Vernon to a calmed and creative state that he channelled into each of the album’s 13 songs. Singles were added straight onto global streaming and radio playlists while the band opened up more than ever before with in-depth interviews from Pitchfork, Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Q and Uncut. The album was nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Alternative Music Album, as well as Record of the Year for track ‘Hey Ma’.

Bon Iver has evolved from a solo project of Justin Vernon’s to a band with a revolving lineup of collaborators. The core band for the i,i sessions included Sean Carey, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Mike Lewis, Matt McCaughan, and Justin Vernon with Rob Moose and Jenn Wasner, plus contributions from the likes of James Blake, Aaron and Bryce Dessner (The National), Bruce Hornsby, Velvet Negroni, Buddy Ross, Marta Salogni, Moses Sumney, the members of TU Dance, plus many more.

Bon Iver’s long list of notable collaborations continues as Vernon takes intimate, confessional indie folk into increasingly expansive and abstract realms. His early collaborations sprung from the opportunity to sing on Kanye West’s 2010 masterwork, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which yielded an ongoing series of songs with the rapper and transformed Vernon into the world’s unlikeliest hip-hop impresario, with contributions to records by Travis Scott, Vince Staples and Eminem. 2020 saw Vernon join Taylor Swift for a duet on her indie-leaning opus, folklore as well as release singles ‘PDLIF’ and ‘AUATC’. Most recently, Bon Iver featured on Ethan Gruska’s ‘So Unimportant’.

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Known for their ability to capture both ambience and landscape in their remarkable music, Bon Iver is sure to soothe souls when they reach our shores in 2023. The last Australian tour announced for the band sold out in just over 48 hours – before it was cancelled due to COVID in 2020.

So, gather your nearest and dearest and get ready to pounce when tickets go on sale.

Pre-sale begins from 9am local on Thursday 25 August. Tickets with available to the general public from 9am Friday 26 August here .

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Bon Iver Announce 2023 Australian Tour

The iconic indie-folk band are returning to australia for their first tour of the country since 2009, conor lochrie, conor lochrie's most recent stories.

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Iconic indie-folk band Bon Iver are returning to Australia for their first tour of the country since 2009.

In February and March of next year, Justin Vernon and co. will bring their unforgettable live performance to Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne. They’ll also play at several festivals while in the country, including WOMADelaide (see full dates below).

The Sydney show will be Bon Iver’s first time in the city following their four sold-out headline shows at the Sydney Opera House for VIVID Live in 2016, while it will be their first performances in Brisbane and Melbourne in 11 years.

Tickets for the tour go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 26th at 9am local time. Presale begins on Thursday, August 25th at 9am local time. With Bon Iver’s last Australian tour selling out in just over 48 hours before it was cancelled due to COVID-19, tickets for their upcoming tour are expected to sell quickly again.

After first emerging in 2008 with the masterful For Emma, Forever Ago , Bon Iver have been one of the most acclaimed acts of the last two decades, with Vernon rightly hailed as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation.

Their last three albums have reached the Top 10 of the ARIA Albums Chart, with 2011’s self-titled album also being certified platinum in Australia. Bon Iver’s last album, I, I , was released in 2019, earning four nominations at the 2020 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.

 Bon Iver 2023 Australian Tour

Presale begins Thursday, August 25th (9am local time) General tickets on sale Friday, August 26th (9am local time)

Friday, February 17th Aware Super Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Tuesday, February 21st MONA FOMA, Hobart, TAS

Sunday, February 26th Perth Festival, Perth, WA

Thursday, March 2nd Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD

Saturday, March 4th Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC

Friday, March 10th WOMADelaide, Adelaide, SA

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Bon Iver announce 2023 Australian tour

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They'll play eight dates through February and March

It's been so long since Bon Iver toured Australia.

That was all supposed to change in 2020, when they were all set to embark on their first full tour of the country since 2012 (they made a quick Sydney-only trip in 2016).

That tour was postponed to 2021, then cancelled as the world continued to grapple with COVID.

Now we can get excited all over again though, as the band announce their intention to return in February of 2023.

Few artists were as influential in setting the course for indie music in the 2010s as Bon Iver.

Justin Vernon first dazzled us with his deep and beautiful For Emma, Forever Ago in 2008, before expanding both his band and his sound to take his music to some extraordinary places.

It's been so long since we saw them and who knows when we'll get the chance again. So, don't miss your opportunity to see one of indie music's most influential and exciting artists when they return to Australia in 2023.

They will play huge headline shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and will be a big part of the line-ups for the Hobart's MONA FOMA, Adelaide's WOMADelaide , and the Perth Festival.

Bon Iver play the following shows early next year:

Friday 17 February – Aware Super Theatre, Sydney

Saturday 18 February – Aware Super Theatre, Sydney

Tuesday 21 February – MONA FOMA, Hobart

Sunday 26 February – Perth Festival, Perth

Thursday 2 March – Riverstage, Brisbane

Saturday 4 March – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne

Sunday 5 March – Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne

Friday 10 March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide

Tickets for all shows are on sale from Friday 26 August. 

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Bon Iver announce 2023 Australian tour dates

The six-date run will include shows tied in to next year’s Mona Foma, WOMADelaide and Perth Festival

Bon Iver have announced an Australian leg for their current world tour, making up for a cancelled run of dates from last year.

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The Justin Vernon -fronted act were initially scheduled to tour Australia in June of 2020; however, that run was pushed back by nine months when the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold. The tour was then due to start in March 2021 – with Gordi and Stella Donnelly confirmed as support acts – but it was ultimately cancelled in November 2020 with the band “look[ing] forward to safer days ahead”.

Today (August 24), six Australian dates have been confirmed for the first quarter of 2023. The tour will begin in Sydney on Friday February 17, before heading to Hobart – where they will perform as part of next year’s MONA FOMA festival – on Tuesday February 21.

The band will then perform at the Perth Festival that Sunday (February 28), before returning to the east coast for shows in Brisbane and Melbourne. Rounding out the tour will be a set at next year’s WOMADelaide festival, where Bon Iver will take to the stage on Friday March 10.

Early bird tickets to WOMADelaide will be available here from 9am this Friday (August 26), while MONA FOMA tickets will go live here at the same time tomorrow (August 25). Ticketing details for next year’s Perth Festival are yet to be announced; however, it was noted in a press release that a pre-sale will begin here at 12pm tomorrow.

Meanwhile, tickets for the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane shows will be available here starting at 9am this Friday, with a pre-sale kicking off here at the same time tomorrow.

Earlier this week, Bon Iver joined The National as a featured artist on ‘Weird Goodbyes’ , the lead single from the latter band’s upcoming ninth album . It followed the March release Bon Iver’s joint single with Ethan Gruska, ‘So Unimportant’ .

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Bon Iver’s 2023 Australian tour dates are:

FEBRUARY Friday 17 – Sydney, Aware Super Theatre Tuesday 21 – Hobart, Mona Foma Sunday 28 – Perth, Perth Festival

MARCH Thursday 2 – Brisbane, Riverstage Saturday 4 – Melbourne, Sidney Myer Music Bowl Friday 10 – Adelaide, WOMADelaide

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Arts & entertainment, design & style, travel & leisure, search concrete playground, bon iver is headed to australia in 2023 which will mark their first national tour since 2009.

Bon Iver's dreamy falsetto will be coming to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane — as well as festivals in Adelaide, Perth and Tasmania.

Bon Iver is on their way to Australia for their first national tour in 14 years with the trailblazing indie rock act hitting stages across Sydney, Hobart, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide in February and March of 2023.

The tour will kick off on Friday, February 17 in Sydney at the Aware Super Theatre next to the ICC Sydney. Brisbane and Melbourne will also receive standalone shows on the tour — Melbourne's first Bon Iver show in 11 years — with shows popping up at the Riverstage on Thursday, March 2 and Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Saturday, March 4.

There will also be three festival appearances on the tour — Tasmania's Mona Foma on Tuesday, February 21, Perth Festival on Sunday, February 26, and WOMADelaide Festival on Friday, March 10.

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Bon Iver is one of three acts revealed to be heading up next year's edition of WOMADelaide. Alongside the blissful falsetto of the Wisconsin band, Florence and the Machine and Gratte Ciel's Place des Anges will be appearing at the festival which is returning to Botanic Park in Adelaide between March 10 and 13. Florence will also be appearing in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland throughout March as part of her world tour supporting her latest album Dance Fever .

It's exciting news for Bon Iver fans after the band was forced to pull out of a run of shows originally slated for 2020 due to the pandemic, as well as a headline appearance at the cancelled Bluesfest 2021 . This tour will mark the first time for Australian fans to catch Bon Iver's latest album i,i live and marks the influential artist's first return to Australian shores since a run of four sold-out shows at the Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid 2016 .

Presale tickets are available from 9am, Thursday, August 25 with the code JELMORE.

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Bon Iver's Australian tour will take place between Friday, February 17–Friday, March 10. Presale tickets will be on sale from 9am, Thursday, August 25 through Handseom Tours and general sale tickets will be available from 9am, Friday, August 26.

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Bon Iver Announce Summer 2023 Tour Dates

By Allison Hussey

Bon Iver have announced a handful of new summer tour dates. Justin Vernon and company will perform a handful of shows in Montana, Utah, and the Pacific Northwest in August. See all of those dates with the rest of Bon Iver’s 2023 tour itinerary below.

Since 2019’s i,i , Vernon has re-joined Aaron Dessner for another Big Red Machine record, 2021’s How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last . Last year, Vernon, Dessner, and the rest of the National shared the new song “ Weird Goodbyes ,” after Vernon’s 2021 song for Don’t Look Up , “ Second Nature .” Vernon has collaborated on other new material with Taylor Swift, Ethan Gruska , Brittany Howard, and Aero Flynn , joining Lonnie Holley, too, on “Kindness Will Follow Your Tears” from the forthcoming album Oh Me Oh My .

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03-02 Brisbane, Australia - Riverstage 03-04 Melbourne, Australia - Sidney Myer Music Bowl 03-05 Melbourne, Australia - Sidney Myer Music Bowl 03-10 Adelaide, Australia - WOMADelaide 06-02 Berlin, Germany - Tempelhof Sounds 06-04 Paris, France - We Love Green 06-08 Copenhagen, Denmark - Syd for Solen 06-10 Rättvik, Sweden - Dalhalla 06-14 Vienna, Austra - Open Air Arena Wien 06-15 Zurich, Switzerland - The Hall 06-17 Lido di Camaiore, Italy - La Prima Estate Festival 06-19 Bonn, Germany - Kunst!rasen 08-02 Duluth, MN - Bayfront Festival Park 08-04 St. Charles, IA - Hinterland Music Festival 08-05 Madison, WI - Breese Stevens Field 08-08 Bonner, MT - Kettlehouse Amphitheater 08-09 Ogden, UT - Ogden Amphitheater 08-11 Boise, ID - Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanic Garden 08-12 Seattle, WA - Day in Day Out 08-12 Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater 08-13 Seattle, WA - Day in Day Out 08-25-27 Martha’s Vineyard, MA - Beach Road Weekend

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[Review] Bon Iver @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne 4/02/2023

Bon Iver , the indie folk band and cultural darling led by Wisconsin native Justin Vernon , is a perfect example of change. Good artists are consistent, but great artists grow. On Saturday night at the Bowl, we were blessed with a career spanning, genre defying setlist full of powerful beauty.

Sidney Myer was full of eager fans by the time I arrived, patiently waiting to experience the serenade of love and pain that is Bon Iver. Many fans packed the grass area, with picnic rugs, chairs and plenty of cuddles. The energy was warm and compassionate, a harmony with the music to come.

Joining Bon Iver was the Sydney singer-songwriter and lush electronica artist Sophie Payten , performing under the name Gordi . A perfect match to the headliners energy, Gordi mixed elements of folk guitar balladry with spacey loops of modular synthesis and delicate self-harmony. Beautiful tracks that highlighted the set included Extraordinary Life and Way I Go . It is truly rare to experience a keenly picked match such as these two artists.

Taking the stage to a packed crowd, the main act begun . Bon Iver opened with Lump Sum , the second track from their 2008 debut album For Emma, Forever Ago . The early fusion of a low pulsing kick under the layered delicate vocals and strained acoustic guitar represents all that was and will be of the project, with the focus on memory, love, pain, beauty and peace. This defining album, which was written and recorded in isolation, puts the key themes on display.

Other highlights of the set included the lovely crowd pleaser of Hey Ma , U (Man Like) , Towers and 10 d E A T h b R E a s T  ⚄   ⚄ , some of the more modern classics of the discography. The true wonders were the classic tracks , Re: Stacks and Skinny Love . Re: Stack s was a song that reminded me of lost love long ago, and the pain of forgiveness, which took all so long to earn. Skinny Love , being Bon Iver ’s best known song, deserved to be played, but was expected to be breezed over as the hit that must be played so the artist can focus on the deep cuts. Instead, this rendition of the classic track was so deeply, deeply affecting, that I could feel the pure passion of the full bowl with every breath. The outro and coda of “My, my my” was a fantastic sing-along moment for a crowd of romantics.

The band of course was all multi-instrumentalists. Seven members, featuring switches between acoustic and electric guitars, bass and keys, along with saxophone, and two drummers filled in the sound of future folk that Bon Iver so well defined within the early 2010s. The powerful backing of the drums added a weight to the softer songs that somehow didn’t overpower the minimalism but instead reinforced the simplicity where needed. Moments in my favourite track Holocene were true masters of sound mixing, with one drummer playing soft off beat rimshots while the other balances sixteenth-note shakers and kick patterns. True musicianship at work.

Ending the set after Holocene , the band returned for a tight four-song encore of a few deep cuts and a new single recorded during the pandemic, PDLIF , to link the timeline of the set from then to now. Truly a gently masterful performance, I cannot recommend catching Bon Iver live enough. The records do not do this band justice.

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Bon Iver is a highly acclaimed, Grammy Award winning American indie-folk rock band, formed around the creative prowess of Wisconsinite Justin Vernon in 2007.

Justin Vernon’s journey as Bon Iver grew out of the embers of his previous band DeYarmond Edison. After DeYarmond Edison’s disbandment, the breakdown of a relationship, a stint with mononucleosis hepatitis, and a marathon intake of the ’90’s TV series “Northern Exposure”, the groundwork for Vernon’s new project was laid. The musician then moved into his father’s cabin in Dunn County, Wisconsin, U.S., and with very modest recording and musical equipment, began crafting a collection of introspective and emotionally-intense songs.

Bon Iver, the name derived from a misspelling of the French for “cold winter”, initially intended the songs to form a demo, however after hearing feedback from his manager and friends, decided to self-release the recordings. “For Emma, Forever Ago” was released in 2007 initially limited to 500 CDs, however popularity for the album grew exponentially when the record, and its story, hit the blogosphere. With exposure granted by the likes of CMJ Music Marathon and a glowing Pitchfork review, Bon Iver signed with Jagjaguwar in October 2007, who reissued “For Emma, Forever Ago” in January 2008. The release subsequently became one of the most popular albums of 2008, both among music fans and music critics, and led to Vernon becoming a prized-cow in the industry.

After embarking on an extensive U.S. and Canadian tour alongside members Sean Carey and Matt McCaughan among others, Bon Iver released the EP “Blood Bank” in 2009. A year later Vernon was enlisted by Kanye West to provide vocals to the tracks “Woods”, “Monster”, and “Dark Fantasy”, from Kanye’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”.

Bon Iver’s full-length follow-up proved to be far more ambitious than the debut with luscious and textured orchestration, thanks to the involvement of bass saxophone player Solin Stetson and pedal-steel guitarist Greg Leisz. The self-titled sophomore album was released in June 2011 on Jagjaguwar and recorded at Vernon’s own April Base Studios in Fall Creek, Wisconsin. “Bon Iver” utilises a vast selection of musical accompaniments and earned Vernon two Grammys, for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album in 2012.

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Thursday 22nd February. Apollo Hammersmith, London. Bon Iver. It’s not without a little trepidation that we head out to the Odeon tonight. Since the low fi beauty of ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ Justin Vernon has experimented with sounds, auto tune, loops, etc. but not to the extent of last album ’22, A million’ which I think is fair to say has divided opinion. This is the second of an eight night sold out residency. On the first he played the whole of the latest album in order and the second set a sprinkling of tracks from his other three releases.

Tonight though he switches it around and plays the whole of his second full release, the eponymous ‘Bon Iver’. It’s not played straight by any means with many tracks reworked to a degree but the OTT auto tune only made an appearance on set one closer ‘Beth/Rest’

It was an exhilarating set. Vernon backed by five piece horn section, drummer, percussionist and a couple of multi instrumentalists produced a crisp sharp clear sound usually missing in a larger venue. The stage was dressed in flowing feathers from the overhead rig and fake candles to provide an eerie haunted house type feel. Enhanced by dramatic staccato light show it was one of the most striking audio visual sets I have seen reminiscent of Sufjan Steven last tour with his cathedral like backdrop.

After a 22 minute interval, do you see what he did there, it’s onto the second set which aside from ‘Blood Bank’ it’s the majority of the new album. Personally I thought the set lost its way a bit here. I think ’22, A million’, has some good songs trying to get but they are often obscured by the electronic trickery and whilst live both audibly and visually it certainly brought these tracks more to life it still felt a little disjointed.

After another brief interlude Vernon comes back on stage to deliver a masterful, no frills, no tricks version of the Leon Russell ‘A Song for You’ (a good spot by Mr Berry on the night) and then finally ending the night with his hit ‘Skinny Love’.

So a game very much of two halves with the band going two nil up, really nailing it for the first forty minutes especially the horn section adding that special sauce to the dish accentuating and enhancing Vernon’s voice. A patchy second half with the odd own goal but finishing with an injury time winner of an encore.

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Seeing Bon Iver live is a real treat. I remember my first Bon Iver show in San Francisco, at The Independent. His album had just come out on Jagjaguwar, although the initial, un-mastered album had already made its way around the internet and garnered high praise. Back then, Bon Iver was only a three piece: Justin Vernon, Sean Carey, and Mike Noyce, and they were considered "co-headliners" with Phosphorescent.

These three guys created a sound that I never knew existed. To put it in a word, it was magical. When they played "Blindsided," it blew me away. They brought together acoustic sounds with electronic sounds, along with a crazy, distorted, acoustic guitar solo. Sean Carey, only on drums at the time, played the whole night without a hi-hat. They explored ambient textures and free-form improvisation on "Flume." They got the entire crowd involved in cathartic fashion with "The Wolves." And they quickly ran out of material. With only nine songs at the time, they played a short set that I won't ever forget. Justin ended the set by himself, playing "Re: Stacks." When he began, the room became hushed to the point where you could hear a pin drop in the 400 capacity venue. It was spellbinding. And "spellbinding" is a word I haven't really seen fit to use in any other context since. You can see the performance for yourself on YouTube. My buddy was the videographer who was lucky enough to be capturing a few songs that night for a music blog he was doing at the time. In the video, you can see it go dark for most of the song, of which the audio was captured from the soundboard feed. And his only explanation for not doing his job of filming on that song was simply that it was too heavy, too special to simply be an observer, and not a participant.

I've since seen the band at Outside Lands, The Fox, and Coachella. And although Bon Iver have since grown to include new bandmates, and their live sound has grown in dynamic range, their music always invites you to be a participant, not an observer. You're in it. And you're not going anywhere but somewhere beautiful.

Bon Iver, the indie folk band fronted by Justin Vernon are considered to one of the most critically acclaimed artists of the last decade. The sweeping, cinematic sounds that they create on albums 'For Emma, Forever Ago' and 'Bon Iver' has won them a huge following globally as well as two Grammy awards.

Despite playing in a large arena, Justin Vernon and his accompanying musicians were able to make the entire experience feel intimate and low key. With guitar proudly in hand, the shivering opening tones of 'Perth' fill the arena and captivate the crowd instantly. A beautifully designed stage illuminates the musicians and creates a wonderful ambient setting in which they perform and the audience are entranced from song to song. The only respite to the ethereal atmosphere is the rapturous cheers and applause that the group receive at the end of each track. Playing the self titled second album in full, the band maintains the wondrous, spine chilling atmosphere for the entirety of the show.

Vernon thanks his huge crowd and admits his confusion at the sheer reputation the band has amassed in its short career. The cheers the opening riffs of 'Skinny Love' and 'Beth/Rest' receive are credit enough to the adoration the crowd has for Bon Iver.

Bon Iver, an indie folk band fronted by the legendary Justin Vernon, are one of the biggest and most successful indie bands of all time. They have an enormous cult following and their fans are some of the most dedicated in the world. Many of their songs have been covered in the past few years, leading to the band gaining even more fame as people seek out the originals. Bon Iver deserves every praise they get. The band is spectacular on stage, harmonising beautiful melodies with such ease that they just seem to flow seamlessly, and Justin Vernon’s voice… there is nothing else like it. He has such a distinctly unique and beautiful voice that is even more magical to listen to live than it is on their albums. The band performed a number of classics, such as ‘Skinny Love’ and ‘I Can’t Make You Love Me’, with Vernon also performing on the piano as he sang. He can reach notes that many female singers are unable to achieve, and the whole crowd was in awe of his voice throughout the night. The atmosphere all night was just incredible.

Hammersmith Apollo, 22nd February, 2018.

Bon Iver played a show that is genuinely one of the best things I have ever seen. Not just gigs, literally one of THE best things.

Every note was perfect. Even more perfect than they are on the album versions, if it were possible.

I am 31 years old and have no shame in saying I cried about 5 times. Even at a song like Creeks, in which Justin's voice is so modulated it barely sounds human. Because that exactly what the recurrent theme is throughout all his songs; Humanity. Emotion. It takes a very special kind of musician to make people feel that way. The rest of the audience were just as spellbound.

Justin Vernon is a bona fide genius - there are only a handful of current artists that can create such beautiful art as him. Go and see Bon Iver if you ever get the chance to, it will be something to remember forever. I promise you that.

I had the distinct FORTUNE to be able to get a ticket to

the December 4th performance at the Kings theater in Brooklyn.  And the only word I can use is astounding.  Completely collaborative, it was a perfect marriage of outstanding modern dance and music.  The dancers were amazing, the ways they made their bodies float, pierce the air, evoke the lyric meaning, whoa. 

The finale was "Naeem" and it blew my breath away...STANDING OVATION, NO SHIT.   

What I will say is that I believe that the people up in the mezzanine near me were expecting "A greatest hits/fan favorite" kind of setlist.  Me, the only thing that could

have topped Naeem, would have been to have heard Holocene.

The show yesterday at Allstate Arena, Rosemont IL was good. The stage with its incredible light show was amazing and the sound was perfect even at the very back seats. On the other hand this was not my Bon Iver. I missed all my favorite songs! I grew up with the album "For Emma, Forever Ago". Maybe this is (once more) a sign that I'm getting old. I totally understand Artist getting bored while playing the old songs over and over, but clicks and views tells you that some people want to hear some of those songs. In my point of view, it needs a good mix of new and old songs and definitely less effect on a such beautiful voice.

To sum up: This was more a show than a concert to me.

This was a magical show. I was surprised at the length of the set...pretty sure Justin Vernon played everything off the current album and most of the highlights of his old stuff. The version of "Woods" that he played in the encore was breathtaking. Also, highlights of the show were "Holocene" and a very interesting version of "Calgary" that sounded nothing like the original recorded version. Venue was great from a sound standpoint, but it was unfortunate all the people who wanted to stand in the aisles were marshaled off by an overzealous security staff. I'm pretty sure he played "re: stacks" in the encore, but it's hard to recall. Overall, a 5 star show....

Literally the best thing I have ever seen. The whole band sounded so tight, the light show was insane and they really played to the audience. Two full sets of material plus an encore was probably more than any of us expected. They played so many songs that I wanted to hear, even some really old material which was so unexpected.

The whole audience was buzzing with energy and love for a band that are so good, but really don't tour enough. I'd waited 10 years for a chance to see them and now that I have, I'd have waited another 10 if I knew it was going to be that perfect. It was a privilege to be in that room and witness something so beautiful.

A powerful electronic-heavy set featuring the frequent auto tuned vocals of frontman Justin Vernon. Moments of magic with contrasts of crashing drums and thumping brass with falsetto vocals and brief seconds of silence. Highlights included older masterpieces such as Blood Bank, Wash, Creature Fear and Perth and, at times, a return to the more dulcet tones of their first two albums would have been welcomed. Although not as engaging and memorable as the previous tour, the heavier sounds and incredible stage and lighting contributed to a worthy performance.

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Bon Iver announce summer 2023 U.S. tour

Justin vernon and his band’s next north american run kicks off august 2 in duluth, minnesota..

Bon Iver have announced a 2023 summer tour of the United States. The 10-date August run will follow four Australian shows in March and eight European performances in June. They’ll kick their U.S. leg off on August 2 at Bayfront Festival Park in Duluth, Minnesota and remain in the nation’s northwest quadrant for all but one of their remaining gigs, taking a two-week break before finishing at Beach Road Weekend in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Since releasing i,i in 2019, Bon Iver bandleader Justin Vernon has shared How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? , his second collaborative album with The National ’s Aaron Dessner . He’s continued to collaborate intensively in the year-and-a-half since, working with such disparate artists as Nicholas Britell , Beverly Glenn-Copeland , Ethan Gruska , and Taylor Swift .

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Bon Iver 2023 tour dates

March 2 - Brisbane, AU - Riverstage March 4 - Melbourne, AU - Sidney Myer Music Bowl March 5 - Melbourne, AU - Sidney Myer Music Bowl March 10 - Adelaide, AU - WOMADelaide

June 2 - Berlin, DE - Tempelhof Sounds June 4 - Paris, FR - We Love Green June 8 - Copenhagen, DK - Syd for Solen June 10 - Rättvik, SE - Dalhalla June 14 - Vienna, AS - Open Air Arena Wien June 15 - Zürich, CH - The Hall June 17 - Lido di Camaiore, IT - La Prima Estate Festival June 19 - Bonn, DE - Kunst!rasen

August 2 - Duluth, MN - Bayfront Festival Park August 4 - St. Charles, IA - Hinterland Music Festival August 5 - Madison, WI - Breese Stevens Field August 8 - Bonner, MT - Kettlehouse Amphitheater August 9 - Ogden, UT - Ogden Amphitheater August 11 - Boise, ID - Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanic Garden August 12 - Seattle, WA - Day in Day Out August 12 - Bend, OR - Hayden Homes Amphitheater August 13 - Seattle, WA - Day in Day Out August 25–27 - Martha’s Vineyard, MA - Beach Road Weekend

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“…a delicious surprise.” The Australian

“A soulful and intriguing record” JMAG

“One of 2008’s landmark records” MOJO (5 stars – album of the month)

“A classic debut album” UNCUT (5 stars – album of the month)

“Nine mystifying songs full of innate swells and lulls to fill a quiet room” Sydney Magazine (SMH)

Hailed as “irresistible” by the New York Times and awarded the highly auspicious “Recommended” tag by the influential Pitchfork collective, Bon Iver ’s ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ is an astonishingly striking debut release. And after a winter spent listening to this intimate record, Handsome Tours are pleased to present the Bon Iver live show in Australia this summer.

Bon Iver (pronounced: bohn eevair; French for “good winter”) is a greeting, a celebration and a sentiment. Justin Vernon, the primary force behind Bon Iver, has penned an unassumingly beautiful masterpiece, a nine-song album praised by critics and fans alike.With nothing more than a few microphones and some aged recording equipment, the album was Inadvertently created in isolation in his father’s Northern Wisconsin cabin. These homespun folk songs, largely centered upon Justin’s haunting falsetto, perfectly captured his catharsis in the woods.Initially released independently, the record was quickly picked up by Jagjaguwar in the US, 4AD in the UK and Rogue Records in Australia. The response was overwhelming, and Vernon was wholeheartedly embraced for his uninhibited songwriting.

“Isolation doesn’t get more splendid than this.” MOJO

Bon Iver tours nationally this January, including an appearance at the Sydney Festival. Please see below for all tour details.

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PERTH When: Thu 15-01-09 Where: Fly By Night

BRISBANE When: Sat 17-01-09 Where: The Tivoli

MELBOURNE When: Sun 18-01-09 Where: The Hi Fi

MELBOURNE When: Mon 19-01-09 Where: The Forum

SYDNEY FESTIVAL When: Tue 20-01-09, 2:19pm Where: The Famous Spiegletent

SYDNEY FESTIVAL When: Wed 21-01-09 Where: City Recital Hall, Angel Place

SYDNEY FESTIVAL When: Thu 22-01-09 Where: The Famous Spiegletent

SYDNEY FESTIVAL When: Fri 23-01-09 Where: The Famous Spiegletent

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