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

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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 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 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 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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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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[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 Announces Australian Tour For February 2023

Cutting through the density of American indie folk in the late 2000s, Wisconsin outfit Bon Iver solidified their position as one of those acts that everyone just seems to love, no matter what. From chin-stroking hipsters to hip-hop aficionados, once lead singer Justin Vernon started letting loose with his uniquely soothing, gravelly vocals it was game over; many grown men have wept to ‘Skinny Love’ without knowing why. Ready to weep again? Today Bon Iver has announced a six-date Australian tour, set to crawl across February and March 2023 with shows in Sydney, Hobart, Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Adelaide.

Bon Iver last toured Australia in 2009 and only returned back in 2016 to perform at the Sydney Opera House as part of that year’s Vivid LIVE program. As such, this will be the first time in 11 years that the band has graced a stage in Brisbane and Melbourne, no doubt meaning tickets in both cities will be snapped up quite quickly by fans craving that deeply revered indie folk that made albums like For Emma, Forever Ago and I, I such unfailing charmers.

Vernon, whose slick vocals saw him work extensively with Kanye West on projects like My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Yeezus , then Travis Scott, Vince Staples, Eminem, as well as Taylor Swift, will be leading the band, of course. Although who else will be making up Bon Iver is anyone’s guess. While the most recent Bon Iver album featured contributions from notable musicians Sean Carey, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Mike Lewis, and Matt McCaughan, the list of music makers backing Vernon is known to change regularly.

Bon Iver joins a list of big-ticket acts touring Australia in the first three months of 2023. Other acts that have already announced tours for the new year include Red Hot Chilli Peppers with Post Malone , Arctic Monkeys , Freddie Gibbs, and Elton John . Also on the cards is a new throwback R&B festival headlined by Ja Rule and Nelly.

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Anyone who wants to grab a ticket to the Bon Iver Australian tour early can do so during a pre-sale that kicks off at 9 AM local time on Thursday, August 25th. The general sale will begin at 9 AM local time on Friday, August 26th.

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LIVE REVIEW: Bon Iver Leave Melbourne Breathless On Final Night Of Australian Tour

After a cancelled 2021 tour and 11 years since their last Melbourne appearance, it's safe to say that anticipation for the American genre-bending folk troupe Bon Iver was palpable.

With four studio albums under their belt, a discography that traverses all aspects (and explorations) of the folk genre, Bon Iver left no thirst un-quenched as they stormed Melbourne on their second night of their all-encompassing, powerhouse of an appearance. With a two hour set list that trekked right through the Bon Iver discography; ticking off the For Emma, Forever Ago essentials with 'Skinny Love', the self titled opus of 'Holocene' and covering a hefty amount of 22, A Million and I,I - Bon Iver curated an evening that not only satiated every diehard fan craved, but created a show that will be talked about for years.

Melbourne local (and fellow Jagjaguwar records artist) Sophie Payten AKA Gordi , opened to the near full amphitheatre. With an anthemic folktronic arsenal, Gordi doesn’t shy away from wearing her heart on her sleeve and causing an emotional stir. Wielding autotune and vocal distortion as if she’s going into battle, Gordi transforms delicate folk tunes into a synth-heavy catharsis. She brought a set list comprising mostly fresh releases, including week old release 'Broke Scene', and singles from her latest album Our Two Skins, though a certain highlight of the set was undoubtedly a special rendition of 'I’m Done' with an onstage appearance of collaborator S.Carey (of Bon Iver ).

Gordi has perfected a float like a butterfly, sting like a bee songwriting style that truly shines on stage. With emotive ballards that could break hearts on an acoustic guitar, charged with the experimental distortion and awe-inspiring atmospheric synth work, Payten commands the mainstage attention she deserves - Gordi is at the top of her game.

A quick change over, and the unclothing of the sympathy of instruments that engrossed the stage, Bon Iver walked out to a deafening roar from the packed amphitheatre. The rain had well and truly settled in, but was no match for the energy radiating from the crowd - nothing could rain on this parade. Opening with their sophomore record intro, 'Perth' set a silence across the crowd. It set the pre-cursor to the energy of the genre-bending set, two hours of an otherworldly, captivating display of surreal sonic swells and tender acoustic moments, taking us on a comprehensive Bon Iver journey.

Six stations engulfed the stage as Justin Vernon , Sean Carey , Matthew McCaughan , Michael Lewis , Andrew Fitzpatrick and Jenn Wasner weaved a tapestry of aural magic, shrouded in one of the best lighting shows this writer’s seen at the Bowl. The septet lead us down the yellow brick road of their discography, covering all set-list musts including 'Holocene', '715 - CR∑∑KS', 'Hey, Ma' and of course the OG hit 'Skinny Love' ( with a special shoutout to the unreleased harmonic masterpiece, 'Heavenly Father').

Set to the backdrop of a light show that elevated each musical element, Bon Iver really came punching through. '666 ʇ' was the peak of this, with light walls, piercing spikes and electric washes covered the stage and audience, that danced along with some tight choreography. However, though these powerful moments shone with brightest lights, by contrast, the quieter moments really brought Justin Vernon eloquent lyricism and floating falsetto to the spotlight.

Strip the lights, the distortions and all the glitz and glamour, we’re left with Vernon and his keys. An acoustic '00000 Million' cut through the ‘hear a pen drop’ crowd, that really shows off his mastery of tension. The delicate penmanship this man is capable of really does shine brightest in the softest moments. I refuse to confirm or deny if tears fell from my eyes, please talk to my lawyers.

It’s the feeling you have when staring at a sunset, or at the star-lit sky. It’s the feeling you have in the waiting room of a hospital, it’s the feeling you have with a cup of tea on the front porch. Bon Iver has found a way to create a soundtrack to melancholy. Whether it’s references to geological epochs ('Holocene') or religion ('33 "GOD"') or a near-apocalyptic commentary on climate change ('Jelmore') Bon Iver has an undercurrent of grandeur that permeates each track.

There’s something larger than life about each morceau they create and this feeling is palpable in concert. The light show, the wall of sound, the multitude of layers that echo through the amphitheatre, Bon Iver create a sensory overload that engulfs you, leaving you feeling disoriented. Though this is in no way a nauseating disorientation, it’s a comforting bewilderment. You find yourself lost in this music, in this moment, and you feel that connection with them, with us and all those around.

With their second Melbourne show seeing the end of their Australian tour (with the exclusion of their WOMAdelaide appearance), it’s hard to say when we’ll see them again, but after an experience like this, they have certainly satiated our hunger for the foreseeable future. A powerful exploration of the light and dark of songwriting, coupled with an incredible live expression, Bon Iver have certainly cemented themselves as one of contemporary’s greatest acts.If you are able to experience Bon Iver live, and I do emphasise that it is an experience, you will not regret it.

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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.

MONA/Rémi Chauvin Image courtesy of the artist and MONA Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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

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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Bon Iver Announced A Handful Of US Shows For A New Tour Launching This Summer

Bon Iver announced a new 2023 summer tour with a handful of shows across the US. The performances will kick off on August 2 in Duluth, Minnesota, on the heels of an Australian and European tour.

While the band’s last album was back in 2019 with i,i , lead singer Justin Vernon teamed up with The National’s Aaron Dessner for a 2021 record under their Big Red Machine project.

Tickets for the previously announced global dates, St. Charles’ Hinterland Music Festival, Seattle’s Day In Day Out, and Martha’s Vineyard’s Beach Road Weekend are all currently on sale now. The rest of the US dates open up on March 3. More information is available here .

Continue scrolling for Bon Iver’s complete list of upcoming tour dates.

03/02 — Brisbane, AU @ Riverstage 03/04 — Melbourne, AU @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl 03/05 — Melbourne, AU @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl 03/10 — Adelaide, AU @ WOMADelaide 06/02 — Berlin, DE @ Tempelhof Sounds 06/04 — Paris, FR @ We Love Green 06/08 — Copenhagen, DK @ Syd for Solen 06/10 — Rättvik, SE @ Dalhalla 06/14 — Vienna, AS @ Open Air Arena Wien 06/15 — Zürich, CH @ The Hall 06/17 — Lido di Camaiore, IT @ La Prima Estate Festival 06/19 — Bonn, DE @ 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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COVID 19 UPDATE:  I n light of current global events, it is with a heavy heart that we must announce the cancellation of Bon Iver’s upcoming 2021 Australian tour. All patrons will automatically receive a refund within  20 business days. If your card details have changed, please contact your point of purchase.

*For Adelaide purchasers, because of extreme demand this show has been upgraded to a seated show at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. All previously purchased tickets will be reissued with seating assignments based on the time your original purchase was completed. New tickets will be sent to your inbox by May 29, 2020.

Unfortunately, we are unable to include rescheduled Dark Mofo dates at this time; refunds for the shows scheduled for 12 and 13 June are available at the point of purchase.

Handsome Tours is proud to announce that  Bon Iver  will return to Australia in March and April 2021 with a spectacular arena show in support of their latest, highly-acclaimed album  i, i .

Led by  Justin Vernon , the tour represents Bon Iver’s first visit to Australia since the outfit headlined VividLIVE in 2016, selling out four Sydney Opera House Concert Halls. It is their first visit to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane in nine years.

Featuring a full band and immersive new production, these shows will be their most ambitious Australian shows to date – unlike anything fans have seen before.

In August this year, Bon Iver released their fourth studio album i,i, garnering an ecstatic response. Singles from the album went straight onto global streaming and radio playlists whilst Justin Vernon and the band opened up more than ever before with in-depth interviews from Pitchfork, Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Q and Uncut.

Recorded mostly at Sonic Ranch in Texas, i,i finds Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon in a calmed creative state that he channels into the heart of each of the album’s 13 songs. 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 James Blake, Brad and Phil Cook, Aaron and Bryce Dessner, Bruce Hornsby, Channy Leaneagh, Naeem Juwan, Velvet Negroni, Marta Salogni, Francis Starlite, Moses Sumney, TU Dance, and many others. i,i completes a cycle: from the winter of For Emma, Forever Ago came the frenetic spring of Bon Iver, Bon Iver, and the unhinged summer of 22, A Million. The northern hemisphere’s autumn marked Bon Iver’s most expansive, joyful and generous album yet.

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