BON IVER
announce 2020
Australian + New Zealand Tour
First national tour since 2012
Fourth studio album ‘i,i’, out now on Jagjaguwar via Inertia Music
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Image credit: Graham Tolbert and Crystal Quinn
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PRAISE FOR i,i
“Listen closely and you can hear the language of pop being redrafted in real time” – 5/5 The Observer
“Indispensable” – Sunday Times ‘Album of the Week’
“Bon Iver has pieced together this fourth album in an impossibly intelligent way” – 5/5 NME
“Bon Iver have bestowed experience to craft an emotional tour-de-force that displays an unparalleled understanding of the power of music” – 5/5 DIY
“Hearing is believing in an artistry for this or any age” – 5/5 The Sun
“Brimming with ideas, textures and the creative heft of its contributing cast” – 8/10 Clash
“[Justin Vernon] sounds human and vulnerable — and more appealing for that reason” – 4/5 Evening Standard ‘Album of the Week’
“Vernon is one of the sonic architects of our times” – 4/5 The Telegraph
“i,i cements Vernon as a serious-minded songwriter who conveys deep feeling through poetic imagery and stark melody” – 4/5 The Times
“Perhaps the most complete Bon Iver album to date” – The Line Of Best Fit
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Handsome Tours and Dark Mofo are proud to announce that BON IVER will return to Australia and New Zealand in June 2020 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 Auckland, Wellington, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane in eight years and will also feature a headlining set at Hobart’s Dark Mofo festival.
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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BON IVER
‘i,i’
AUSTRALIAN + NEW ZEALAND TOUR 2020
Special guests TBA
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Pre-sale begins Tuesday 3 Dec 2019 10am Local Time
Pre-sale ends: Thursday 5 Dec 2019 10am Local Time
Tickets On Sale: Thursday 5 December 2019 11am Local Time
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Fri 5 June – TRUSTS ARENA, Auckland
Sun 7 June – TSB ARENA, Wellington
Sat 13 June – DARK MOFO, Hobart*
Tue 16 June – ROD LAVER ARENA, Melbourne
Thu 18 June – AEC THEATRE, Adelaide
Sat 20 June – RIVERSTAGE, Brisbane
Tue 23 June – FIRST STATE SUPER THEATRE, Sydney
Sat 27 June – RAC ARENA, Perth
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i,i is out now on Jagjaguwar via Inertia Music
Stream/buy it HERE
Bon Iver
i,i
1. Yi
2. iMi
3. We
4. Holyfields,
5. Hey, Ma
6. U (Man Like)
7. Naeem
8. Jelmore
9. Faith
10. Marion
11. Salem
12. Sh’Diah
12. RABi
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AMNPLIFY – DB
My nickname is “The Amnplifier”. Why? Because around here my focus is on being a conduit for providing greater outcomes that people come here for. My day to day “work” is living in the moment, and I love helping others concentrate on finding their connection to themselves through their experiences.
Why start a music environment? The truth is I love music, I love writing, and I love life. I work with musicians every day, and I feel certain that I will be until they put me in the ground. I have been managing people in businesses of some sort for over thirty five years so along the way I have developed some “wisdom” from my regular and constant “observations”.
Amnplify your experience. That is what we want you to do here, and if you want to let me know why you do, or don’t, shoot me a message on Facebook.
Hope you enjoy yourself here and find something that hits you somewhere.
