23 April 2020
Handsome Tours has advised that Bon Iver’s Australia & New Zealand Tour will be re-scheduled to March/April 2021. Originally set to take place in June 2020, the dates have been moved due to the ongoing global health crisis.
The revered band, led by Justin Vernon, will head to Australia and New Zealand with an ambitious new arena show in support of their latest, highly-acclaimed album i, i.
Demand for the 2020 tour was incredibly strong with a second date added to Sydney’s First State Super Theatre. Tickets for the June 23 Sydney show are now valid for 5 April and tickets for 24 June Sydney show are now valid for 6 April. The Adelaide show has also 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 the purchase was completed.
Tickets to all shows go on sale Thursday 30 April at 11am Local Time.
BON IVER ‘i,i’ AUSTRALIAN + NEW ZEALAND TOUR 2021
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 – RAC Arena – Perth
Sat, 27 Mar 2021 – AEC Arena – Adelaide *venue upgrade*
Mon, 29 Mar 2021- Rod Laver Arena – Melbourne
Thu, 1 Apr 2021 – Riverstage – Brisbane
Mon, 5 Apr 2021 – First State Super Theatre – Sydney
Tue, 6 Apr 2021 – First State Super Theatre – Sydney
Sat, 10 Apr 2021 – Trusts Arena – Auckland
Sun, 11 Apr 2021 – TSB Arena – Wellington
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4 December 2019
In response to overwhelming demand for today’s presale, BON IVER has announced a second show at Sydney’s First State Super Theatre on Wednesday 24 June 2020. As previously announced, the revered band, led by Justin Vernon, will tour Australia and New Zealand in June 2020 with an ambitious new arena show in in support of their latest, highly-acclaimed album i, i.
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26 November 2019
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.
BON IVER ‘i,i’ AUSTRALIAN + NEW ZEALAND TOUR 2020
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
Wed 24 June – FIRST STATE SUPER THEATRE, Sydney
Sat 27 June – RAC ARENA, Perth
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.