When you’re playing the biggest venues you’ve ever played as a victory lap from collaborating with Kanye West, it’s only fitting that you do it up as big as possible on your upcoming tour. Especially if said tour occurs in the summer when everyone is generally in a good mood. To celebrate his success into the upper echelon of indie rock stardom, Justin Vernon a.k.a. Bon Iver will not only be performing with an eight-piece band, but he’ll be bringing along an inflatable swimming pool AND a Slip-N-Slide to every show. Yes, even if you’re seeing him in some old theater that was built in 1903, it doesn’t matter. Word has it that Vernon even bought new swim trunks for the occasion. Dude is about to get wild and crazy this summer. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. His new album Bon Iver, Bon Iver will be out just in time on June 21, via Jagjaguwar.
Wet and wild:
07.22.11 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
07.23.11 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
07.24.11 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
07.25.11 - Indianapolis, IN - The Murat Theatre
07.27.11 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
07.28.11 - Atlanta, GA - Cobb Energy Performing Arts
07.29.11 - Raleigh, NC - Raleigh Ampitheatre
07.30.11 - Richmond, VA - The National
08.01.11 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
08.02.11 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
08.03.11 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
08.05.11 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
08.06.11 - Holyoke, MA - Mountain Park
08.08.11 - Toronto, ON - The Sound Academy
08.09.11 - New York, NY - The United Palace Theatre
08.10.11 - Brooklyn, NY - Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park Bandshell
• Bon Iver: http://www.myspace.com/boniver
• Jagjaguwar: http://www.jagjaguwar.com