(Shore Fire) Bon Iver has confirmed the first tour dates of 2011 with a show in Milwaukee on July 23 and a Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit at the Prospect Park Bandshell on August 10, which will mark the band's biggest NYC performance to date. For the shows Justin Vernon will perform with a 9-piece band that includes many musicians who contributed to the forthcoming album 'Bon Iver,' out June 21 on Jagjaguwar.
The touring band will consist of regular Bon Iver contributors Sean Carey (drums, piano), Mike Noyce (guitar) and Matt McCaughan (drums), Rob Moose on violin and guitar (Antony and the Johnsons, The National), Mike Lewis on bass (Andrew Bird, Happy Apple), and a horn section including Reginald Pace, Colin Stetson (Tom Waits, Arcade Fire), and C.J. Camerieri (Rufus Wainwright, Sufjan Stevens).
See dates and pre sale information below. Additional shows to be announced soon.
7/23 Riverside Theatre: Milwaukee, WI
Pre-sale begins 4/27 at 10am CST
http://www.pabsttheater.org/show/boniver
8/10 Celebrate Brooklyn! Benefit at the Prospect Park Bandshell
Pre-sale begins 4/29
http://www.bricartsmedia.org/performing-arts/celebrate-brooklyn
