BON IVER: FLUME

@ The Mann September 16th. Complete listing of tour dates after the jump.

PREVIOUSLY: At the risk of sounding like the 21st century equivalent of the guy who booed Dylan at Newport for going electric, I should disclose up front that I am not a fan of the super-dense seven-layer cake of sound of Bon Iver’s new self-titled album, though not for lack of trying. For me, the beatific, naked-bulb bedroom folk of 2008?s For Emma, Forever Ago remains definitive proof that less is more. Bon Iver mainman Justin Vernon is in full possession of the most heartbreakingly beautiful falsetto to emanate from a hairy guy in blue jeans and flannel since Neil Young woke up in a burned-out basement with a full moon in his eyes. So why hide it under a bushel? MORE

07/05/12 Gydnia, PL- Heineken Open’er
07/07/12 Roskilde, DK – Roskilde Festival
07/08/12 Hamburg, DE- Stadpark *
07/09/12 Cologne, DE- Tanzbrunen *
07/11/12 Groningen, NL- Kardinger Plas * – SOLD OUT
07/13/12 Southwold Suffolk, UK- Latitude Festival
07/14/12 Dour, BE- Dour Festival
07/15/12 Paris, FR- Olympia * – SOLD OUT
07/17/12 Luxembourg, LU- Neumunster Abbey *
07/18/12 Nyon, CH – Paleo Nyon
07/19/12 Ferrara, IT- Piazza Castello *
07/22/12 Bilbao, ES- Palacia Euskalduna #
07/24/12 Lisbon, PT- Lisbon Coliseum # – SOLD OUT
07/25/12 Porto, PT- Porto Coliseum # – SOLD OUT
07/27/12 Barcelona, ES- Poble Espanyol %
07/28/12 Hyeres, FR- Midi Festival
07/30/12 Lyon, FR- Les Nuits de Fourviere
07/31/12 Stuttgart, DE- Killsbergpark #
08/01/12 Vienna, AT- Big Hall- Arena #
08/08/12 Helsinki, FI – Flow Festival
08/10/12 Goteborg, SE – Way Out West Festival
08/11/12 Oslo, NO – Oya Festival
09/10/12 Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Folk Festival
09/12/12 Providence, RI- Providence Performing Arts Center ^
09/13/12 Boston, MA- Bank of America Pavilion ^
09/15/12 Columbia, MD- Merriweather Post Pavilion ^
09/16/12 Philadelphia, PA- Mann Center for the Performing Arts ^
09/17/12 Cooperstown, NY- Ommegang Brewery ^
09/19/12 New York, NY- Radio City Music Hall ^ – SOLD OUT
09/20/12 New York, NY- Radio City Music Hall ^ – SOLD OUT
09/21/12 New York, NY- Radio City Music Hall
09/22/12 New York, NY- Radio City Music Hall
10/26/12 Lisbon, PT – Campo Pequeno
10/28/12 Madrid, ES- Palace Vistalegre
10/30/12 Milan, IT- Alcatraz
10/31/12 Zürich, CH – Komplex 457
11/02/12 Antwerp, BE – Lotto Arena
11/04/12 Copenhagen, DK- Forum
11/05/12 Berlin, DE – Arena
11/06/12 Amsterdam, NL – Heineken Music Hall
11/08/12 London, UK- Wembley Arena
11/09/12 Manchester, UK- Manchester Arena
11/10/12 Glasgow, UK- SECC
11/12/12 Dublin, IE- O2

^ with Anias Mitchell
* with Poliça
# with Sam Amidon
% with Beth Orton