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Rod Laver Arena

Rod Laver Arena, Olympic Boulevard, Melbourne, Australia

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Rod Laver Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment arena located on Olympic Boulevard in Melbourne, Australia. It is a part of the Melbourne & Olympic Parks precinct and is named after the legendary Australian tennis player, Rod Laver. The arena was opened in 1988 and can seat up to 15,000 people. Events that are commonly held at Rod Laver Arena include concerts, tennis tournaments, conferences, and conventions. The arena is known for offering the highest quality services and events, such as the annual Australian Open. It is also home to various other sporting events and concerts throughout the year.

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Handsome Tours is 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.

BON IVER with special guests
Tuesday 16 June, 2020
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Sign up for pre-sale access here → http://bit.ly/BonIverANZ

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.