Bon Iver disses Grammy’s, plays SNL, and announces tour

• By Kevin
• February 6, 2012
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It’s been a big year for Justin Vernon and company on the Bon Iver front.

The band released its terrific self-titled sophomore release, played sold out shows all over the world, is currently nominated for four Grammy’s including record of the year and song of the year, and has secured a spot in the Coachella lineup. Most recently Bon Iver headlined the Saturday Night Live stage this past weekend, playing “Halocene” and “Beth/Rest” from the aforementioned Bon Iver album. Both clips can be seen below:

“Halocene”

In other Bon Iver news, the band was scheduled to perform at the Grammy Awards Show this coming Sunday, however, as an interview with Billboard reports, Justin Vernon declined because the band reportedly “had to do a collaboration with someone else.” Vernon continued by stating: “We kind of said ‘fuck you’ a little bit and they sort of acted like they wanted us to play, but I don’t think they wanted us to play.”

The guys certainly deserve to play their own music on the big stage at the Grammy’s, no false modesty there. As Vernon previously stated about his work with Kanye West during the Dark Fantasy sessions to Spin Magazine: “Kanye hates the word ‘humble.’ And after I spent time with him, I don’t use that word anymore. He got really angry with me and asked me, ‘Have you ever looked at the definition of that word? It’s borderline self-loathing.’ It really made me think. I don’t want to be humble. I want to have humility…”

“Beth/Rest”

The band recently released dates that work around their scheduled Coachella stops, those can be seen below:

Thu 12th Apr 2012 The Joint — Las Vegas, NV
Sat 14th Apr 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — Indio, CA
Tue 17th Apr 2012 Freeborn Hall at UC Davis — Davis, CA
Thu 19th Apr 2012 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium — San Francisco, CA
Sat 21st Apr 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival — Indio, CA
Sun 22nd Apr 2012 Santa Barbara Bowl — Santa Barbara, CA
Mon 23rd Apr 2012 AVA Amphitheater — Tucson, AZ
Fri 27th Apr 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — New Orleans, LA
Sun 27th May 2012 Sasquatch Music Festival — George, WA

Bold denotes Sonic Ambulance expected appearances