LIKE GIGWISE ON FACEBOOK TO GET THE HOTTEST NEWS FIRST!
Enjoy bonus videos, photos and posts and have your say on the the latest music!
Not convinced? Check it out.
Enjoy bonus videos, photos and posts and have your say on the the latest music!
Not convinced? Check it out.
The event will take place in his hometown Wisconsin
Tags: Bon Iver
by Jasmine Cowler | Photos by WENN.com
Tags: Bon Iver
Bon Iver's Juston Vernon is curating a new music festival in his hometown of Eau Claire in Wisconsin.
While fans eagerly await the follow-up to Bon Iver's self-titled 2011 album, it seems Vernon has his sights firmly on the festival circuit for the time being. According to The Current, the aptly named Eaux Claires Music and Arts Festival will place on July 17 and 18 of next year and take place at Eau Claire's Foster Farm.
Featuring three stages, including one tented stage with a 6,000 person capacity, the festival organisers are anticipating up to 25,000 people attending the event per day.
Bob McCoy, president and CEO of the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce, recently told local television station WEAU, that the event has the potential to bring “eight or nine million dollars” of tourism money into the area.
“It’s a very major economic impact,” McCoy said. “Looking at what Justin wants to do, and having somebody like that, you can look around for a long time trying to find somebody that will bring that kind of venue and that kind of magnitude into the community, and it falls in your lap, it’s really kind of cool and he’s a pretty awesome guy".
The line-up is being kept quiet for now but given how many high-profile collaborations Vernon has made this year, it's not unreasonable to suggest Bon Iver, Polica or even Kanye West could perform at the event.
Below: Look back at Bon Iver's 2011 London Hammersmith Apollo show
Ruffmercy directs the colourful cartoon visual
Australian rockers had sued Kelly Van Halen over design business
Thanks to band's like One Direction and shows like X Factor
The price includes photos, a Lamborghini ride and a penthouse suite
The singer's new album, Short Movie, is out in March
Eighth studio album 'Kintsugi' is an opportunity for the band to become something new
Another Eternity is due 3 March
The singer releases news via Instagram
Granted an injunction against ex-boyfriend, rapper Hefe Wine
Friends and family started the #GetGageGarmoToMeetEminem campaign
Taken from the new album The Day Is My Enemy
Post on Instagram had suggested that Thom Yorke's side project would be back
Look out for the announcement on Wednesday 14th January
Carrie & Lowell due to be released on Stevens' own label Asthmatic Kitty
The guitarist will star in I Need Time To Stay Useless
Ian Watkins to receive £150,000 From Lostprophets Management Company
Mercury nominees return with brilliant track
Producer also presents track-by-track guide
Say hello to a new spin on the artist's sound
The song is about female empowerment and teenage crushes
Including two huge night at Alexandra Palace
The Deviation innovator gets on the buttons
Thuggish R&B singer was unharmed
'Oh Jah Jah' is the actor's return to music
Rockers talk Freddie Mercury and moving foward
Compares her to Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston
HBO's Montage Of Heck feature airs 4 May