Bon Iver are getting ready for their sophomore release, the album Bon Iver, due in June 2011. The first single to be lifted from the album will be Calgary - you can download the release here www.boniver.org. 

The physical format will be released on July 4 on 12”. Exclusive to this release will be a cover of Bonnie Raitt’s, I Can’t Make You Love Me.

For the shows, Justin Vernon will perform with an 8-piece band that includes many musicians who contributed to the Bon Iver release. The touring band will consist of regular Bon Iver contributors Sean Carey (drums, piano), Mike Noyce (guitar) and Matt McCaughan (drums), as well as 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).