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Bon takes a break

Bon Iver
Oct 19, 2009 Updated Oct 20, 2009

US indie singer-songwriter Justin Vernon, aka Bon Iver, is taking a break from music.

Vernon dropped the bombshell after playing what he described on his blog as his "last show for the foreseeable future" in the US last week.

But fans need not panic - the whole set, recorded at Muilwaukee’s Riverside Theatre by Radio Milwaukee, is available for download on their website.

Until Bon Iver gets it together again, you can in touch with Vernon’s musical activities via his experimental pop side project, Volcano Choir.

Source: Pitchfork external link

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Bon Iver ( /boʊn iːˈvɛər/) is a Grammy nominated folk band founded in 2007 by American indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. It includes Michael Noyce, Sean Carey, and Matthew McCaughan. Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago independently in July 2007. The majority of that album was recorded while Vernon spent three months in a remote cabin in northwestern...

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