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TIL in 2009 Bon Iver hosted an overnight show in a cemetery in Hollywood. Everyone arrived at midnight, he DJed his favorite songs, they watched a Wes Anderson movie and Planet Earth, a group of buddhist monks performed a blessing, and then he played For Emma straight through at sunrise.

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