Mumford & Sons Tickets

Four piece London band Mumford and Sons played their first headline in NYC at the Bowery Ballroom last night. Their much anticipated NYC gig sold out months in advance indicating how things have taken off for this band since they played in Williamsburg in October last year supporting Temper Trap. Since then they have a number one album in Australia (unlike Temper Trap) and a top ten in the UK under their belt. Whilst they could have easily filled some of the city's larger venues this small intimate setting was perfect from a purely selfish perspective. At their core Mumford & Sons are deeply talented musicians... it seems a bit of a trend for bands to all be multi instrumentalists these days (taken close to one step too far by the support act Freelance Whales, who were still excellent) but unlike other bands Mumford and Sons pass it off with effortless ease and competence. I have seen Marcus and Ted support Laura Marling (who incidentally played an awesome set at Le Poisson Rouge one week earlier) before, confirming their musicianship. Opening, like their last gig in NYC, with Sign No More M&S stormed through their set of tracks from their current album, released in the US yesterday. For good measure they threw in a few new songs which demonstrate that Mumford and Sons still have plenty of new tracks and superb lyrics in them. Please just don't leave it so long before you release your next album! Whilst struggling a couple of times with the sound (Bowery please sort this out. It is a too common occurrence at your venue!) Mumford left my ears happily ringing. As the neighbours in my apartment building will testify Mumford & Sons is best enjoyed played loud. The banter between songs was more confident that I have seen from them before, with Marcus throwing in a few expletives for good order. Given the lyrics of Little Lion Man we would expect nothing less. Ben Lovett asked how many of the audience were from the UK. He seemed a little disappointed by the loud response.... but he should not read into this that Mumford are yet to be taken to the heart by New Yorkers. He admitted that last time they were here they came very close to signing up to live here in NYC. I say do it. The London folk scene of Laura Marling, Johnny Flynn, Pete Roe and Noah and the Whale would be welcomed with open arms. Bring it on… Mumford & their friends can have my flay and I will live on the street.

I can't stop talking about last nights performance. Marcus is phenomenal and has some of the most raw emotions I have seen in a singer. His magnificent anger at DUST BOWL blew me away.

There's nothing else left to say, really. Just, amazing.

I've been listening to Mumford and Sons' album for a couple months now and was excited for the show but wasn't quite sure how much energy to expect. To put it simply, I was blown away. One of the best shows I've been too. Seeing them live gave me a new perspective on them and me want to listen to their album over and over. It was also their first show ever in the US which made the event even better. And on top of it all they had fun with the crowd and seemed like genuinely nice guys. I left the show in an awesome mood. GO SEE THEM!!!!

Mumford and Sons was AMAZING!!! I have been to quite a few concerts seeing some of my favorite musicians but, this was by far the best concert I have ever been to. The band was phenomenal and the venue was amazing. They sang almost every song they have out and even a few new songs too! We were there for four hours but it seemed like twenty minutes. I would have stayed and watched them do it all over again. Thank you so much for an amazing night!!!