Mumford And Sons

Mumford & Sons have announced details of a new studio album, to be titled Delta, dropping its first single ‘Guiding Light’ at the same time.

The group’s fourth LP will come out on November 16th, via Glassnote Records and their own imprint Gentlemen of the Road. Delta was produced at Church Studios in London with the help of producer Paul Epworth – previously responsible for albums by the likes of Adele and Bloc Party – and is described as “a record of differing shades, colours and textures.”

Delta’s lead-off single ‘Guiding Light’ also made its premiere on BBC Radio 1 on Thursday night (September 20th), named ‘Hottest Record’ by the station and described as “a dizzying folk-rock song that builds, builds, explodes and then explodes again.”

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Everyone loves a surprise guest appearance at a festival, and revellers at this year's Newport Folk Festival were treated to none other than Mumford & Sons over the weekend as special headliners. Even better, they performed a stellar Radiohead cover that totally blew fans away.

Mumford And Sons performing live at Optimus

The Rhode Island event was only the band's second live show this year, after iHeart Alterego at The Forum in January, though they do have three other festival dates to go. They certainly did themselves justice with a 15-song set on Saturday (July 28th 2018) which included some amazing covers.

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Marcus Mumford, the lead singer of the hugely popular Mumford & Sons, has revealed that he thinks the band’s name is “rubbish” and wishes he and his colleagues had put some more thought into it when they started their career.

They’ve had three chart-topping albums and headlined festivals around the world, most recently with their 2015 album Wilder Mind, which saw them head more into indie arena-rock and away from the folk influences of their origins.

But it seems to be the twee, folksy connotations of their name, which band member Ben Lovett once said had the feel of an “antiquated family business name”, that 29 year old Mumford dislikes as they can’t distance themselves from their beginnings, as he has said in previous interviews.

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The second annual BBC Music Awards will play host to an impressive list of performers at the end of the year, with One Direction, Ellie Goulding, Little Mix and Mumford & Sons among the confirmed acts.

The ceremony, which is being held at Birmingham’s Genting Arena on December 10th, is in its second year after the inaugural awards were held in 2014 at London’s Earl’s Court. Just like last year, the evening will be hosted by Fearne Cotton and Chris Evans and broadcast on BBC One, and the radio stations 1 and 2. More than 10,000 tickets are currently on sale to members of the public.

One Direction will be playing at the BBC Music Awards in December

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Mumford & Sons capped off their headline set at the Reading Festival 2015 by announcing to the crowd that they’ll be heading out on a more extensive tour of the UK and Ireland this autumn, in support of their third album Wilder Mind which was released back in May this year.

Marcus Mumford, the frontman of the folk rockers turned indie arena-fillers, told the energised crowd after their opening song ‘Snake Eyes’: “It's f***ing good to be back at Reading, we came here for a party.”

Marcus Mumford performing with Mumford & Sons at Reading Festival 2015

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Throughout his lengthy and prestigious career, singer-songwriter James Taylor has achieved many great things, but a US Number One album has always eluded him: until today! Taylor’s 47 year wait for a Billboard chart topping LP came to an end this week as it was announced that his new effort Before This World had outsold all rivals.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Taylor’s 17th studio album sold 97,000 copies in its first week of release to debut atop the Billboard 200, with 96,000 of those coming through actual album sales (as opposed to streaming or track equivalents). His very first album, a self-titled effort, was released in December 1968 but only achieved a chart peak of Number 62 in the US.

James Taylor scored his first ever US No.1 album

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Bonnaroo is in full swing and while we've seen some pretty impressive acts so far, the musical forecast shows things are not going to get quieter anytime soon. One of America's biggest and most diverse summer events, fans flock in their thousands to Tennessee this weekend to welcome some of the world's top entertainers.

Friday's line-up is a particularly mixed bag; where you've got music veterans the likes of 80s new wave legends Tears For Fears and 70s R&B band Earth Wind & Fire, you also got newer names such as LA duo Mini Mansions, who recently won acclaim for their second album 'The Great Pretenders', and Brit award winning UK chart toppers Royal Blood. Making some noise on the main What Stage throughout though are house producer Deadmau5, 'To Pimp a Butterfly' rapper Kendrick Lamar and roots rock collective Alabama Shakes. 

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In addition to his huge summer festival dates, British singer-songwriter Eaves is set to tour across the UK's major cities in October 2015 with a newly announced headline tour in support of the recent release of his debut album 'What Green Feels Like'.

Eaves announces headline UK tour

Eaves (aka Joe Lyons) will hit Ballater in Scotland on October 14th and will visit the likes of Edinburgh, Cardiff, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and, of course, London where he will play the Bush Hall in Shepherds Bush. It doesn't seem long ago since he finished his last UK run at London's Sebright Arms, and we're not forgetting his slor at Hebden Bridge's January event, Heavenly 25th Weekend.

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After taking over London in a series of gigs this week, Brandon Flowers has also conquered the UK Charts. His second solo album, The Desired Effect, now sits pretty at the top of the album chart. It was a close race between Flowers and fellow indie frontman Paul Weller, but eventually Flowers’ album finished 5,000 combined chart sales ahead of the rock veteran.

Flowers and his shiny jacket took over the UK charts this week.

Flowers played one date in Dublin and two at London’s O2 Academy in the past week. In the next few days, the tour will hit Edinburgh, Leeds and Birmingham.

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