Mumford And Sons Discuss Nerves And Forgetting Words
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Wednesday, 29 June 2011 |
Written by James Conlon
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Mumford and Sons have discussed the nerves that they still feel when performing in front of large audiences, revealing that they frequently forget lyrics when they're performing. The folk band played to a packed-out crowd on the Other Stage at Glastonbury over the weekend, however lead singer Marcus Mumford claimed that the band still suffer from nervousness in a recent interview.
Speaking to Q, Mumford claimed that even though the band are now relative veterans of the live circuit, mistakes are still bound to happen. He said: "Forgetting words is the worst, it happens a lot, especially when we do live television. Of course we get nervous, [and there's a lot of] shaking, panic attacks, sweating a lot, crying a little bit, a desperate need for the toilet."
The band are currently finishing the lengthy touring cycle for their debut LP ‘Sigh No More’ and are scheduled to support Arcade Fire for their huge Hyde Park show this Thursday (June 30th).
Speaking about the atmosphere for such large-scale occasions, Mumford told Q: "With these giant shows I always feel the first few rows aren't real, There's an ecstasy that happens when you're in the front rows of a gig, it doesn't matter who's onstage, it's always a frenzy and you're squashed and you're probably quite drunk so that's not the reality. So if you can engage the furthest person back, then you can get everyone else to engage."
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