Mumford & Sons Kick-Off UK 'Gentlemen Of The Road Stopover...' Tour This Week
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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Mumford & Sons kick-off a series of UK shows this week, including their big ‘Gentlemen of the Road Stopover…’ gigs in Huddersfield and Galway alongside the likes of The Vaccines, Michael Kiwanuka, Zulu Winter, Slow Club, Willy Mason and more.
These one-day, outdoor events will tour globally, kicking-off in Greenhead Park, Huddersfield on Saturday 2nd June, followed by Salthill Park, Galway, Ireland on Saturday 9th June.
Both shows will be headlined by Mumford & Sons, and will feature full bills of support acts curated by the band themselves.
Ahead of the shows the band have compiled a playlist of their favourite songs from each of the artists playing these June events. The playlist - complete with specially-created artwork - is available below.
Mumford & Sons recently spoke to NME about each of the artists playing the shows: “The Gentlemen of the Road Stopover is based loosely upon our favourite festivals like Colorado’s Telluride Bluegrass and Scotland's Loopallu Festivals. We want to stop off in towns not usually heavily toured by bands, and celebrate the people, food and music that inhabit them. We’re keen to promote the town’s local businesses, and we’ll be using the local bars and venues for aftershow parties, whilst working closely with the local people to get everyone involved in making these shows spectacular. There will be a host of our friends playing too, and the vibe falls somewhere between ‘travelling Victorian circus’ and ‘Victorian travelling circus’. It should be a whole lot of fun.”
All of the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover shows will heavily involve the local communities, from the produce sold on the sites, to engaging visitors with the towns as a whole.
Following the Huddersfield show there will also be a series of aftershow events across town. For more information, please click here.
The band will also play a series of evening gigs preceding and between the Stopover shows, with the support acts selected from the Summer show line-ups.
Mumford And Sons UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Wed May 30th 2012 - St. Davids Hall, Cardiff
Thu May 31st 2012 - Leas Cliff Pavilion, Folkestone
Sat June 2nd 2012 - Greenhead Park, Huddersfield
Mon June 4th 2012 - The Apex, Bury
Tue June 5th 2012 - Marina Theatre, Lowestoft
Wed June 6th 2012 - The Sage, Gateshead
Fri June 8th 2012 - Dores, Inverness
Sat June 9th 2012 - Salthill Park, Galway
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