Mumford & Sons and Idris Elba have teamed up for the video to the band's forthcoming single, 'Lover of the Light'.
Shot in and around the Pembrokeshire countryside in Wales, this short film marks the Golden Globe winning actor's directorial debut, in which he also stars. Co-directed with acclaimed scriptwriter Dan Cadan, the video merges together two separate ideas that originally came from both Mumford & Sons and Idris.
Mumford & Sons say: "We are, quite obviously, huge fans of Idris Elba's acting work, as pretty much anyone can agree he's the most badass British actor since Richard Briars. So we trusted him as the director for our latest video.
"We've been fortunate to work with some great directors in the past, but we've always been uncomfortable with the process of making music videos. We've never really enjoyed being in them, unless they involve live performance.
"Talking to Idris and Dan about making a video that we're not in made it a lot more fun to think about. They went off and wrote the treatment after our ale-infused conversation in a pub in London, and what they directed, we are proud to present as: Lover of the Light."
'Lover of the Light', released on 3rd December, is taken from Mumford & Sons' second album, 'Babel'. 'Babel' debuted at Number 1 in both the UK and US in September, and has sold over 1 million copies globally.
A live DVD, 'The Road To Red Rocks', is released on the 26th November through Gentlemen of the Road/Island Records.
Mumford & Sons tour the UK later this year, on the Tour of Two Halves.
Mumford & Sons UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Wed November 21st 2012 - Princess Theatre, Torquay
Thu November 22nd 2012 - Guildhall, Portsmouth
Fri November 23rd 2012 - Regent Theatre Ipswich, Ipswich
Sun November 25th 2012 - Caird Hall Dundee, Dundee
Mon November 26th 2012 - Sands Centre, Carlisle
Tue November 27th 2012 - Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Tue December 4th 2012 - Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
Wed December 5th 2012 - SECC, Glasgow
Fri December 7th 2012 - LG Arena, Birmingham
Sat December 8th 2012 - Capital FM Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Mon December 10th 2012 - Arena, Manchester
Tue December 11th 2012 - O2 Arena, London
Thu December 13th 2012 - Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
Sat December 15th 2012 - Odyssey Arena, Belfast
Sun December 16th 2012 - The O2, Dublin
Tue December 18th 2012 - O2 Arena, London
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