Mumford & Sons played a sold-out show at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on Thursday night, just one week before the band drops their first full-length album in seven years, Rushmere.
With string lights draped from the ceiling and backed by horns, the band tore through new and beloved tunes alike over the hour-and-a-half set, which featured a few surprise guests including Dawes, Maddison Cunningham, and Ed Helms, banjo in-hand.
“Ladies and gents, give it up for Mr. Ed Helms, playing the banjo,” frontman Marcus Mumford said midway through the Sigh No More singalong “Awake My Soul,” before The Office star broke into a finger-picking solo around 10 p.m.
“I think this has been the most prolific two years we’ve ever had as a band,” Mumford & Sons wrote on Instagram earlier this year to announce their new LP, co-produced by Dave Cobb. “We have a lot of songs to share with you… and it all begins where we started, really, with Rushmere. We’re restless to get going, releived and excited to share this first one with you.”
Along with playing newly released tracks like “Malibu” and “Rushmere,” the trio’s set also included hits like “Little Lion Man,” “Delta,” and “Babel.” Cunningham and Dawes joined the band on stage for the encore, before the night ended with “I Will Wait.”
“We’re calling this the tour before the tour,” Mumford told the Palladium crowd earlier in the evening. “We love going on tour, and it’s been a minute.”
The evening marked a streak of sold-out shows for the group. To wrap up the month, the band will head to Chicago, Toronto, and New York at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater, before embarking on a European leg with stops in London, Bristol, and Dublin.
Mumford & Sons Set List
See the full set list from Mumford & Sons Hollywood Palladium show, below.
“Timshel”
“Malibu”
“Babel”
“Little Lion Man”
“White Blank Page”
“Where It Belongs”
“Ghosts That We Knew”
“Rushmere”
“The Cave”
“Caroline” (with Dawes)
“Lover of the Light”
“Awake My Soul” (with Ed Helms)
“Delta”
“The Wolf”
Encore
“Blood on the Page” (with Madison Cunningham)
“Kansas City” (with Dawes and Madison Cunningham)
“I Will Wait”
