Folk rockers Mumford & Sons have announced plans to tour Australia later this year with a huge arena style spectacle to launch their new as yet untitled sophomore album.
The new album is due in September, just a month before the tour, which will see the band and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and Willy Mason visiting Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Hobart, Melbourne, Canberra and then Cairns, Townsville and Gold Coast without Edward Sharpe.
Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Willy Mason tour:
Saturday 13 October – Belvoir Amphitheatre, Perth
Monday 15 October – Entertainment Centre Theatre, Adelaide
Wednesday 17 October – Riverstage, Brisbane
Thursday 18 October – Entertainment Centre, Sydney
Tuesday 23 October – Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart
Thursday 25 October – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Friday 26 October – Royal Theatre, Canberra
Sunday 28 October – Kuranda Amphitheatre, Cairns
Monday 29 October – Convention Centre, Townsville
Wednesday 31 October – Convention Centre, Gold Coast
Friday 2nd November – Vector Arena, Auckland
Sunday 4th November- Town Hall, Wellington
Tuesday 6th November- CBS Arena, Christchurch
Tickets on sale 9am Monday 9th July
There will also be an additional one off ‘Gentlemen of the Road’ show announced soon. Mumford’s ‘Gentlemen of the Road’ shows sees the band headlining curated events “in towns where bands don’t usually tour”. These vibe of these shows is described by the band a “somewhere between ‘traveling Victorian circus’ and ‘Victorian traveling circus.’
