The Edge

As many of you may have heard, Mumford and Sons played a soldout show in Madison a little over a week back.  I was luckily one of the 10,000 fans that were able to score the coveted tickets. For a bit of backstory, I have been trying to get tickets to a show since I was in 8th grade.  As many frustrated fans know, the old system of emailing in and crossing your fingers was a pain and next to impossible to have a positive outcome. So, getting to see the Gentlemen of the Road’s ‘An Arrow through the Heartland’ tour made me more excited than ever.

The line to get in stretched across the parking lot that night and there was a lot of excitement in the air.  I was able to secure a spot in the middle of the floor section, and as short as I am, was still able to see the stage.  Blake Mills opened that night and boy can he play a slide guitar!  I really enjoyed the set that he performed and everyone around me thought that he was great.  He also just recently released some new music, which he played as well.  With much anticipation, Mumford and Sons came out and began to play with lots of energy.

They played a variety of old favorites and new music which had everyone singing along. In fact that night they dropped part of a new album that is coming out this May.  It was special because they played a couple of songs off the album they never have played live before!  The show was memorable, not for the fancy lights or the pyrotechnics, but because of Marcus Mumford and the rest of the guys.  During a song, Marcus ran around the entire stadium while singing, which was exciting to watch him get to interact with many people.  They also pulled out members of Blake Mills’ band to perform with the band for several songs. It was like a big group of friends making music together onstage! During the five song encore, the group sang around one microphone behind the sound engineers. It was like they were singing campfire songs to us.  It was really amazing to hear all 10,000 people silent while they sang those several songs. Overall the show was amazing, they are great musicians, with a high-budget tour, and it showed.