Mumford & Sons kicked off a series of UK shows this week, playing alongside the likes of The Vaccines, Michael Kiwanuka, Zulu Winter, Slow Club, and Willy Mason. 

These shows include their “The Gentlemen of the Road” series of outdoor events , headlined by Mumford & Sons, and will feature full bills of support acts curated by the band themselves.

Speaking about the shows the band said: “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.”