Myself and Scott went to Nottingham on their first night of their tour and there is only one way to describe the entire concert and that's amazing. The two of us went standing as that's both of ours favourite way to watch a gig, it's easier to get involved in the atmosphere and I think you enjoy it more. They are by far the best band I've ever seen live without using gimmicks or lots of pyrotechnics they were simply themselves playing music to thousands of fans. They were entertaining and had the room singing, dancing and jumping around in support.
The gig began with support act, Jack Garratt. Now, I had never heard of him or listened to his music before that evening, that being said, I was completely blown away. It's always going to be tough for anyone to warm up the crowd for Mumford and Sons but he completely held his own. His music is quite different to anything that I've ever heard, there's no doubt that he has an incredible voice that's so versatile too. But he's managed to create his own style of music keeping it pop and current, with emotional ballad types of songs but with a beat that makes it up-tempo and get's an entire room moving. It was amazing watching him live as you could see how unique and how passionate he is about his music. He definitely stands out from everything else that you hear and is also like a one man band with everything he achieves on stage. He was incredible and I cannot wait for him to release his album. Jack Garratt is definitely one to look out for.
After an interval it was time for Mumford and Sons and they were as strong at the end as they were at the start. With simple lighting and nothing too much that distracts you from their performance it was wonderful watching the men perform. For me, 'Believe' had the most impact, telling the audience to use the torch on their phones or lighters looking around the arena and seeing thousands of lights it was a magical feeling for just one person amongst the crowd so how it felt for them must have been surreal. Within the arena itself they had these almost bauble like fairy lights hanging from the ceiling that in certain songs were lowered and lit up different colours and it made the room feel a lot smaller and cosier. It wasn't just myself who liked this touch as the couple next to us mentioned them being 'cool' and you kept seeing different people looking up at them all evening in awe. I think this helped with magical feeling and giving everyone in that room a sense of unity.
They performed a mixture of their older music as well as songs off of their latest, 'Wilder Mind' album which I really enjoyed. I like to have a mix especially with these guys with their earlier songs being more folk. Those songs had the crowd really going and half way through I turned around to Scott and said, 'Its closest to line dancing I'm ever going to get'. It really did have that feel to it.
As you would expect, the band themselves sounded perfect. Their voices were so strong and powerful, there were no moments where you couldn't hear them because the crowd was louder. Their performances were amazing even though they don't have fancy dance moves they just performed the crap out of each song and it works for them because they are amazing musicians and singers and have incredible songs. The interaction from the band and the audience was amazing too. With Marcus Mumford passing someone his beer and heading into the crowd himself, we were pretty close to him though not as lucky as some, it just made the evening so special. They even bought out Jack Garratt within their set and performed 'Sweet Dreams' and together they sounded beautiful, capturing the eeriness perfectly.
Mumford and Sons are by far the best band I've ever seen live, even if you like their music but aren't a huge fan I would seriously recommend going and seeing them because I was expecting it to be good but their isn't enough words you can use to describe the atmosphere within that arena that night. I can't wait to go and see them again in the future and there is no doubt that I will see them over and over.
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