BY THE NUMBERS: MUMFORD & SONS The British rockers are the main event on saturday november 25
2007
The year the band first got together.
2012
The year they started Gentleman Of The Road – a record label, promo company and festival organiser. They put on gigs in towns that bands don’t usually visit on tours to help local businesses.
2013
There were rumours in 2013 that they would split up, when they said they were going on “hiatus” to “focus on life outside of the band”.
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They’ve released three albums since they formed – 2009’s
Sigh No More, 2012’s Babel and 2015’s Wilder Mind.
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Babel and Wilder Mind both debuted at No 1 in the UK and US charts when they were released.
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There are four main members in Mumford & Sons – lead vocalist Marcus Mumford, plus Ben Lovett (piano and keyboards), Winston Marshall (guitar and banjo) and Ted Dwane (bass guitar, double bass).
2
They’ve won two Grammy awards, one for Album Of The Year in 2012 for Babel.
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The band claim they have never argued in ten years together.
7
Number of awards won by Marcus Mumford’s wife, British actress Carey Mulligan (star of
Drive, The Great Gatsby and Inside Llewyn Davis).
17
Marcus got into folk at 17 listening to Nashville band the Old Crow Medicine Show.