Mumford & Sons announce new album & traveling festival tour (NJ w/ Flaming Lips, Alabama Shakes, Jenny Lewis, more)

Mumford & Sons‘ traveling festival Gentlemen of the Road returns this year, with a stopover not far from NYC in Seaside Heights, NJ on June 5 & 6 with The Flaming Lips, Alabama Shakes, The Vaccines, The Maccabees, Dawes, the Very Best, Jenny Lewis, Little May, JEFF the Brotherhood, Blake Mills and more TBA. Tickets go on sale Friday (3/6) at 10 AM. There’s other stopovers in Iowa, Scotland, Washington, Colorado, and more TBA. All current lineups below.

The Mumfords have also announced that their third album, Wilder Mind, is due out May 4 via Glassnote. A new article about the album on Rolling Stone says, “Mumford & Sons have mostly removed their signature elements – banjo, acoustic strumming, stomping kick drum – and replaced them with U2-sized guitars, synths, spacey mellotrons and even some drum machines.” The album was produced by Arctic Monkeys’ go-to guy and Simian Mobile Disco member James Ford, and they also recorded part of it in The National’s Aaron Dessner’s studio in Ditmas Park (inspiring the song “Ditmas”). Artwork, tracklist, and teaser video below.

Mumford & Sons also have other non-GOTR festival dates, including Bonnaroo.

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Tracklist:
1. “Tompkins Square Park”
2. “Believe”
3. “The Wolf”
4. “Wilder Mind”
5. “Just Smoke”
6. “Monster”
7. “Snake Eyes”
8. “Broad-Shouldered Beasts”
9. “Cold Arms”
10. “Ditmas”
11. “Only Love”
12. “Hot Gates”

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Gentlemen of the Road — 2015 Stopovers

June 5, 6 – Seaside Heights, New Jersey: Mumford & Sons, the Flaming Lips, Alabama Shakes, The Vaccines, The Maccabees, Dawes, the Very Best, Jenny Lewis, Little May, JEFF the Brotherhood, Blake Mills + more TBA

June 19, 20 – Waverly, Iowa: Mumford & Sons, the Flaming Lips, My Morning Jacket, Dawes, Jenny Lewis, the Maccabees, The Very Best, Rubblebucket, JEFF the Brotherhood, Blake Mills + more TBA

July 31, August 1 – Aviemore, Scotland: Mumford & Sons, Ben Howard, the Maccabees, Jack Garratt, Honeyblood + more TBA

August 14, 15 – Walla Walla, Washington: Mumford & Sons, Foo Fighters, the Flaming Lips, the Vaccines, Dawes, Jenny Lewis, TuneYards, James Vincent McMorrow, JEFF the Brotherhood, Blake Mills + more TBA

August 21, 22 – Salida, Colorado: Mumford & Sons, the Flaming Lips, Dawes, Jenny Lewis, the Vaccines, TuneYards, James Vincent McMorrow, JEFF the Brotherhood, Blake Mills + more TBA