It’s hard to imagine a time when Mumford & Sons wasn’t playing for 15,000 people nights and nights at a time. But after their impeccable performance at Pier A in Hoboken, New Jersey – why would you need to?
15,000 fans (literally) came out to see the band play an outdoor performance right off the Hudson River, and although forecasts stated it would rain and storm the entire night, the band was able to push the storm clouds away, and make for an absolutely brilliant night of acoustic guitars, banjos, and beautiful weather.
Playing an array of both new and old songs, Mumford and Sons put on what I would consider one of the best concerts I have attended. Although I have only seen the band once before (in the comparatively small 9:30 Club in Washington, DC), they seemed just as together harmonically as I remembered. Crowd favorites for the night included the popular “Little Lion Man” and “Awake My Soul.” It seemed though that the crowd took just as well to the new songs off the forthcoming Babel (“Below My Feet” and “Lover’s Eyes”).
The night ended the way you would hope any outdoor concert would – with a Simon and Garfunkel cover (“The Boxer”) that got the entire crowd singing. The band thanked the audience, mentioned coming back as soon as humanly possible, and closed their encore with “The Cave.” The band left the stage but didn’t leave the crowd empty-handed. Instead, they left us a beautiful display of fireworks over the Hudson River.
