Video: Mumford & Sons Turn A Berlin Festival Field Into A Singalong At Lollapalooza 2023

Mumford & Sons made Berlin’s Olympiapark feel like a living room in September 2023, headlining Lollapalooza with the communal energy that’s become their signature. The British folk-rock outfit pulled from across their catalog, moving from the banjo-driven anthems that first broke them worldwide to the bigger, stadium-sized rock of their later records. Marcus Mumford and the band have always known how to shrink a festival field down to something intimate, and this set swung from hushed acoustic passages to full-band crescendos with the whole crowd singing along. Rooted in the West London folk scene and built on the back of ‘Sigh No More’ and ‘Babel,’ their sound leans on bluegrass instrumentation, soaring harmonies, and lyrics that land with real feeling. This performance catches them firing on all cylinders, a great snapshot of a band that connects with tens of thousands through sheer force.