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Marcus Mumford and Winston Marshall performing at the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Salthill Park, Galway on the 9th of June 2012.
—one of the many photos i took at the gig. best night of my life. <3
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Mumford & Sons perform “Sigh No More” during their encore at the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Galway on 9th June 2012.
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Ted Dwane of Mumford & Sons performs at the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Galway on 9th June 2012.
Photo copyright Martin Saiach.
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Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons performs (with bonus Ross Holmes) at the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Galway on 9th June 2012.
Photos copyright Martin Saiach.
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Ted Dwane of Mumford & Sons performs at the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Galway on 9th June 2012.
Photo copyright Martin Saiach.
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Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons performs at the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Galway on 9th June 2012.
Photos copyright Martin Saiach.
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Winston Marshall of Mumford & Sons performs at the Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Galway on 9th June 2012.
Photos copyright Martin Saiach.
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Mumford & Sons’ Gentlemen of the Road Galway Stopover @ Salthill Park
They really were such gentlemen. After arriving on the smaller stage at the start of the day to welcome everyone to the festival, and making a surprise appearance with Nathaniel Rateliff (oh my..) during his set, the band emerged onto the mainstage for their own performance at 9pm, just as the sun was going down behind us over Salthill.
It was one of those sardine-can kind of crowds, with a comfortable disregard for personal space and pungent fragrance of weed and wet field in the air. If the crowd started swaying or jumping, you really had no choice or control, you jumped and swayed too. “We’re here to sing and to dance with you,” is what Marcus told us before the opening song - the word “with” instead of “to” being key - the atmosphere, created by adoring audience as much as the band, was incredible. I think what make Mumford & co. so great is the fact that they really, genuinely enjoy what they do. It shines on stage. Ben Lovett in particular had a ridiculously lovely grin on his face the entire night. They have fun as well as putting purely breathtaking forces of emotion into their music - they connect with and react to the crowd, who go wild at every chorus and break, and know every word, even to the newer unreleased songs. It was simply amazing - I’m going to take it as far as to say that it was probably the best live show I have ever been to.A guy standing in front of us was left alone when his friend slipped out of the sweaty crowd to get a drink and air; “I feel like a d*** now for staying, but I couldn’t give up this view!” I agreed, I wouldn’t have moved for the world, but when I pointed out that really he was the one who had been abandoned, he pointed to the stage, shouting: “I’m not abandoned, I am not alone in this!!” He wasn’t even drunk. And it didn’t feel like he was wrong either.
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Mumford & Sons at their Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Galway on 9th June 2012.
Photo courtesy of forgottenfootsteps77.
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Mumford & Sons play to an eager crowd at their Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Galway on 9th June 2012.
Photo courtesy of Brendan Madden.
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Mumfordandsons.com Blog Update: Galway Official Aftershow Details Announced!
From the Mumford & Sons Official Website:
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
With the first Gentlemen of The Road Stopover now gloriously been and gone last Saturday in Huddersfield, we now cannot wait more than ever for this Saturday’s festivities in Galway. Salthill Park is being prepped and readied to be on fine form for the main event but it is with great excitement that we can now announce the aftershow parties.
These are as important, well to us at least, as what’s happening in Salthill Park. We hosted a House Party in Huddersfield which was a lot of fun, and when we were in Galway we spent the day looking at a few different venues. Monroes on Dominick Street jumped out at us as the perfect location to have that party. There’ll be some trad picking downstairs, live sets from the fantastic Little Green Cars and The Danger Is upstairs.
Round the corner at The Kings Head in the Ruby Room upstairs there’ll be comedy - for those who have had their fair share of music throughout the day, and would like something a bit different. Prepare to have your sides split open, or fall off your proverbial chair as the fantastically sharp Alfie Brown dissects popular culture, and the award winning Piff The Magic Dragon masterfully combines comedy and magic.
But it doesn’t stop there!!!!
Oh no, we like choice and we like to offer up choice.
So at Kelly’s hosted by the lovely Olive, there’ll be a night of dancing and swing. Nick Etwell, who you may recognise from playing Trumpet with Mumford & Sons over the past couple of years, has brought over his exceptional band The Filthy Six from London to play their boogaloo/funk/soul/musicyoucannotstandstillto concoction. They are SO good. And there’ll be DJing along the lines of that ilk to carry through the night. In Huddersfield, Marcus and Ben jumped up and played a couple of tunes with them, which may well happen again…
And then there’s the loud, dirty, indie party which will be going down at Roisin Dubh. Again, multiple rooms and a mainstay of the indie musical heritage of Galway. Some of the characters/bands who you saw at Salthill Park earlier in the day will be doing DJ battles until the early hours of the morning.
All of the above are a short walk from each other. And we highly recommend getting involved and enjoying the evening and the vibe of Galway. We’re going to be jumping between each venue and catching as much of the entertainment as we can, all tickets are available ONLINE (see below for links) and will be sold on the DOOR and ON SITE throughout the day on Saturday.
See you all there!
M&S x
Gentlemen of the Road Stopover in Galway - Official Aftershows
Gentlemen of the Road present The Filthy Six
Venue: Kellys Bar - Upstairs
Bridge Street, Galway, Ireland.
Telephone: +353 (0) 91 563804
Doors: 11.30pm
Age Restrictions: 18+
Price: €5
GET TICKETS
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Gentlemen of the Road presents Alfie Brown and Piff The Magic Dragon
Venue: The Ruby Room - Upstairs At The Kings Head
15 High St Galway, Co. Galway, Ireland
+353 (0) 91 566630
Doors: 11.30pm
Age Restrictions: 18+
Price: €5
GET TICKETS
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Gentlemen of the Road presents Little Green Cars and The Danger Is, as well a a DJ set from members of Mumford & Sons.
Venue: Monroes Tavern Upstairs
Dominick Street, Galway, County Galway IRELAND
Doors: 11.30pm
Age Restrictions: 18+
Price: €10
GET TICKETS
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