“And I will wait, I will wait for you,” goes one of Mumford & Sons’ more popular songs.
Not for much longer, Edmonton fans. The British folk-rockers, one of the biggest acts in the world, will perform Wednesday, May 22 at Rexall Place. Indie-rockers Mystery Jets and soul singer Michael Kiwanuka will open.
Tickets are $40 to $55 plus service charges. Fans can sign up for an early crack at tickets — on Monday, March 25 — via http://invitation.mumfordandsons.com. Or wait until the general on sale at Ticketmaster on Friday, April 5.
That’s the good news. The bad? It’s the same night as The xx’s gig at Shaw Conference Centre. Dilemmas, dilemmas.
The purveyors of such hits as I Will Wait and Little Lion Man released their second album, Babel, last September, selling more than 600,000 copies in a week in the U.S. In doing so, they beat Justin Bieber’s first-week sales of Believe.
The Mumfords have also won two more Grammys than Bieber — Best Long Form Music Video for Big Easy Express and Album of the Year for Babel.
The Canadian heartthrob has yet to win a golden gramophone.
