Mumford & Sons to donate £1 from every ticket sold on UK tour to Live Trust’s grassroots venues fund

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Mumford & Sons have announced that they will be donating money from ticket sales to help support grassroots music venues across the UK.

Find out more below.It comes as the band recently shared news of their upcoming album ‘RUSHMERE’, which is set for release on March 28 via Island/Glassnote (pre-order/pre-save here).To celebrate the new LP – which marks their first since 2018’s ‘Delta and sees them make their debut as a trio – Marcus Mumford and co.

confirmed details of a UK and European tour last week. Six shows were planned for the UK, kicking off in Glasgow and comprising stops in Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Cardiff and London.

Now, the band have confirmed that they will be using the ticket sales to help support grassroots venues in the UK.This comes as £1 from every ticket sold on the UK leg of the tour will be donated to the Live Trust – a new funding initiative from LIVE that will offer financial support to those working across live music.