Watch Mumford & Sons play their first public gig since the departure of Winston Marshall
nme.comMumford & Sons played their first public gig since becoming a trio this weekend (April 28) at Pharrell’s Something In The Water festival – check out fan-shot footage below.Mumford & Sons’ Winston Marshall originally took a break from the band in March 2021 following backlash after the guitarist publicly praised a book written by right-wing agitator Andy Ngo.However, Marshall then left the group permanently in June of that year. “This is a difficult decision first brought about by an unintentional Twitter storm,” he wrote at the time.
Commenting on Marshall’s departure in an Instagram post, the remaining members of Mumford & Sons said they wished him “all the best”.Since then, Marcus Mumford, Ted Dwane and Ben Lovett have performed at a handful of private events alongside Grammy celebrations of The Beach Boys and Lucinda Williams.
On Friday night though, they played their first public gig since Marshall’s departure.The eleven-song set saw the band open with ‘Babel’ and pull from every one of their four studio albums.
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