Mumford & Sons share new song and forthcoming album title track "Prizefighter" today

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MUMFORD & SONS SHARE NEW SONG AND FORTHCOMING ALBUM TITLE TRACK “PRIZEFIGHTER” TODAY PRIZEFIGHTER LP OUT FEBRUARY 13 HUGE OUTDOOR DATES FOR LONDON’S BST HYDE PARK, GRONINGEN, ROME + BERLIN ON-SALE NOW   Credit: Conor Cunningham December 11, 2025—Mumford & Sons share “Prizefighter” today, the title-track from their forthcoming sixth album. The song was written alongside Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner. Listen/share HERE. The new album will be released February 13 via Glassnote Records. The band conclude their lengthy U.S., Europe and U.K. arena tours with a second night at London’s O2 tonight. Mumford & Sons will headline BST Hyde Park in London next July, with tickets on-sale now. The show heralds the band’s first return to Hyde Park in a decade, with support from The War On Drugs. Huge outdoor summer shows in Groningen, Rome and Berlin are also on-sale now. Full details can be found at www.mumfordandsons.com/tour. A mere seven months from the arrival of RUSHMERE, the band’s long anticipated #1 album in March 2025, Mumford & Sons take full advantage of a prolific period of songwriting with another full-length record in quick succession. Co-produced and co-written with The National’s Aaron Dessner, who the band previously worked with on their third record Wilder Mind, Prizefighter captures the band at their most open and instinctive. In just ten days, they’d written more than an album’s worth of songs, and a collection that feels both deeply personal, instinctive and unguardedly communal. Marcus Mumford’s lyrics grapple with resilience and striving, singing with a mix of confidence and urgency. The album sessions were as much about rediscovery as recording. Days spent writing in Hudson cafés and nights spent around Long Pond’s kitchen table gave rise to songs that feel unpolished in the best sense—alive with first takes and the joy of simply making music together again. Re-energized, rejuvenated and in the form of their lives, Prizefighter embraces and reflects that full-strength energy and enthusiasm with 14 songs of light, shade and everything in-between. That openness extended to the studio door too. Mumford & Sons welcomed collaborators into the studio, calling on the likes of Hozier, Gracie Abrams, Chris Stapleton, Gigi Perez, and Dessner himself. Their presence underscored the band’s commitment to community and connection. Listen to the first track shared from the new record, “Rubber Band Man (With Hozier),” HERE. Album artwork PRIZEFIGHTER TRACK LIST 1. Here (with Chris Stapleton) 2. Rubber Band Man (with Hozier) 3. The Banjo Song 4. Run Together 5. Conversation With My Son 6. Alleycat 7. Prizefighter 8. Begin Again 9. Icarus (with Gigi Perez) 10. Stay 11. Badlands (with Gracie Abrams) 12. Shadow Of A Man 13. I’ll Tell You Everything 14. Clover MUMFORD & SONS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES December 11—London, U.K.—The O2* (SOLD OUT) December 27—San Diego, CA—Wild Horses Festival January 8-11—Cancun, Mexico—Out of the Blue Festival February 20-22—Tempe, AZ—Innings Festival July 1—Groningen, Netherlands—Stadspark July 2—Werchter, Belgium—Rock Werchter Festival July 4—London, U.K.—BST Hyde Park# July 7—Rome, Italy—Rock in Roma July 9—Berlin, Germany—Waldbuhne August 1—St. Charles, Iowa—Hinterland Music Festival *with special guest Sierra Ferrell #with special guest The War on Drugs www.mumfordandsons.com

Legendary artists, newcomers profiled on new releases

A career-celebrating multi-format title from British hard rock troupe Def Leppard, an EP of rediscovered early tracks from Northern Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club and the adventuresome debut from New York trio VickiKristinaBarcelona are available now. 

Artist: Def Leppard
Title: London to Vegas (Eagle Rock Entertainment)
You might like if you enjoy: Def Leppard, Queen
Tell me more: Those who pick up Def Leppard's latest release will see the band in not one but two full-length performances. The first performance, "Hysteria At The O2," finds the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers celebrating their 1987 album Hysteria with a concert set revisiting that multi-platinum album from start to finish before a hometown crowd in London in December 2018. To be sure this is an important outing for the quintet, and the members of Def Leppard (singer Joe Elliott, guitarists Phil Collen and Vivian Campbell, bassist Rick "Sav" Savage and drummer Rick Allen) offer up powerful arena rock-ready takes of classics including "Love Bites," "Pour Some Sugar On Me," "Animal," "Gods of War" and the rest of Hysteria before delving into other moments in their history for choice cuts including the set-ending "Let's Get Rocked," "Rock of Ages" and "Photograph." 

Def Leppard performs a mini-acoustic set during the 'Hits Vegas'
performance. Photo credit: Kevin Nixon

The second performance "Hits Vegas" — filmed at Zappos Theater in Planet Hollywood a few months after the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 — features a far-flung set offering some choice deep cuts from the band. The hard-rocking "Die Hard The Hunter," harmonies-drenched "Too Late for Love," ambitious "Billy's Got a Gun" (bolstered by the tandem lead guitar work of Collen and Campbell) and "Paper Sun" as well as the acoustic-styled "Let Me Be The One" and "We Belong" are delivered with power and perfection. The hits are here as well, including terrific runs through "Foolin'," "Bringin' On The Heartbreak," "Rocket," "Action" and "Armageddon It." Bonus features include interviews with all five members of the band discussing the legacy of Hysteria and preparing for the concert events in London and Las Vegas. "London to Vegas" is available as a deluxe 2Blu-ray+4CD, 2DVD+4CD, and via digital formats. Information: eagle-rock.com.

Artist: Two Door Cinema Club
Title: Lost Songs (Found) / (Glassnote Records)
You might like if you enjoy: Two Door Cinema Club
Tell me more: Followers of Two Door Cinema Club are in luck. The acclaimed Northern Ireland-based outfit has released Lost Songs (Found), a seven-track EP of rarities and B-sides pulled from the band's early days. The gem here is "Tiptoes," a lost demo originally intended to be featured on the band's groundbreaking debut LP Tourist History released in early 2010. That mesmerizing cut features a hypnotic guitar line that soon offers the perfect counterpoint with Alex Trimble's soaring lead vocals capped by an explosive chorus. Other alluring tracks include the explosive opener "Not In This Town," luxuriant "19," anthemic "Impatience is a Virtue" and the dance-minded original demo of "Something Good Can Work." Information: TwoDoorCinemaClub.com.

Artist: VickiKristinaBarcelona
Title: Pawn Shop Radio (Storysound Records)
You might like if you enjoy: Tom Waits, Emmylou Harris, world music
Tell me more: An eclectic parade of sounds is displayed across Pawn Shop Radio, the debut release from New York-spawned VickiKristinaBarcelona featuring Rachelle Garniez, Amanda Homi and Terry Radigan. The talented singer-songwriters/multi-instrumentalists join forces here as they cover a full selection of Tom Waits songs on a musical mission sure to please discerning listeners. Armed with their stellar and sharp vocal harmonies, enthralling arrangements and the use of a diverse cadre of instruments (including banjo, accordion, harmonium, coconuts, and bottles), the results here are glorious. Defying convention at every turn works in favor of VickiKristinaBarcelona. The '60s girl group stylings of "Cold Cold Ground," Memphis soul-tinged "Way Down in the Hole," rousing Cajun celebration "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" and Delta blues-meets-bluegrass "Gun Street Girl" are among the standouts on the rich collection. The trio earns all kinds of kudos for Pawn Shop Radio and their ability to blend the wide range of styles together into an inviting mix. Information: vkbband.com.



Robert Kinsler

Jade Bird confirms U.S. tour with Hozier in March 2019

Jade Bird definitely impressed me when I caught her earlier this year as the opener for First Aid Kit at The Observatory in Santa Ana (you can read my review of that concert here). Today comes word she is set to support Irish singer-songwriter Hozier on a U.S. tour beginning in March 2019...

Jade Bird confirms U.S. tour dates with Hozier in March

HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT LP COMING EARLY 2019

Jade Bird performing at The Observatory in Santa
Ana,  CA on April 17, 2018.
Photo: Bob Steshetz

Breakout singer, songwriter and performerJade Bird has confirmed U.S. shows supporting Hozier next March. See below for more details. The newly announced dates follow a hugely successful debut U.S. headline tour, dates with Brandi Carlile, First Aid Kit, Anderson East and Colter Wall as well as festival appearances at Bonnaroo, Stagecoach, Firefly, Mountain Jam, Bumbershoot, Grandoozy, Pilgrimage and more. 

The tour anticipates Jade’s debut full-length—the follow up to the much laudedSomething American EP—due for release early next year on Glassnote Records. The album will feature Jade’s latest track “Love Has All Been Done Before,” her current single “Uh Huh,” as well as“Lottery”(which spent three weeks at #1 on Triple A Radio—the first new artist to reach the top of the Triple A chart in 2018) and “Furious”.

In anticipation of the new LP, Jade has already been featured amongst YouTube’sU.K. Ones To Watch for 2019, Vevo’s DSCVR Artists to Watch for 2019, and Pandora’s Artists to Watch for 2019.

The forthcoming LP will culminate a breakthrough year for Jade who won the Anchor Award for most promising international emerging talent at Reeperbahn Festival, the 2018 Grulke Prize for developing non-U.S. act at SXSW and was selected for the BBC Sound of 2018. Jade made her national television debut on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” followed by a standout performance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” She was featured as a Rolling Stone “Artist You Need To Know,” selected as one of PAPER’s “100 Women Revolutionizing Pop” and most recently, Jade was featured in the Top 10 ofNPR Music’s “Slingshot’s Best New Artist Of 2018.”

JADE BIRD LIVE:

March 10—Buffalo, NY—Shea’s Performing Arts Centre*

March 11—Albany, NY—Palace Theatre*

March 13—Baltimore, MD—Hippodrome Theatre*

March 14—Norfolk, VA—Chrysler Hall*

March 16—Raleigh, NC—Raleigh Memorial Auditorium*

March 17—Charlotte, NC—Oven’s Auditorium*

March 19—Miami Beach, FL—The Fillmore Miami Beach-The Jackie Gleeson Theatre8

March 20—St. Petersburg, FL—Mahaffey Theater*

March 21—Orlando, FL—Walt Disney Theatre*

March 23—Atlanta, GA—Coca Cola Roxy Theatre*

March 24—Nashville, TN—Grand Ole Opry House*

March 26—Memphis, TN—Orpheum Theatre*

March 27—New Orleans, LA—The Fillmore New Orleans-Music Hall*

March 29—Dallas, TX—Southside Ballroom*

March 30—Houston, TX—Revention Music Centre*

March 31—Austin, TX—ACL Live at the Moody Theatre*

April 2—Oklahoma City, OK—The Criterion*

April 3—Tulsa, OK—Brady Theatre*

April 5—Denver, CO—Bellco Theatre*

April 6—Salt Lake City, UT—The Union Event Centre*

April 9—Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Forever Cemetery*

April 10—Santa Barbara, CA—Arlington Theatre*

April 12—Reno, NV—Grand Sierra Resort & Casino-Grand Theatre*

April 13—Boise, ID—Knitting Factory Concert House*

April 14—Spokane, WA—First Interstate Center for the Arts*

*with Hozier

www.jade-bird.com

New music reviews: Catching up on movie music and then some

Several of filmdom's most famed composers are featured on must-hear soundtracks. On a related thematic note, Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club is back with their third album, and a greatest hits collection honoring '60s hit makers the Searchers is worth discovering.

Composer: Danny Elfman
Title: The Girl on the Train - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Sony Classical)
You might like if you enjoy: Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer
Tell me more: Danny Elfman's soundtrack for the film The Girl On The Train is never less than captivating, and there is an adventuresome quality that builds across the 23-track score. The moody piano-centered "Riding the Train" is riveting in its quiet, while there is a swirling industrial quality to the aptly-titled pieces "Something's Not Right" and "Uncertainty." Minimalism is used ("Rachel," "Day One") with as much brilliance as periodic string section-weighted symphonics (""Megan," "Resolution") and electronica ("Women," "Missing Time," "I'm Sorry"). T.J. Lindgren's piano playing is a highlight across the score. Information: SonyMusicMasterworks.com/.

Composer: Hans Zimmer
Title: Inferno - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Sony Classical)
You might like if you enjoy: Hans Zimmer, Steve Mazarin, Moby
Tell me more: Listening to composer Hans Zimmer's original motion picture soundtrack for Inferno is not for the faint of heart. Those seeking sweeping romantic soundscapes best go elsewhere. There are beautiful passages here (such as during the opening and closing of "Venice"), but the over-arching spirit across the 17-track score is of tension, darkness and pulsating electronics (just get a listen to "The Cistern"). Little surprise, however, that Zimmer is such a gifted composer he makes sure even the most tense passages lure in the discerning listener. "Vayentha" is awash in a mix of jarring sound effects and musical shadings that build dramatically before a gentle Moby-like electronica groove emerges. "Doing Nothing Terrifies Me" is aptly dubbed, the lower reaches of the orchestra and electronic synths colliding in an exciting brew adorned by unhurried notes played on a keyboard. The most beautiful music on the soundtrack comes late, during the piano-meets-orchestral path of "Elizabeth" and symphony-and-choral explosion "Life Must Have Its Mysteries," each of which grow ever more beautiful along their respective ever-evolving runs.  Information: InfernoTheMovie.com.

Artist: Two Door Cinema Club
Title: Gameshow (Glassnote Records)
You might like if you enjoy: The Strokes, Duran Duran, Prince
Tell me more: It has been four years since the release of Northern Irish troupe Two Door Cinema Club's incredible sophomore effort Beacon. That album, like the band's 2010 debut Tourist History, was a snappy indie rock-styled affair filled with rapid-fire guitar lines and infectious choruses to match. Two Door Cinema Club's highly-anticipated third album Gameshow delivers that sound on the inviting lead-off track "Are We Ready (Wreck)" and nowhere else. The majority of tracks on the disc recall the dance pop and electro funk of the '80s (think Chic or Prince) as well as recent dance-minded discs from Duran Duran and Neon Trees. Despite TDCC's seemingly dramatic departure, there is plenty to celebrate on this terrific return. The title track is a swirling and driving synth pop delight; "Fever" is a lush and intoxicating dance floor foray featuring Alex Trimble's falsetto vocals and a propulsive bass line. "Invincible" is a lovely neo-soul ballad likewise carved out of the '80s pop era, with little or no guitar until Sam Halliday comes in with a big solo for the track's finale. Fans of sophisticated pop (notably David Bowie and Prince) will love the lush "Good Morning," featuring an undeniable groove and artistic touches. Two Door Cinema Club is scheduled to perform at the Shrine Auditorium on Nov. 30, and at Harrah's Resort Southern California in Valley Center, CA on Dec. 3, 2016. Information: TwoDoorCinemaClub.com.

Artist: The Searchers
Title: The Very Best of the Searchers (Varese Sarabande)
You might like if you enjoy: The Beatles, the Turtles
Tell me more: The Beatles were not the only great band to emerge out of Liverpool in the early 1960s. The Searchers, a quartet whose roots extended back to 1959, scored a number of timeless hits in the early and mid-1960s. Now beloved hits such as the group's "Needles & Pins" and "Love Potion Number Nine" are gathered on The Very Best of the Searchers. Many of the band's early singles were covers of American hits, including "Sweets for my Sweet," "Sugar and Spice" and "When You Walk in the Room," with the Searchers layering their distinctive vocal harmonies on arrangements to make the songs their own. Information: VareseSarabande.com.

Robert Kinsler