Mumford & Sons Announces ‘The Austin 5000’

Everyone is familiar with the Indie 500, but have you heard of “The Austin 5000”? The eight-date outing marks Mumford & Sons’ last U.S. shows of 2016.

An announcement on the group’s website explains The Austin 5000 is “named after the many miles the band will have clocked by the time they finish” the tour, which is described as “a drive around their twin headline performances at Austin City Limits.”

Photo: James P. Hendershot

Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Md.

The road trip beings with another festival appearance at Las Vegas’ Life Is Beautiful.

Here’s a video the band put together to get your motor’s revving, followed by the dates:

Sept. 23-25 – Las Vegas, Nev., downtown Las Vegas (Life Is Beautiful Festival)
Sept. 26 – Salt Lake City, Utah, Usana Amphitheatre
Sept. 28 – Englewood, Colo., Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Sept. 30-Oct. 2 – Austin, Texas, Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Music Festival)
Oct. 4 – Albuquerque, N.M., Isleta Amphitheater
Oct. 5 – Phoenix, Ariz., Ak-Chin Pavilion
Oct. 6 – Chula Vista, Calif., Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Oct. 7-9 – Austin, Texas, Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Music Festival)

Keep in mind that the daily schedules for Life Is Beautiful and Austin City Limits haven’t been announced yet.

Catfish & The Bottlemen support the non-festival dates.

The band is hosting a presale that begins June 8 at 10 a.m. General onsales for most dates start June 10 at 10 a.m. Phoenix’s onsale starts at 12 p.m. All times local. A second wave of tickets will be available in September.

Visit MumfordAndSons.com for more information.