Mumford & Sons Closes One ‘Chapter,’ Opens Another

Mumford & Sons return to the road come August with new dates as well as rescheduled shows that were postponed due to the British folk-rock group’s bass player undergoing surgery for a blood clot on his brain. “The Full English” North American tour commences in Toronto.

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Saying he wasn’t feeling well, bassist Ted Dwane entered a hospital earlier this month. Doctors performed emergency surgery after a scan indicated he had a blood clot on his brain.

Proclaiming the abrupt halt in performing was the closing “of but one chapter” in the band’s book of “North American Tour Travels 2013,” Mumford & Sons pushed some shows to late summer/early fall and canceled festival gigs such as Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn., and Colorado’s Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

But that doesn’t mean the band has nixed all summer dates. Mumford & Sons is still scheduled to play England’s Glastonbury Festival June 30 Scotland’s T In The Park July 12 and the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan July 28. The group will also perform at Lollapalooza in Chicago Aug. 3 and the Osheaga Festival in Montreal Aug. 4.

Now the group has rescheduled its non-festival appearances after adding gigs for August and September, calling the new dates the “Full English Tour” and including Bear’s Den and The Vaccines.

As to Dwane’s post-surgery recovery, the band posted a message on its website saying he’s “wearing his newly acquired shaven-headed hairstyle with enviable levels of suave.”

Here’s the schedule beginning late August in Ontario.

Aug. 24 – Simcoe, Ontario, Norfolk County Fairgrounds (Gentlemen Of the Road Stopovers)
Aug. 26 – Toronto, Ontario, Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
Aug. 28 – Queens, N.Y., Forest Hills Stadium (Gentlemen Of the Road Stopovers)
Aug. 29 – Burgettstown, Pa., First Niagara Pavilion
Aug. 31 – Troy, Ohio, Troy Memorial Stadium (Gentlemen Of the Road Stopovers)
Sept. 2 – Noblesville, Ind., Klipsch Music Center
Sept. 3 – Milwaukee, Wis., Marcus Amphitheatre
Sept. 4 – Saint Paul, Minn., Xcel Energy Center
Sept. 7 – Guthrie, Okla., Cottonwood Flats (Gentlemen Of the Road Stopovers)
Sept. 9 – Pelham, Ala., Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
Sept. 10 – Atlanta, Ga., Centennial Olympic Park
Sept. 11 – Simpsonville, S.C., Charter Amphitheatre
Sept. 14 – Saint Augustine, Fla., Francis Field (Gentlemen Of the Road Stopovers)

Rescheduled dates

Sept. 16 – New Orleans, La., Mardi Gras World
Sept. 17 – The Woodlands, Texas, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sept. 18 – Dallas, Texas, Gexa Energy Pavilion
Sept. 20 – Bonner Springs, Kansas, Cricket Wireless Amphitheater

Support acts for Sept. 16-20 have not yet been revealed.

The Mumford & Sons’ “Invitation Onsale” is running now thru July 3. Invites will be sent out July 8. Visit MumfordAndSons.com for more information.