How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world

They have entertained Barack Obama at the White House and their latest album Babel is the fastest-selling in the US this year. How have four polite Englishmen made their hoedown folk such a hit?Soundcheck for the band, today, takes place at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. It is late afternoon and while the arena's 17,000 outdoor seats are still empty the four members of Mumford & Sons – prospering British folk band, in the middle of a long tour of Australia, the US and the UK, their newly r...

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