{"id":9065,"date":"2026-03-01T17:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/mumford-and-sons-snl\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T17:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:39:58","slug":"mumford-and-sons-snl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/mumford-and-sons-snl\/","title":{"rendered":"Mumford &amp; Sons Surprise With Hozier, Dessner On \u2018SNL\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-01-at-12.42.42%E2%80%AFPM.png\" width=\"1202\" height=\"808\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Mumford and Sons with Hozier and Aaron Dessner (photo: Will Heath \/ NBC).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fresh off a top 10 debut for their latest Glassnote album <em>Prizefighter<\/em>, Mumford &amp; Sons welcomed Hozier, producer Aaron Dessner and vocalist Sierra Ferrell as surprise guests during their performances last night (Feb. 28) on NBC\u2019s <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The British trio first played \u201cRubber Band Man\u201d augmented by Dessner on electric guitar before Hozier emerged from side stage to reprise his guest vocal from the song\u2019s studio version. It was the Irish singer\/songwriter\u2019s first major appearance since wrapping his Unreal Unearth tour in October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/02\/radiohead-let-down-ice-video\/\">Radiohead Decries \u2018Let Down\u2019 Use In ICE Video<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/02\/nine-inch-nails-reimagine-tron-ares-soundtrack\/\">Nine Inch Nails Reimagine \u2018Tron: Ares\u2019 Soundtrack<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/02\/codefendants-jakob-nowell-lonely-life\/\">Codefendants Rage Against The Algorithm With Jakob Nowell<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"WBLmwB_YIUM\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For their second song of the taping, which was hosted by <em>Heated Rivalry <\/em>star Connor Storrie, Mumford &amp; Sons were joined by both Dessner and Ferrell for \u201cHere.\u201d Its version on <em>Prizefighter<\/em> is sung by Chris Stapleton, who was coincidentally performing two hours away last night in Uncasville, Ct.<\/p>\n<p>Mumford\u2019s Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane also made a cameo in a sketch about an ill-advised workplace dance, during which they performed a snippet of \u201cUnchained Melody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band warmed up for <em>SNL<\/em> with a hastily organized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q-eVDjbzz40\" target=\"_blank\">secret show<\/a> Tuesday at the 500-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg, during which they performed unamplified while backed by a four-piece string section and extra singers. They will begin an extensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/02\/mumford-and-sons-tour\/\">world tour<\/a> April 24 in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<lite-youtube videoid=\"32TbBBpoJv0\" style=\"bottom: 0; height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; max-width:100%;\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumford and Sons with Hozier and Aaron Dessner (photo: Will Heath \/ NBC). Fresh off a top 10 debut for their latest Glassnote album Prizefighter, Mumford &amp; Sons welcomed Hozier,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[542,4225,433,6,24,5490],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aaron-dessner","category-hozier","category-mumford-sons","category-news","category-pushly","category-sierra-ferrell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}