March Madness Music Festival

March Madness Music Festival

March Madness Music Festival

HANCE PARK, PHOENIX, AZ| APR 5 - APR 7

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Mumford & Sons

Mumford and Sons

Mumford & Sons rose to prominence in 2009, releasing debut album Sigh No More. With folk music at its nucleus, the band took a propulsive, heart-on-sleeve approach to playing their acoustic instruments, spawning the likes of Little Lion Man and The Cave. Whatever Mumford & Sons were doing, it connected emphatically, garnering a first BRIT Award for British Album and six Grammy nominations.  

In 2012, the band followed up with Babel, debuting at #1 on both sides of the Atlantic. It took Sigh No More’s storytelling blueprint but made everything bigger, bolder, and more euphoric. Grabbing their first Grammy Award for Album of the Year, they added the likes of I Will Wait and Lover of The Light to their live set and become synonymous with a sound and aesthetic that many new and established artists still liberally borrow from. 

2015’s Wilder Mind followed Babel in debuting at #1 in both the UK and US. A more electric and epic affair, it propelled Mumford & Sons into arenas. Then in 2018 came Delta, a portrayal of the band at their most experimental to date. Leaving the studio open to friends, it welcomed a more expansive tone to the band’s oeuvre.

In January 2024, a Pharrell Williams collaboration called Good People dropped. A stomping, propulsive call-to-arms, it acts as a weighty statement of future intent. As serial collaborators, Pharrell joins the hallowed likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Ray Davies, Baaba Maal, Maggie Rogers and HAIM to work with the band.


The Black Keys

The Black Keys

Formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001, The Black Keys are singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney. Last year, the duo received two Grammy nominations for their eleventh studio album Dropout Boogie. The Black Keys have been called “rock royalty” by the Associated Press and “one of the best rock ‘n’ roll bands on the planet” by Uncut. Cutting their teeth playing small clubs, the band has gone on to sell out arena tours and has released eleven previous studio albums: the debut The Big Come Up (2002), followed by Thickfreakness (2003) and Rubber Factory (2004), along with their releases on Nonesuch Records: Magic Potion (2006), Attack & Release (2008), Brothers (2010), El Camino (2011), Turn Blue (2014), “Let’s Rock” (2019), Delta Kream (2021), and Dropout Boogie (2022). The band has won six Grammy Awards and a BRIT and headlined festivals in North America, South America, Mexico, Australia, and Europe.  


Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

It took Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats less than five years to become one of the most recognizable new forces in contemporary rock ’n’ roll. Since 2015, Rateliff has led his denim-clad, horn-flanked Night Sweats, supplying the zeal of a whiskey-chugging Pentecostal preacher to songs about this world’s shared woes. They’ve had hits, sure, but their combustible mix of soul and rock quickly cemented them as the rare generational band who balanced ecstatic live shows with engrossing and rich records. To wit, is there any other modern act capable of revving up stadium crowds for The Rolling Stones while also appearing on Saturday Night Live and CMT Crossroads and at NPR’s Tiny Desk in short order? When Rateliff returned from his pandemic-truncated solo tour in March 2020, he struggled with the same question that vexed so many of us then—what now? Fortunately, he returned to his Colorado homestead and penned a set of songs that synthesized his introspection with his anthemic inclinations. The result is The Future, the third Night Sweats album but the first to capture this octet’s true depth and breadth. An instant classic of 11 songs, the album presents something more sustainable, interesting, and indeed open—a songwriter and band growing into bigger questions and sounds, into a future that allows them to remain recognizable but be so much more compelling than some denim-clad caricature. 


Leon Bridges 

Leon Bridges

Grammy Award winning recording artist and songwriter, Leon Bridges, brings to the stage all elements of his career spanning experiences, inspirations, and award winning catalog of songs with every performance. From working as a dishwasher and busking on the streets of his beloved Fort Worth, TX to being signed to a major label and performing at the White House for Former President Barack Obama within a two-year span, Leon has continued to push the boundaries of his career.  

Leon received two Grammy nominations for Best Traditional R&B Performance and Best R&B Album for his recent full length release Gold-Diggers Sound which the singer toured to the largest audiences of his career around the world. Gold-Diggers Sound, serves as the follow up to his sophomore album, Good Thing, which saw him win the Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance in 2019. Between album releases Leon has issued a steady stream of music including tracks with John Mayer, Lucky Daye, Kacey Musgraves, Jazmine Sullivan, and Diplo as well as Texas Sun and Texas Moon, collaborative projects with fellow Texans Khruangbin. Leon's musical growth has brought him around the world headlining festivals and selling out shows in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, Mexico and more including his debut performance at Forest Hills Stadium, sold out shows at the Hollywood Bowl, The Moody Arena, three nights at the Sydney Opera House, and two nights London's Eventim Apollo. Other career highlights include his breakout track “River” being certified Platinum and being the face of Wrangler's 2022 global campaign.