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Shania makes surprise appearance with Mumford & Sons at BST Hyde Park - July 4

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Watch Mumford & Sons bring out surprise guests Shania Twain and Hozier at BST Hyde Park

“I’m lost for words tonight," frontman Marcus Mumford told the crowd. "All I'm thinking about is the football and Shania Twain"

By Poppy Burton | NME | July 5, 2026

Mumford & Sons surprised fans at their BST Hyde Park headline show by bringing out Shania Twain and Hozier – check out footage below.

The alt-folk veterans took to the Great Oak Stage for the 2026 summer series last night (July 4), with the huge slot coming in support of their sixth studio album ‘Prizefighter‘ – which dropped last month and features huge names like Hozier, Gracie Abrams, Chris Stapleton, and Gigi Perez – and also comes 10 years after they first headlined.

Kicking off with ‘Begin Again’ from that album, Marcus Mumford told fans: “Good evening my friends, we’re Mumford & Sons and after all this time, in our hometown, we didn’t come to f-ck around.”

They then stormed through ‘I Will Wait’, ‘White Blank Page’, ‘Lover Of The Light’, ‘Hopeless’ and ‘Badlands’, before being joined by “the kindest man in music” in Hozier, who joined them for their collab ‘Rubber Band Man’ and ‘Awake My Soul’.

Later on in the set, they teased that they had another “cheeky surprise” in store, with Mumford admitting: “It was a surprise for us too actually – let’s just give it up for Shania Twain”

The country star arrived fresh from her support slot at Wembley Stadium for Harry Styles’ ‘Together, Together’ tour, Twain joining Mumford & Sons for ‘Here’ – a newer track that was originally recorded with Chris Stapleton.

“Shania Twain is my f-cking hero, ladies and gents,” Mumford said. “You don’t understand. You don’t understand, you don’t get it. This is a very big deal for me. And guess what? She played Wembley Stadium tonight, and she’s here. That is gangster.”

She returned the praise, saying it “so awesome” to be there. “What are we going to do now?” she asked the Hyde Park fans. “Are we going to jam out something sassy?” After a resounding yes, they launched into ‘Man! I Feel Like A Woman’.

They rounded off their set with ‘The Cave’, and Mumford gave one last thanks to the crowd. “I’m lost for words tonight,” he told them. “All I’m thinking about is the football and Shania Twain. If all of you mother f-ckers keep showing up, we’ll keep going.”

Mumford & Sons caught up with NME back in November, with frontman Mumford touching on the ways he felt the new record “elevates” their sound.

“All these things are subjective, we’re probably the worst judges of this and most artists would say this about their most recent work, but I feel like we’re in our prime and that we’re writing the best songs we’ve ever written,” he said.

“I don’t say that about every record, and I really feel strongly about this one. ‘Rushmere’ was super helpful for us getting back in a room with Dave Cobb [producer] really holding out feet to the fire about who we are as artists and what we want to do.”

https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-mumford-sons-bring-out-surprise-guests-shania-twain-and-hozier-at-bst-hyde-park-3955112

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From @wembleystadium to @bsthydepark in 60 minutes - I’m nothing if not spontaneous! Thank you to @mumfordandsons that was an absolute party and I loved every minute of it!!

Video - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DacqF9ZNzSa/

6:28 AM ET - 6 Jul 26

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Here - Mumford & Sons (feat Shania Twain) / Live in London, Hyde Park, 04-07-26

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Mumford and Sons on Working w/Connor Storrie, What Song Fits Heated Rivalry & LOVING Shania Twain

Mumford and Sons chat with iHeart's Shannon Ella about Working w/Connor Storrie, What Song Fits Heated Rivalry & LOVING Shania Twain.
Mumford and Sons chat their friendship with Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso, and Marcus and Ben talk about their SNL Experience, White Blank Page has become a MOVEMENT.
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Mumford and Sons WORSHIP Shania Twain!

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"She's The Queen": Mumford And Sons Reveal How Their Shania Twain Duet In London Came About

By Maxim Mower | Holler | September 8, 2026

In a new interview, Mumford & Sons have paid tribute to Shania Twain and revealed how their momentous on-stage link-up came about at BST Hyde Park 2026 earlier this summer.

Marcus Mumford, the band's frontman, has been open about his longstanding admiration for the ‘That Don't Impress Me Much’ hitmaker, with the British artist visibly - and endearingly - over the moon when Shania emerged on-stage at Hyde Park this July.

During a conversation with Cody Alan for SiriusXM's The Highway, Mumford & Sons stress how kind Shania was throughout her time at the show, and how generous it was of her to spring across London after her opening set for Harry Styles at Wembley Stadium, to join the folk troubadours for a couple of songs during their encore.

Marcus begins by recalling how the band has always enjoyed covering ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman!’ - one of the songs they performed with Shania at Hyde Park, alongside ‘Here’ - and how they first learned to play it while standing in as their own openers.

He reflects, “That's our fun song to play in soundcheck. Yeah. When we're sort of on the road, fifth show of the week, bit bored, I'll get a guitar out and bam, bam, bam, and then we'll just jam it in soundcheck. We've been doing that for 15 years or something”.

Marcus goes on, “We opened for ourselves once actually and played that song...It was one of my favourite shows ever. We had a band cancel last minute. It's happened twice, but the second time it happened, we couldn't call anyone to come in last minute, so we dressed up in costumes - you know, inflatable dinosaurs, I think I was. It was a lot of spandex, and we learnt a bunch of covers, and we just were a cover band, and we opened for ourselves. We were called ‘The Sun Never Sets on the Cool Kids’. And we played [‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman!’]”.

Marcus continues, “And then we did it actually on the road. We did it with Lainey in New Orleans last year on this Train tour, and it was one of the songs that closed out the show. Did it with Noah Kahan in Burlington, which was fun. And so then it came to being in Hyde Park, and we knew she was down the street at Wembley with Harry Styles...for like 15 nights or whatever it was, and we called her up and said, “Is there any way, after you've finished your opening slot for Harry, if you could jump in a car and be at Hyde Park by sort of 9:30? We'll be on-stage”.

He smiles as he remembers how she agreed to the unforgettable duet, “And she said, “Yeah, why don't you come to my hotel and we'll practice the songs?” So I showed up in her hotel with my guitar, and her lovely husband was there, and we ran the songs, and then she showed up on-stage, man, and she just blew everyone away”.

Marcus underlines how incredible Shania was to work with, citing this as a major bucket-list moment for him, “She is phenomenal. She's the queen, and that was a dream”.

Ben Lovett echoes his sentiments, highlighting how Shania was kind enough to stay behind after the show to say hello to the bands’ families and friends, “She spent the time [with us] after the show”, with Ted Dwayne sharing, “She was like the last one on-site”.

Lovett adds, “Everyone, all family and friends, and she just hung, and it felt like she wasn't doing it to gain anything. There was no favor being curried...She just is very happy [to do it]”.

It undoubtedly aligns with what you tend to hear about Shania, with the country trailblazer building a reputation for being as kind-hearted off the stage as she appears on it.

Mumford & Sons’ BST Hyde Park performance will go down as one of the most iconic in recent memory, partly because of Shania's appearance - along with Hozier and Stella Lefty - but also because of how the band captivated the crowd from start to finish.

We're keeping our fingers crossed that, as Mumford & Sons continue their foray into the country music space with link-ups with the likes of Chris Stapleton, one day we might see a studio duet with Shania. If that does come to fruition, you can rest assured that Marcus won't be able to contain his excitement - and why should he, when one of country's most revered legends is working her magic.

https://holler.country/news/breaking/shes-the-queen-mumford-and-sons-reveal-how-their-shania-twain-duet-in-london-came-about/