On April 18th, Mumford & Sons teased that news was coming on Friday – April 22nd:
News coming on Friday… pic.twitter.com/EL2JHHzTLo
— Mumford & Sons (@MumfordAndSons) April 18, 2016
On April 20th, they tweeted that a new song would be featured on Zane Lowe‘s Beats1:
Tune into @Beats1 tomorrow from 9am PST for @ZaneLowe‘s world premiere of There Will Be Time https://t.co/i9oAtopuzE pic.twitter.com/yGSfpOTrZV — Mumford & Sons (@MumfordAndSons) April 20, 2016
On April 21st came “There Will Be Time” and April 22nd an EP announcement!!! Mumford & Sons revealed that they have a new EP called Johannesburg, and that it will be released on June 17th.
The journey to Johannesburg begins… Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/CMwkpOFo13
— Mumford & Sons (@MumfordAndSons) April 22, 2016
The collection of songs will feature Baaba Maal, The Very Best & Beatenberg. We can’t wait 🙂 Take a little listen to the first song from the EP, below: