In their first performance on US network television, the band played “Little Lion Man” on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman on 17 February 2010. This appearance was followed by a performance of ” The Cave ” on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on 26 February 2010. Mumford & Sons have been commercially successful in Australia and New Zealand. By January 2010, “Little Lion Man” topped the Triple J Hottest 100 list for all of 2009, with its margin of victory the largest in the history of the chart. In November 2010, the band won an ARIA Music Award for Most Popular International Artist. Sigh No More first reached number 9 on the New Zealand charts in October 2010, and subsequently topped the chart in January 2011 due to the popularity of the singles from the album.
US TV debut
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