I am a big Mumford & Sons fan. I even went to see them a few months ago when the group played the Barclays center.
I am also a member of the
Only problem is that the roof can't accommodate every single NYC member, so the club held a lottery.
Spoiler alert: I didn't win.
But a lot of other people did get the golden ticket and so I had to live vicariously through them on social media:
The Mumford dudes & their Sons. Do I have that right? ;-) Top o' Soho House on a beauty of a night in NYC. pic.twitter.com/zTciCU8b50
— Kyle MacLachlan (@Kyle_MacLachlan) August 23, 2013
A look at Mumford & Sons performing at Soho House right now pic.twitter.com/mYK8FLeCES (photo credit: @Jinglinbaby)
— New York Nightlife (@NYNightlife) August 23, 2013
J. Crew's President and Creative Director Jenna Lyons watched from a swan in the pool.
Watch video of the band playing below:
And then John Legend came out:
Here are a few other celebs who were in attendance. They clearly did not have to enter a lottery:
J. Crew President and Creative Director, Jenna Lyons.
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Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany.
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Victoria's Secret model Erin Heatherton.
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Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock.
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“We are supposed to stop playing now but we are just gonna go on,” Marcus Mumford reportedly told the crowd. “Don’t do this half-ass New York thing; we need some fat people in the pool, like myself and we will all be united.”
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