Hundreds Stand in Line for Mumford and Sons Tickets

The line for 500 extra Mumford and Sons tickets wrapped around the corner of Third and Washington Streets on Wednesday morning, as a couple of hundred Hobokenites stood in line for tickets to the highly anticipated show on August 1. 

Upon request from Mayor Dawn Zimmer, were set aside to be sold in Hoboken. 

One Hobokenite, who wished to remain anonymous because he was supposed to be at work rather than stand in line, said that such a big concert in Hoboken is "really cool." He arrived to stand in line around 9 a.m.

Ward Blackwell, a 36-year-old Hobokenite, had arrived at the line at 6:30 a.m., about an hour and a half after the first fans camped out in front of Tunes. 

While excited about the show, Blackwell said, "I'm a little nervous about how many people are coming ... will it all fit?"

Around 10 a.m. Councilman-at-Large David Mello joined the line, behind a grouf op of excited residents. 

"I want to get some tickets," he said. "I'm willing to stand in line as long as it takes."

At 10 a.m. Tunes opened, and people went inside in small groups in an orderly fashion.