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Photos: The Lumineers and Nathaniel Rateliff Marked a Homecoming at Empower Field

The Lumineers and Nathaniel Rateliff treated hometown fans with an arena stop on their world tour.
The Lumineers on stage at Empower Field
The Lumineers at Empower Field on August 2nd, 2025

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The Lumineers made its Empower Field debut to a proud hometown audience along with fellow local heroes Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats. The Automatic World Tour rolled through a quick weather delay and delivered a set full of new material, fan favorites and rocking covers. The Lumineers will continue the tour in support of its newest album, Automatic, on August 5 in San Francisco.

See photos from the show below: 

The Lumineers began calling Denver home in 2009.

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The songwriting duo came up through the Denver open-mic scene

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Fans doing the wave at Empower Field.

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Wesley Schultz of The Lumineers.

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Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers.

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Lauren Jacobson has been playing strings, piano for the band since 2018.

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Stelth Ulvang and Lauren Jacobson of The Lumineers

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The Lumineers self-titled debut album was released in 2012.

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Stelth Ulvang plays piano, keyboards, accordion, mandolin, guitar, and percussion for the band.

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The Lumineers most recent studio album, Automatic, was released on Valentines day of 2025.

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The band collaborated with country star Zach Bryan on the single “Spotless”

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The light show and crowd at Empower Field.

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The Lumineers’ song “Ho Hey” spent eight consecutive weeks atop Billboard’s Adult Pop Songs chart

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The band’s second album, Cleopatra, was #1 on the Billboard Top 200 in April 2016

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The Lumineers were thrilled to play for hometown fans

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The band played their song “Angela” twice to make sure it was perfect after a wind delay.

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The Lumineers will play next on August 5th, 2025 in San Francisco.

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In 2002 Nathaniel Rateliff formed the band Born in the Flood, which quickly gained popularity in Denver and played the Westword Music Showcase.

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Nathaniel Rateliff formed the Night Sweats in 2013.

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Originally from Herman, Missouri, Rateliff left home after his father passed away when he was in the seventh grade.

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In 2019 Rateliff collaborated with Willie’s Reserve to release a cannabis cartridge line called the “Nightstache Collection.”

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Rateliff’s most recent album, South of Here, was released under Stax on June 28.

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