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

The Lumineers at Empower Field on August 2nd, 2025 Ross Jones (@rossjonz)

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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.

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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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