It was an offer Ben Lovett couldn’t refuse. One of the biggest bands in the world had declared their interest in performing at his acclaimed London Bridge venue, Omeara, but there was a sting in the tail.

“We got a phone call saying The Killers wanted to do an underplay in London,” the Mumford & Sons star tells Music Week. “I know their agent and he was like, ‘I’ve heard so many good things about Omeara, we want to ...