From Rolling Stone: "Mumford & Sons played
their last tour date supporting Babel last
night in Bonner Springs, Kansas, ending a dramatic year that has included several Grammy wins and bassist Ted Dwane’s health scare – and the
band revealed to Rolling Stone that
they’re ready for a long break. "There won’t be any Mumford & Sons
activities for the foreseeable future following Friday’s show,"
keyboardist Ben Lovett told us earlier this week.
Exactly how long is the band planning
to take off? "We have no idea. We just know we’re going to take a
considerable amount of time off and just go back to hanging out and having no
commitments or pressure or anything like that. It feels like the last week of
school right now, before school holiday when you’re in high school. The
atmosphere on the road is one of . . . I think everyone’s excited about being
free of schedules."
Back in
February, the band told us that learning to play demanding arena sets has been
an adjustment. "These shows take a bit more out of us," said
Lovett. "We have a bigger responsibility to be in better form. We can’t be
dropping the set 20 minutes because Marcus has tired legs." Added Ted
Dwane, "We definitely want a little break. We’re going to have a little
rest."
It will
be the band’s first true down time since breaking through with 2009's Sigh No More. "We’re just going to
rest up," Lovett says now. "I don’t think we’ve had actually much
time in the process to be with other people and living a life outside of the
band. I think that’s what’s in place at the moment, to do very little – especially
when it comes to Mumford & Sons." Check out the original article on RollingStone.com
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