Mumford & Sons Take A Break From Music

Mumford & Sons have announced that they’re taking a break from music for a “considerable amount of time.”

The folk-rockers wrapped up their Gentleman of the Road worldwide tour in Kansas last Friday (20th September) and keyboardist Ben Lovett says it’s their final show in a long while.

"There won't be any Mumford & Sons activities for the foreseeable future following Friday's show," he told Rolling Stone.

Asked how long it will be until they return, Lovett replied: "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."

The band have been touring extensively throughout 2012 and 2013 in support of their second album ‘Babel’, including a triumphant headline performance at Glastonbury in June.

Lovett went on to explain what the band hoped to do with their time off: "We're just going to rest up," he said.

"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."

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