Atlanta, GA 12/3/2010 10:54:53 PM
Matt Bellamy plans to retire from music and become a hemp farmer.
The Muse frontman – who owns a sprawling farm in Devon –
wants to transform the land into a factory to make paper and material
from the plant.
The millionaire musician says when he eventually stops touring he will also spend his time sheep shearing.
Matt - who is dating Hollywood actress Kate Hudson - said of his farm:
“I don't live there, it's just land with a couple of jaded barns that
need to be renovated. It's a nice place to camp but my long-term plan
is to grow industrial hemp for making paper and material.
"When I stop touring I'm going to hang around there and start shearing sheep."
The 32-year-old musician is already using the land as a sheep farm with a flock of 50 ewes and two rams.
He added to The Sun newspaper: “As we speak, I'm letting the rams loose on the ewes.
"I got the sheep mainly because I've got a farm which has a lot of
steep hills, so the grass gets out of control unless you get grazing
animals in there - and it was too steep for cows.
"I've got Dorset Downs sheep - they're hardy, they can handle the weather."
This is not the first time Matt has spoken about his need for a break
from touring, saying he sometimes thinks about living in a tent on his
own.
The rocker - who grew up in Devon and is currently touring Australia
-said: “I might just live in a tent on my own farm somewhere, isolated
with a shotgun.
"It definitely feels like we've got to a certain level as a live band …
So it could be time to take a break, back off for a bit and see if
anybody misses us."
