{"id":663947,"date":"2026-06-29T07:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/663947\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:28:10","slug":"meet-the-somerset-farmer-who-turns-into-elton-john-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/663947\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Somerset farmer who turns into Elton John at night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">By day, tenant farmer Richard Reeves can usually be found out in the fields, tending to his 200-strong herd of cows. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But come nightfall, his wellies are often swapped for a sequinned or feathered costume before heading out to perform as Elton John to sold-out audiences across the UK. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While he has been a lifelong fan of the artist, even meeting him backstage as a teenager, it is not just his passion for music that has led him to a new career. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The financial pressures facing many farmers means Reeves needs to work two jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That&#8217;s the reality of modern farming: most farms now need additional income streams just to survive. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Some diversify into holiday lets, farm shops, or caf\u00e9s &#8211; but as a tenant farmer, those options aren&#8217;t always available. So, I&#8217;ve had to diversify in my own way,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By day, tenant farmer Richard Reeves can usually be found out in the fields, tending to his 200-strong&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-663947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}