According to the BBC, singer-songwriter Van Morrison has doubled down on his condemnation of COVID-19 restrictions, preparing three new tracks exploring the topic: “Born To Be Free” (out Sept. 25), “No More Lockdown” (out Oct. 9) and “As I Walked Out” (out Oct. 23).
Previously, Morrison criticized socially-distant concerts as “pseudo-science” and argued that musicians “need to be playing to full capacity audiences going forward.”
Ironically, after making those remarks, Morrison himself played three socially-distanced concerts in the UK.
“I’m not telling people what to do or think, the government is doing a great job of that already,” Morrison said in an official statement. “It’s about freedom of choice, I believe people should have the right to think for themselves.”
Worldwide, COVID-19 has contributed to the deaths of over 947,000 people.
Around 198,000 of them were in the United States alone.
14 Comments comments associated with this post
Otto
September 23, 2020 at 3:56 pmMister Swift is an idiot!
Really!!!!
September 20, 2020 at 10:24 amAsk the 250000 who are now positive with Covid from people expressing their right to be free in Sturgis. It is not a personal decision because if you get it you spread it.
Mister Softee
September 20, 2020 at 10:11 amFurthur is my favorite jam band by far and fuck $happy for contributing to its demise…
GOD
September 20, 2020 at 4:23 amALSO, jambands.com STOKES THE FLAMERS of division, by offering what have been proven to be fudged #s!! Get your news from elsewhere besides MSNBC and the other two options U have on TV. Your gen is better than this. You have all the tools to make way more informed decisions, YET U STILL FOLLOW RATS, just for a bigger piece of the poisoned CHEESE. FUCK ALL OF YOU TO DEATH
GOD
September 20, 2020 at 4:20 amWhy does the same two or three TWITS keep getting on those comments and acting PRO-govt??? Seems very much like a couple of FUCKING OUTSIDERS who have no fucking clue. DEAR “ME” == TELL US NOW == who is your fave jamband and WHY?
Mister Swift
September 20, 2020 at 12:28 amNobody has died from covid-19. whoever wrote this story needs to resign from their position.
Walkaway
September 19, 2020 at 6:51 amIt’s funny to see the triggered reactions here. Apparently thousands can riot yell chant and that magically does not spread any virus… there’s been an over 60 day experiment in Portland Seattle Minneapolis LA and NYC and new experiments in Rochester and Lancaster. Apparently wearing a mask and a blm flag prevents virus transmission! Hooray science! The experiment proves we can now gather once again!
Dinahmoehumm
September 19, 2020 at 6:34 amI am gross and perverted
I’m obsessed and deranged
I have existed for years but very little has changed
I’m a tool of the government
And industry too
I’m the slime oozing out from your TV set
Dinahmoehumm
September 19, 2020 at 6:30 amIf people don’t like Van’s message, don’t listen to it. Van has just as much right to express his opinion as someone who disagrees with him. Group think and conformity of thought is an ugly thing that’s brought us to our current insane level of woke panic and cancel culture. Enough already.
Bruce
September 18, 2020 at 1:57 pma shame that iconic musician Van Morrison sides with the anti-science, anti-humanity “freedom” idiots. Hard to have any respect for him any longer. What a fool believes….
think
September 18, 2020 at 4:07 pmthat’s the truth Bruce
Wow
September 18, 2020 at 1:56 pmSo Van has long had the reputation of being bitter, ornery, and basically a curmudgeon of a drunk, but this is of a whole different magnitude. There isn’t much an artist can do in their golden years that truly makes me unable to not listen to their classic era material, but this could do it.
Seriously man, what if a bunch of fellow dense thinking sheep follow your mindless thinking here and end up contributing to an outbreak or hotspot? Risk all that to hear a shitty version of ‘Moondance’?
wow
September 18, 2020 at 2:07 pm…that truly makes me unable to listen to their classic era material…
me
September 18, 2020 at 1:04 pmAnd people also have the right not to die because of inconsiderate fools who don’t believe in science. If it were cigarette smoke in your face, you’d be whining that it shouldn’t happen but since it’s invisible to the eye, you bitch about freedom of choice. You’re an inconsiderate idiot, Van. Do yourself a favor and read about the wedding in Maine. When you listen to fools, the mob rules…