Van Morrison slams social distancing as 'pseudo-science' and demands the return of live concerts with crowds at full capacity
is doing socially distanced shows in the U.K. — but unlike other artists who have hailed the new way of gigging as a necessary stopgap measure, Morrison is making it clear that he couldn’t be less happy about the compromise.
In a post on his website titled “Save Live Music,” Morrison wrote, “As you know, we are doing socially distanced gigs at Newcastle Upon Tyne’s Gosforth Park, Electric Ballroom and the London Palladium. This is not a sign of compliance or acceptance of the current state of affairs; this is to get my band up and running and out of the doldrums. This is also not the answer going forward. We need to be playing to full capacity audiences going forward.
“Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and myself appear to be the only people in the music business trying to get it back up and running again,” Morrison wrote. “Come forward.He closed his message by asking other artists to go public with their support for a fast return to full-on concerts. “We would like to publish a list of names of all those who are supporting the industry,” Morrison concluded.
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