Van Morrison has teamed up with Eric Clapton on his latest anti-lockdown song, “Stand and Deliver.” Set to release on Dec. 4, the track’s proceeds will go toward Morrison’s Lockdown Financial Hardship Fund, which aims to assist musicians who are facing financial hardships because of the global pandemic and lockdown measures that followed. Morrison previously […]
Raise your hand if you ever thought Van Morrison would become the face of the anti-lockdown movement? Put your hand down, you’re lying. Anyway, with 2020 being as it is, Morrison has already railed against the “pseudo-science” that has shaped the COVID-19 pandemic and promised to release a trio of singles in the coming weeks […]
Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires shared a new Van Morrison cover… but not before giving a warning first. The married musicians opted for a cover of Morrison’s “Into The Mystic” on Isbell’s I So Lounging show on the Sept. 18 live stream. Given Morrison’s recent behavior — including releasing three anti-lockdown protest songs to the press last week […]
Van Morrison is releasing three new tracks —Born To Be Free, As I Walked Out and No More Lockdown — in response to the ongoing UK government lockdown restrictions, the Irish singer announced on his website today (Sept. 18). “I’m not telling people what to do or think, the government is doing a great job of that already. […]
Van Morrison isn’t pleased with the idea of social distancing at concerts and even as has gone as far as calling the whole concept “pseudo-science.” Titled “Save Live Music,” the 74-year-old Northern Irish singer posted a statement on his website strongly encouraging the rest of the music industry to push for “full capacity audiences going forward.” […]