LONDON ā Van Morrison has never been one to hold back over the years. Why start now?
The 75-year-old singer-songwriter is certainly not holding back on what he thinks of the lockdown restrictions put in place by governments around the world in response to the coronavirus.
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Morrison, whose decades as a musician produced classic hits such as āBrown Eyed Girl.ā āGloriaā and āMoondance,ā revealed Friday that he is releasing three protest songs that call for the restrictions on routine activities to be lifted.
In āNo More Lockdown,ā the Northern Irishman says the curbs āenslaveā people, effectively labels the British government as āfascist bullies,ā condemns celebrities for ātelling us what we are supposed to feelā and charges scientists for "making up crooked facts.ā
āIām not telling people what to do or think. The government is doing a great job of that already,ā Morrison said. āItās about freedom of choice, I believe people should have the right to think for themselves.ā
Morrison, who was knighted in 2016 for his services to music and to tourism in Northern Ireland, is also releasing ā"Born To Be Free" and āAs I Walked Out.ā The former is due to be released on Sept. 25, followed by the other two songs a month later.
Morrison, or āVan the Manā as he is fondly referred to by his legions of fans, plans to perform the songs during his upcoming shows at the London Palladium.