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REFUSES TO PLAY: Ian Brown. Photo: KEVIN WINTER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA
The frontman of The Stone Roses is an avid skeptic and opponent of vaccines, and now he makes it clear that he is not content with getting the message across on social media.
Rock veteran Ian Brown (58) announced on Twitter Wednesday night that he will be retiring as the lead name at the Neighborhood Weekender festival in Warrington in September, because there will be a requirement for the public to show proof of having received the vaccine against covid-19. be admitted.
“My Saturday night show at the NHBD Weekender Festival will now be nothing! I refuse to accept the vaccination certificate as a condition of entry»writes Brown.
The festival has so far not commented on the cancellation, other than announcing a new show with a replacement for Brown.
Nazi reference
The former lead singer of the Manchester band The Stone Roses has drawn attention in recent months and – among many fans – consternation, with a large number of Twitter messages where he questions the entire pandemic, and transmits theories that it is authorities like Will. control the population.
Several of his supporters scoff at his campaign, but the cancellation he now announces also falls on good ground for many, who praise Brown for showing integrity.
Last weekend, he reached out to “all festival promoters,” urging them not to cooperate with authorities on the vaccine evidence.
“Don’t help start the new Nazi norm”, Brown reported then.
“I will NEVER sing for an audience that must be vaccinated as a condition of participation. NEVER EVER”he wrote the day before.
LEGEND OF ROCK: Ian Brown in front of The Stone Roses reunited at the Øya Festival in 2012. The band became a sensation when they debuted in 1989. Photograph: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB
Here at home, the Ministry of Health and Care Services confirmed to VG on Monday that they are working on a vaccine certificate in accordance with international recommendations.
