Van Morrison: Why He Isn’t Performing At The 2022 Oscars
hollywoodlife.comAs is the tradition, the nominees for the Best Original Song will perform or have their songs performed at the 2022 Academy Awards on Mar.
27. Beyoncé will sing her song from King Richard, Billie Eilish, and her brother FINNEAS will perform their theme to No Time To Die.
Even Lin-Manuel Miranda will have two of his songs from Ecanto performed during the show. Yet, one of the nominees will not hit the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood: Van Morrison. The controversial rocker is nominated for “Down To Joy” from the film Belfast, but he won’t perform the song due to a scheduling conflict. ‘ “Van Morrison was invited to perform his nominated song but will not attend the Oscars due to his tour schedule,” the show announced in a press release. “Therefore, ‘Down To Joy’ from Belfast will not be performed on the broadcast.” Van Morrison — a Northern Irish-born singer-songwriter who rose to prominence in the late 1960s and 1970s with songs like “Brown Eye Girl,” “Wild Night,” “Domino,” and “Moondance” – has recently come under fire for his series of anti-COVID-19 lockdown songs.
One of the tracks, “Stand and Deliver,” featured vaccine skeptic Eric Clapton, and it compared the COVID-19 measures to slavery.
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