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Stone Roses’ Ian Brown Says COVID Is Turning People Into ‘Digital Slaves’

DUBLIN, IRELAND - JULY 09: Ian Brown of The Stone Roses performs at Marlay Park on July 9, 2016 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Kieran Frost/Redferns)

Over the past few weeks, a number of aging UK rockers have voiced their displeasure with the coronavirus quarantine — but perhaps no one more than Stone Roses singer Ian Brown.

Brown unleashed a series of tweets about coronavirus conspiracies, claiming the pandemic, which he termed a “plandemic,” was “planned designed to make us digital slaves” and ranted about the validity of the pandemic.

https://twitter.com/ianbrown/status/1308338852889853952

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Brown’s previous tweets show that he’s against nearly every government precaution to stop the spread of COVID-19, including masks, lockdown and contact tracing.

https://twitter.com/ianbrown/status/1302252429191401473

Brown also quoted 1984 author George Orwell, writing: “ALL tyrannies rule through fraud and force but once the FRAUD is exposed they must rely exclusively on FORCE George Orwell.”

https://twitter.com/ianbrown/status/1308489117534216192

He also released an anti-lockdown song about it last week.

The singer, who was a founding member of Stone Roses in 1984, has been solo since 1996.