{"id":558964,"date":"2021-06-10T07:06:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T11:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=558964"},"modified":"2021-06-10T07:06:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T11:06:51","slug":"after-trashing-vaccine-dodgers-andrew-lloyd-webber-pledges-to-defy-covid-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-trashing-vaccine-dodgers-andrew-lloyd-webber-pledges-to-defy-covid-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"After Trashing Vaccine Dodgers, Andrew Lloyd Webber Pledges To Defy COVID Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-trashing-vaccine-dodgers-andrew-lloyd-webber-pledges-to-defy-covid-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=558964&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Webber.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>After comparing vaccine dodgers with drunk drivers, Broadway legend Andrew Lloyd Webber (\u201cThe Phantom of the Opera\u201d) now says he will risk arrest if the government doesn\u2019t allow theaters to operate at full capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/theatre\/what-to-see\/andrew-lloyd-webber-want-stop-theatre-have-arrest-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Daily Telegraph, <\/a>the famed composer said that he will open his six London theaters in two weeks regardless of COVID or social distancing protocols. London had planned to ease restrictions on June 21, but new variants of the virus have put that in doubt. Webber said that keeping theaters locked down was simply anti-science.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen the science from the tests, don\u2019t ask me how,\u201d he\u00a0 said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the government ignores their own science, we have the mother of all legal cases against them. If \u2018Cinderella\u2019 couldn\u2019t open, we\u2019d go, \u2018Look, either we go to law about it or you\u2019ll have to compensate us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Webber even went so far to say that the police can \u201ccome to the theatre and arrest us\u201d if he violates the protocol. According to the composer, he had to remortgage his home and would have to sell his theaters if they are not allowed to reopen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, the government regards theater as a nice thing to have rather than a necessity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/andrew-lloyd-webber-risking-arrest-june-london-theater-reopening\">Fox News<\/a>, the famed composer has been fighting to get theaters opened since last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, as you probably know I\u2019ve been fighting to get theaters reopened and indeed all forms of indoor and music spaces, up and down, not only just Britain but all over America,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/11\/29\/andrew-lloyd-webber-is-optimistic-for-broadways-return\/\">he said <\/a>in November 2020. Webber\u2019s open defiance of the government stands in stark contrast to his statement on vaccine dodgers. During an interview with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/uk-57146619\">BBC<\/a>, Webber said that not getting the vaccine would be like killing someone after drinking and driving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think it\u2019s selfish, because, I mean, look at it this way, I mean, you could just say, I would like to go out and have a drink tonight and drive home, and accidentally I kill somebody,\u201d the 73-year-old composer said.<\/p>\n<p>Webber then touted the science behind vaccines, noting his participation in the Oxford vaccine trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I mean, it seems to me that nobody\u2019s going to go out and deliberately infect anybody with Covid, but it\u2019s completely wrong if we know the science. I was on the Oxford vaccine trial last year for this reason,\u201d he said. \u201cWe know that the vaccines are very effective and we know that they are really, broadly speaking, unbelievably safe. It just seems to me that it\u2019s just not \u2013 I think the Queen put it rather well, you\u2019ve got to think of other people in all of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the BBC challenged Webber on his \u201cvery stark comparison\u201d between hesitant vaxxers and drunk drivers, Webber was unwavering in his position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I don\u2019t know. I think you could argue it\u2019s your choice. I feel very strongly now that there are really now people who have got to realise that by not having the vaccine they\u2019re affecting an enormous number of people\u2019s jobs and livelihoods,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/broadway-legend-andrew-lloyd-weber-compares-vaccine-refusers-to-drunk-drivers\">Broadway Legend Andrew Lloyd Weber Compares Vaccine Refusers To Drunk\u00a0Drivers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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