Four gigs scheduled by Morrison, including one at the Europa hotel, were cancelled at the 11th hour as live music was still not permitted under Covid restrictions.
In that video, he again criticises the minister and calls him “dangerous”, albeit referring to him incorrectly as “Robert Swann”.Swann has hired the libel lawyer Paul Tweed, who has represented well-known figures including Harrison Ford, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Lopez and Arlene Foster.
The Belfast-born singer has been an ardent critic of coronavirus restrictions, particularly those that prevented live music performances.
He said some of what he was claiming was “actually dangerous” and would provide “great comfort to the conspiracy theorists”.