Photo: @LauraKmusic/Twitter. Vancouver musician Matthew Goode made some controversial comments at a BC concert last night. At a concert in Nanaimo on Tuesday night (Oct. 18), Vancouver musician Matthew Good, lead singer and songwriter of the Matthew Good Band, sparked an outrage that the internet isn’t loving. Good performed a solo set and in between songs suggested putting unvaccinated people on planes to the Congo. In a video shared on social media, he was heard saying “then they can go down and, like 14-year-olds can shoot AK-47s at them.” The video is almost a minute long and appears to have started with complaints about protesters. His comments were initially met with cheers, although some members of the crowd expressed shock when he reached the end of his thought. When he finishes his speech, the crowd cheers. Since the video was posted, reactions and interpretations of Good’s words online have ranged from disappointment to anger. Some people take his comments seriously and call Good a fascist, while others argue that it was a bad joke. Good also ran into trouble last year and was dropped from his label following abuse allegations leveled against him by ex-girlfriend, model and music producer Hayley Mather. Good denied the allegations. This latest incident has some people calling for the cancellation of his upcoming shows in Canadian cities like Banff.
