That didn’t last long.

For reasons beyond understanding, Eric Clapton has been and – as far as we know – continues to be, rabidly anti-vax. This is obviously somewhat surprising because most artists tend to fall on the liberal side of things and most anti-vaxxers definitely tend to fall on the Right-Right side of things. Then it got a little out of hand when Clapton vowed to never play a venue that required proof of vaccination.

It was almost like he was worried that the vaccination juice might rob off on him. COVID virus okay, COVID juice not so much. Now, it’s impossible to determine with any certainty whether Clapton sat back and calculated the amount of money he would lose if he adhered to his vow, or just genuinely stopped caring whether his audience was vaccinated or not.

What is clear is that Clapton played a show in New Orleans that requires proof of at least one shot of vaccine or a very recent negative test. From HuffPo:

The Smoothie King Center’s website clearly states on its COVID-19 information page that it adheres to local guidelines that require all ticket-holders12 and older to show proof of having received at least one dose of a vaccine or evidence of a recent negative COVID-19 test. It also states that all concertgoers are required to wear face masks, but, according to a review of the 14-song show posted Sunday by the Times-Picayune newspaper, the venue was pretty lax with enforcing these guidelines.

To be fair, New Orleans wouldn’t be New Orleans if it wasn’t a little lax on enforcing guidelines.

The Times-Picayune staff writer who attended the show reported that “a security guard glanced at a photo of my vaccine card without checking the name against my ID” and that those in the crowd could remove their masks to eat or drink, noting. ​​“A drink, then, doubled as a get-out-of-masking-free card.”

When a city’s most famous street is named “Bourbon” one can bet that a drink is either going to get one out of trouble or in much more trouble, it’s hit or miss.

So Clapton may think he adhered to his vow but we’re calling bourbon on that. A place is either open, or vaccination is an issue. He chose the latter. As we said, that didn’t last long.

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