Former Boyzone member Shane Lynch has accused pop stars like Taylor Swift of incorporating what he sees as satanic elements into their shows.
Speaking to the Sunday World newspaper, Lynch expressed concern about a number of the visual elements in today’s pop concert events, like “hoods up and masks on”, and “fire ceremonies”.
He said it was unlucky that many individuals will dismiss it as “just art” but he believes there’s something more sinister at play.
Speaking about quite a lot of current popular music, the committed Christian said there’s “quite a lot of hidden satanic and quite a lot of evil inside them, including all the way down to the beats”.
He is so concerned by some music that he says he has stopped listening to it.Â
“I feel once you’re taking a look at quite a lot of the artists on the market, quite a lot of their stage shows are satanic rituals live in front of 20,000 people without them realizing and recognizing,” Lynch told the newspaper.Â
“You’ll see quite a lot of hoods up and masks on and fire ceremonies. Even all the way down to Taylor Swift — one in all the largest artists on the planet — you watch one in all her shows and she or he has two or three different demonic rituals to do with the pentagrams on the bottom, to do with all styles of stuff on her stage.”
He explained why he thinks it is a problem for people’s spiritual wellbeing.
“Music attaches to your emotions. It has a connection to your spirit and the way you are feeling,” he said. “That’s why I’ve stopped listening to those kinds of music myself since it doesn’t suit my spirit.”
The father-of-two added, “It 100 per cent has an effect on society. I feel our society has never been worse in lots of areas, and it starts from our kids.
“It’s coming in right at our kids from the very starting to get them to sway away from anything godly, anything controlled or disciplined. It’s getting wilder and wilder on the market for a reason.”
He added, “Music is dangerous.”
Boyzone was formed in Dublin in 1993 and have become one in all the largest boy bands within the Nineties, achieving six UK number ones and nine in Ireland. They have sold over 25 million records worldwide to this point.
