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Watch: Jimmy Fallon sweats, Van Morrison plays “Sweet Thing” external link

Rate   Consequence of Sound | by Alex Young | Tue, Mar 3

Tue, Mar 3 And that’s even without mentioning Van Morrison. Hot off his weekend stint at Madison Square Garden, the legendary musician took to Fallon for another revisit of Astral Weeks, this in the form of a performance of “Sweet Thing”. Draped in all black and backed by a fairly large musical accomp...

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