Calvin Harris Blasts the UK Government for 'Treating the Music Industry Like Sh--' Amid COVID-19 - Billboard

Calvin Harris.

Calvin Harris let his feelings be known in an Instagram post criticizing the UK government's treatment of the music industry amid COVID-19.

Posted Monday, the image shows a burnt-out nightclub with the caption, "as usual the UK government treating music industry like sh--; contributes 5bn to the economy, generates massive tax revenues for NHS and other public services...besides that, culture is extremely f---ing important...you’ve lost sight of what life is about...you’d rather live in a world of supermarkets and pharmaceutical drugs.".

The Scottish producer's post came after a Sept.

During the conversation, Whately stated that it "doesn't make sense to continue supporting jobs where there simply isn't work at the moment" including jobs in the nightlife sector.

Down in the comments section on Instagram, Harris also fired back at a commenter who wrote "1st pic is from a nightclub fire in Germany or Poland...

The post has gotten more than 127,000 likes and comments of support from a wide-ranging crew of music industry figures including Showtek, Pete Tong, Cedric Gervais, Omnia Nightclub and Kaskade, the latter of whom commented that "the last places to open back up will be churches and nightclubs...