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\"I’m like, 'We could make this happen where if somebody called b------- on us, we could technically go spray-paint six-foot circumferences.' But I just can’t imagine that germs aren’t getting spread,\" he concluded, adding that configuring live shows during these times is \"all out of whack.\"

Bryan's new album, \"Born Here Live Here Die Here,\" was released last week.

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