Van again disputes baby claims

Van Morrison has again refuted claims he has become a dad for the third time.

The 64-year-old singer was reported last month to have fathered a baby with his tour manager Gigi Lee but is adamant the claims are false.

He said in a statement: “There is no truth in the suggestion I have recently become a father.”

The birth of George Ivan Morrison III was announced on his official website, but the posting was blamed on a hacker and was not made by the ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ singer or Gigi.

Morrison is married to former beauty queen Michella Rocca, with whom he has two young children.

The Belfast-born star, who also has a daughter aged 39 from his first marriage to Janet Minto, first found fame in the mid 1960s as a member of the band Them.

He went on to find fame in his own right with the groundbreaking album 'Astral Weeks' in 1968.

Last year the chart veteran performed the album live in its entirety for the first time in 40 years.

A documentary film charting the experience is to be released in the near future.