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Pearl Jam, Boston cancel North Carolina shows over transgender law

Published 2016-04-18, 06:43 p/m
© Reuters. Pearl Jam, Boston cancel North Carolina shows over transgender law
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April 18 (Reuters) - U.S. rock bands Pearl Jam and Boston
have canceled shows in North Carolina over a new state law they
call discriminatory against transgender people, the groups said
on Monday.
The cancellations make the bands the latest entertainment
acts to take a stance against the measure, known as House Bill
2.
"The HB2 law that was recently passed is a despicable piece
of legislation that encourages discrimination against an entire
group of American citizens," Pearl Jam, a pioneering grunge
rock group, said in a handwritten statement posted on its
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) page.
Pearl Jam had a Wednesday concert scheduled in Raleigh.
Boston, which had its greatest success in the 1970s and 1980s,
had been set for three shows next month in the state.
North Carolina last month became the first state to require
transgender people to use restrooms and locker rooms in schools
and other public facilities that correspond with their birth
gender instead of the gender with which they identify.
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, rocker Bruce Springsteen
and performance group Cirque du Soleil have canceled North
Carolina shows to protest the law. More than 160 business
executives have signed a Human Rights Campaign letter pushing
for it to be repealed.

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