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What We Feel Is Morally Right': Maroon 5 Cancels North Carolina Concerts Over Transgender Bathroom Controversy
May 20, 2016
Other major performers pulling out of North Carolina include Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Pearl Jam, Itzhak Perlman and Ringo Starr.
RALEIGH, N.C. (TheBlaze/AP) — The pop group Maroon 5 has joined the list of entertainers canceling appearances in North Carolina because of the passage of legislation that denies anti-discrimination protections and dictates which restrooms transgender people can use.
Adam Levine of Maroon 5 performs at the 2015 We Can Survive Concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Image source: Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
The members said they won't appear Sept. 11 at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte or Sept. 12 at PNC Arena in Raleigh. The band announced on its website Friday that its members feel canceling "comes down to what we feel is morally right."
Other major performers pulling out of North Carolina include Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Pearl Jam, Itzhak Perlman and Ringo Starr.
Maroon 5 is led by Adam Levine, who doubles as a celebrity musician-coach on NBC's "The Voice."
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Dave Urbanski is a senior editor for Blaze News.
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Dave Urbanski
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Dave Urbanski is a senior editor for Blaze News and has been writing for Blaze News since 2013. He has also been a newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, and a book editor. He resides in New Jersey. You can reach him at durbanski@blazemedia.com.
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