A few days after Bruce Springsteen canceled a North Carolina concert, Bryan Adams - who has an upcoming Atlanta concert on the calendar - announced he's canceling a Mississippi show. Both rockers cited the respective states' recently based religious liberty bills.
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Here is the statement Adams just posted:
"Mississippi has passed anti-LGBT ‘Religious Liberty’ bill 1523. I find it incomprehensible that LGBT citizens are being discriminated against in the state of Mississippi. I cannot in good conscience perform in a State where certain people are being denied their civil rights due to their sexual orientation. Therefore i’m cancelling my 14 April show at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. Using my voice I stand in solidarity with all my LGBT friends to repeal this extremely discriminatory bill. Hopefully Mississippi will right itself and I can come back and perform for all of my many fans. I look forward to that day. #stop1523"
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