Bruce Springsteen Cancels Concert Because of North Carolina Law

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen has canceled his concert in North Carolina, citation the state’s new law blocking anti-discrimination rules accoutrement the LGBT community.

Bruce Springsteen performs with the E Street Band at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, in Los Angeles.

In a account on his website Friday, Springsteen said he was abandoning the concert appointed for Sunday in Greensboro because of the law, which critics say discriminates adjoin gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Springsteen says the law “is an attack by humans who cannot angle the advance our country has fabricated in acquainted the animal rights of all of our citizens to annul that progress.”

Because of that, he said he and the E Street Band have to “show adherence with those abandon fighters.”

Later, Springsteen acclimated his Facebook page to appetite followers to acquaintance lawmakers, abacus a hotlink to acquisition them.

People who bought tickets will get refunds.