{"id":2971,"date":"2016-04-19T16:52:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T08:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/19\/pearl-jam-cancel-north-carolina-concert-over-anti-lgbt-law\/"},"modified":"2016-04-19T16:52:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T08:52:14","slug":"pearl-jam-cancel-north-carolina-concert-over-anti-lgbt-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/19\/pearl-jam-cancel-north-carolina-concert-over-anti-lgbt-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Jam cancel North Carolina concert over anti-LGBT law"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pearl Jam have opted out of their North Carolina gig, becoming the latest act to cancel a show in the state because of a law that limits the rights of the LGBT community.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: Bruce Springsteen cancels North Carolina show in response to anti-LGBT law<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The new law blocks anti-discrimination rules that protected gay and transgender people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The rock band’s decision comes days after\u00a0Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Bryan Adams and Boston all cancelled shows scheduled in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

The gig was due to take place at the 20,000-capacity PNC Arena in Raleigh on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In a statement on their <\/span>website<\/a>, Pearl Jam said they must “must take a stand against prejudice”.\u00a0<\/span> Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pearl Jam have opted out of their North Carolina gig, becoming the latest act to cancel a show in the state because of a law that limits the rights of the LGBT community.\u00a0 SEE ALSO: Bruce Springsteen cancels North Carolina … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2233,2234,1981,2235,1112],"class_list":["post-2971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-anti-lgbt-law","tag-bruce-springsteen","tag-north-carolina","tag-pearl-jam","tag-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}