Bruce Springsteen cancels North Carolina concert to show solidarity with LGBT community

Adding further ammunition to the argument that modern-day North Carolina is becoming about as popular as apartheid-era South Africa, Bruce Springsteen has just announced the sudden cancellation of an April 10 show in Greensboro.

The singer cited the state's controversial—not to mention riotously ignorant—HB2 law as his reason for pulling the plug on the concert. Under the law, transgender people who have not taken surgical and legal steps to change the gender on their birth certificates have no legal right under state law to use public restrooms of the gender they identify with.

In a statement on his website, Springsteen wrote: “As you, my fans, know I’m scheduled to play in Greensboro, North Carolina this Sunday. As we also know, North Carolina has just passed HB2, which the media are referring to as the “bathroom” law. HB2 — known officially as the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act — dictates which bathrooms transgender people are permitted to use. Just as important, the law also attacks the rights of LGBT citizens to sue when their human rights are violated in the workplace. No other group of North Carolinians faces such a burden.”

He added, "Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry - which is happening as I write - is one of them."

Don't be surprised if Ted Nugent, Hank Williams Jr., and Lynryd Skynryd all volunteer to fill the cancelled date.