Bruce Springsteen cancels upcoming performance in North Carolina due to new 'anti-LGBT' law.

[RockaFowler]

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Just love The Boss!!

[Hoyt]

1. Awesome!

[Politicalboi]

2. His last shows and they're going to miss it

Oh well, they voted those assholes in. I know not everyone did, and probably 25% of Bruce's fans probably did. I hope this wakes them the fuck up.

[awoke_in_2003]

24. He's hanging it up?

I have never seen him live.

[yardwork]

25. Go see him. His shows are amazing.

[awoke_in_2003]

26. I will check into

when he is hitting the DFW area.

[TimeToGo]

38. I don't think so

I certainly don't think he has announced such.

[Duval]

57. Koch $$$$ poured in.

We sure as hell didn't vote for McCrory. We're Democrats, but could not withstand the onslaught of $$$$$ for the Republicans. I do believe we'll vote a Democrat in the Governor's seat in 2016 because of this Administration's disastrous policies.

[Skittles]

3. thanking Mr. Springsteen

[HuckleB]

4. Well, "I, I, I ain't gonna play Sun City ..."

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. A great video I remember from back then!

Thanks for the reminder!

[HuckleB]

20. And Little Steven was the driving force for that, to boot.

[FailureToCommunicate]

35. It was amazing -at the time- to see all the artists! Ringo and his son! It came out around the

same time as "We Are The World", and not long after "Do They Know It's Christmas"

[Kokonoe]

22. Great Video

I detest how YouTube destroys digital videos as the "copy" gets OLD.

[FailureToCommunicate]

36. I know. I luckily bought a copy of the video at the time. It's still clear. Such a great

gathering of talent!

[progressoid]

54. That's not necessarily youtube's fault.

There are better versions

[Kokonoe]

79. Thank You! You Tube.

But it is still crap resolution.

I have taken the position we do not deserve anything that might result in less income for the top 12%.

[Little_Wing]

5. Brrrrruuuuuuuuuuuce!

and the band as well.

It feels so good to have some real stand-up heroes left

[leftcoastmountains]

6. Never gone to one of his concerts

but glad he did it!

[U4ikLefty]

11. He puts on a great show. Almost 3 hours and never boring.

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I saw him in 85 for the Born in the USA tour with a pretty skeptical attitude. I left a fan. My buddy saw him a few weeks ago for the first time and finally understood why I praised his live act so much.

[mnhtnbb]

8. Good for The Boss.

I wish he'd make a donation to Roy Cooper's campaign.

I can hardly wait to vote out McCrory in November. Since I live in Chapel Hill--that oasis of blue--my state Rep and Senator are Dems who did
not support this hateful legislation.

[cwydro]

18. Same here.

I'm a gay Carolinian, and I sure as hell didn't vote McCrory in.

Sadly, the cancellation of the concert won't affect the bigots who did vote him in.

[yardwork]

28. It might. I'm a gay Carolinian, and I think the blowback is getting fierce.

I read today that another company cancelled plans to open a site in North Carolina. This one was going to be in Asheville, with 500 jobs. They were in the final stages of deciding and announced today that NC is no longer an option for them due to HB2.

And our gubnor is staying home "sick" this weekend - cancelled his public events. I'd say the shit's hitting the fan.

[cwydro]

32. I hope it blows up in his bigoted face.

PayPal cancelled its Charlotte expansion, but I hadn't heard about the one in Asheville.

Wasn't it enough that we had to suffer through Jesse Helms?

Now we got this moron.

[C Moon]

50. Are you serious? He's staying home sick? :D :D :D What a loser freak!!!

[Duval]

59. Yes, interesting that he's decided to recuperate for weeks at home.

I hope the shit is hitting the fan!!

[mnhtnbb]

31. Actually, it is...because some of them have concert tickets.

I'm 'friends' on fb with a woman who is a sister of a friend of mine who lives in NJ.
They are both Republicans... and the one who lives in Kernersville--between Winston/Salem
and Greensboro--had tickets for the concert. She's a HUGE Springsteen fan. And she is pissed.
I'm really tempted to make a comment on her fb page about how actions have consequences.
But it won't change her mind.

I think it might be time to unfriend both of them.

BTW, both my sons are gay...and one is a graduate of UNC - Chapel Hill. He is no longer
a resident of NC since he's in grad school at Yale--but the other one lives in Cary.

[Duval]

58. Two more in this oasis of blue agree. nt

[Hissyspit]

9. I live in North Carolina and have/had a pit ticket. I am angry, but not at Bruce. The fault

lies ENTIRELY with our idiot bigoted legislators and Governor McCrory. Ignorant law should NEVER have been passed.

(Pit ticket, by the way, is one that lets you get right up close to the stage).

[U4ikLefty]

12. Pit tix to Bruce? That's a tough pill to swallow...great attitude.

+1

[PatV]

13. I am really sorry about this. Too bad you have to pay for the bigotry of others.

[Hissyspit]

41. Oh, the right-wingers in the N.C. legislature and our governor

have affected me and my livelihood in many negative ways more worrisome than a concert ticket.

[Behind the Aegis]

42. Thank you!

I really want to highlight your post to another on this thread who remarked about the "unfairness" to the fans. Sure, it really sucks, you had some kick ass seats, but this law affects the dignity and the civil rights of an entire group of people.

Thank you for directing your anger at those who deserve it!

[HuckleB]

19. Ouch. I wonder if fans contact Springsteen's web page, what could be done...

... perhaps moving the show to another venue, out of state.

[lostnfound]

27. I am sorry for you.. Hope something works out.

[yardwork]

29. I'm sorry, Hissyspit. That would have been a great experience.

[joeybee12]

10. Big KNR!

[jonks2746]

14. I just love Bruce

I'll be sure to buy more of his songs in the future.

[Botany]

15. you can't start a fire without a spark

BTW What is their hang ups w/bathrooms? Something tells me that
more then a few of these bigots go to public restrooms "looking for love."

Me being a dull ass old straight white dude I have never found places where
people go to pee, drop a deuce, or blow chunks as being very romantic.

[Utopian Leftist]

33. This is a sad vestige of homophobia, IMO.

Homophobia still causes gays in many places to seek out sexual interaction in public restrooms. So now there is a law to punish us LGBT people, for a situation that was created by ignorance and homophobia. A situation where, were they simply free to love who they chose, they would not be inclined to resort to fast, secret gratification in non-romantic environments.

[Solly Mack]

16. K&R

[RoccoR5955]

17. BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCE! n/t

[eggplant]

21. After they had to cancel a show in Chicago, they released a full concert on their site for free.

By way of apology. I'm sure ticketholders got refunds, and it still wasn't the same as going to a live show, but he definitely thinks of his fans, and does the best he can by them.

[SoapBox]

23. Excellent.

[mainstreetonce]

30. That's NJ values

Good for the Boss

[FreedomRain]

34. I won't fault him for taking a stand

if he felt he had to do it. But damnit these things tend to punish the wrong people. When Liz Phair cancelled a show here in the wake of the "Show your Papers" law, I was fairly upset. Never seen her and may not get another chance. Again, not going to dislike her for that, but I think it is misguided.

The jobs people, like Hollywood or Paypal trying to make a statement, I get, they don't want to deal with trying to enforce unfair practices on their potential employees. Recreation type boycotts though... the people that do it are generally disproportionately affecting the people they least need to convince. At least make it a "no new shows" rather than cancellations. Heck, the Boss could have used 5 minutes of his stage time to make a speech, it would have done more good.

[oberliner]

37. Not really fair to the fans who bought tickets

They most likely are not supporters of this legislation. They should not be punished. For many, I am sure this was a major event that they were greatly looking forward to. Why not just have the concert and donate all of the proceeds to fight this legislation and support LGBT citizens?

[SoLeftIAmRight]

39. maybe they will get off there lazy asses

and fight the crazy down south

[cwydro]

43. What a ridiculous generalization.

You know nothing about Springsteen's fans in the south.

Oh, and it's "their" not "there."

[mdbl]

44. I took it to mean those that aren't actively involved in trying to get crazy people in the south

to start thinking logically instead of being manipulated by a bunch of religious, racist or bigoted nutballs. They are definitely here and most of them are running our governments for some insane reason.

[Ford_Prefect]

45. The reason they are running Government in NC and many other places is Koch money

and MSM indifference. The former has enabled recruiting extremely RW conservative republican candidates who will do whatever the Koch machine tells them to do into the state legislature and Governor's mansion. The later enables a false equivalency that the extremists represent the majority of their own party and the majority in the state. In NC more Democratic votes were cast than Republican but due to gerrymandered districts the effect was to maintain the RW majority. The Federal Court really need to get off their asses about this and hear the cases we've brought in due time.

[Duval]

60. +1 nt

[SoLeftIAmRight]

62. Many Many Thanks

i lived many years in the south - Alabama - Texas - florida - north caroline

and michigan colorado wypming california

very different dems - many in the south are "shy" about truth to swine

[SoLeftIAmRight]

61. Oh, and it's "their" not "there."

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As a study from the University of Michigan recently found, those people aren't just annoying, they're also apparently huge jerks.

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[trumad]

63. Chris Christie is a huge Boss fan

Oh well...guess they'll have to get their money back...and...they'll live.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

51. Not Bruce's fault.

If they're blaming Bruce then they're part of the problem. Take to the streets and demand change.

[oberliner]

52. It is actually entirely Bruce's fault

He made the decision to cancel the concert and, thus, disappoint the fans who had purchased the tickets.

He could have used the concert as an opportunity to tell his fans that they should take to the streets and demand change.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

53. Nope.

But it's nice to see you deflecting blame from the homophobic government of North Carolina. A missed concert isn't on the same level as systematic oppression, his cancelling of the show has made national headlines, it's working.

[trumad]

64. LOL

Those damn black---how dare they get upset at the Rosa Parks thing and protest by not riding the bus.

[oberliner]

67. Of course it is

He decided to cancel the concert. That was his decision.

Obviously a missed concert is not on the same level as systematic oppression, and I am not deflecting blame from the homophobic government of North Carolina. I just think that it's not the fault of the people going to the concert that this horrible law was passed. Some people are unfortunate enough to find themselves living among a large homophobic population and do not really have the wherewithal to move elsewhere.

There are lots of different ways that Bruce could've drawn attention to this issue that would have made national headlines while still performing for the people who bought tickets to see him perform.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

70. There are plenty of reasons, this is the one he chose.

Blame the political "leaders" of North Carolina. Do you believe in crossing picket lines too?

[oberliner]

71. That is exactly my point - this was his choice

That was what I had said in the first place.

[trumad]

65. So when Black folks stopped taking the bus...

As a form of protest because of the Rosa Parks situation...bad on them huh?

[ForgoTheConsequence]

66. +1

A little discomfort now (if you call missing a concert discomfort) is nothing compared to the long term consequences of this law.

[oberliner]

68. You are comparing the canceling of a rock concert to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

That seems a little specious.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

69. You're right, one is completely inconsequential in the long run....

I'll let you figure out which one.

[oberliner]

74. Agreed

I feel like I am not communicating well in this instance. Obviously, the bus boycott was consequential and a concert being cancelled is not. This was a thread about the concert, though, and I just thought it was unfortunate that it was cancelled when people had already purchased tickets and were looking forward to the show and had nothing to do with the legislation.

[trumad]

72. Did you really just type that?

Wow!

[oberliner]

73. I'm sorry I must be misunderstanding something

All I was saying was that it was unfortunate that Bruce cancelled the concert. I felt bad for the people who had bought tickets and were looking forward to the show.

You brought up Rosa Parks in a somewhat oblique way that seemed to suggest a relationship between the bus boycott and the concert cancellation.

Those do not appear to me to be analogous situations, hence my confusion.

[trumad]

75. It's absolutely similar in what it is trying to accomplish.

The fight against discrimination.

[oberliner]

77. That makes sense

As I reflect more on this, I certainly understand the impetus for Bruce to do something like this. I did not mean to suggest that it was not admirable of him to take a stand on this important issue.

[trumad]

78. Cool

[DisgustipatedinCA]

80. Then they should thank Springsteen for the impetus to get up and do something

about this godawful law.

[central scrutinizer]

40. Another Boss classic

https://m.

[wiggs]

46. Wherever there's someboday fightin' for a place to stand.....

Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me Mom I'll be there
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
Or decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me."

Watch The Ghost of Tom Joad on Youtube...look for version with Tom Morello, live. I always get chills when watching (also saw it live) but especially now that it's put into action, today, now.

This version comes with a true DU introduction at Madison Square Garden:

[wiggs]

47. Bet he'll add Ghost of Tom Joad to US tour setlist....appropriate for times. nt

[wilt the stilt]

48. i certatinly think this is better

than Elton John playing at Linabugh's wedding.

[progressoid]

55. That is still perplexing to this day.

[TalkingDog]

49. Public Venues have Public Toilets: Please contact Gov. McCrory before you potty in public.

Every time you use a North Carolina public restroom, be sure to contact Governor Pat McCrory to confirm your adherence to or disregard of #HB2. #PeeingForPat #Pee4Pat

Governor's Office: 919-814-2000
Email: https://governor.nc.gov/contact/email-governor
Twitter (Pat): https://twitter.com/PatMcCroryNC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficeofGovernorMcCrory
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/govofficenc/

[Duval]

56. K&R

I'm sorry for the fans who wanted to see/hear The Boss, but I applaud his decision.

[RKP5637]

76. Yep, can't imagine why anyone would want to go to a hateful bigoted place like N.C. n/t