Elton John, Rod Stewart and Queen were among those who played the country’s entertainment complex Sun City. However, this did not stop all musicians touring there. In 1985, musicians including U2, Bonnie Raitt, Keith Richards and Bob Dylan led a cultural boycott against South Africa, vowing not to play concerts in the country while it was still under apartheid. The first emergence of an artists’ movement against the laws in the southern United States also has echoes of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. Pixies, Gorillaz and Elvis Costello also canceled concerts there in 2010, though Pixies finally played the country in 2014. Lauryn Hill canceled a concert in Israel last May, just three days before she was due to perform, following a social media campaign by activists who urged her to join the boycott. Last year, Roger Waters and Brian Eno joined a long line of artists refusing to play Israel, in protest as its occupation of Palestinian land. None have yet released statements on whether they will choose to join Springsteen and Adams in protest, and their publicists did not respond to the Guardian.īands have frequently canceled concerts in regions where they feel a boycott could institute positive change and reform. Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Pearl Jam and prominent LGBTQ activist Cyndi Lauper are all due to play in North Carolina soon. Mississippi is one of about 10 states considering such measures after a US supreme court ruling last summer that effectively legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.Īdams’ and Springsteen’s actions have led to speculation about whether other artists scheduled to perform in Mississippi and North Carolina may follow their example. “This core kindness, the embracing of wildness and weirdness, is what has nurtured the great literature that has come from our state,” said the letter, whose signatures include those of former US poet laureate Natasha Tretheway National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward Pulitzer prize winner Donna Tartt Grisham and Greg Iles, who write thrillers and Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help. They said the legislation was an example of Mississippi’s reactionary side but the state also had a humane side that treasured compassion. The writers said in an open letter released that House Bill 1523 had prompted hateful rhetoric that poisoned the political process. On Monday a group of 95 Mississippi writers joined the protest, with luminaries including John Grisham and Donna Tartt urging state officials to repeal the law. “It is the strongest means I have for raising my voice in opposition to those who continue to push us backwards instead of forwards.” “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,” Springsteen said in a statement. Springsteen had canceled his show to signal his opposition to a new law which will compel public institutions to post signs designating that bathrooms and locker rooms are to be used only based on biological sex. Supporters of the law known as HB1523 argue it offers protection for Christians who adhere to traditional views of marriage and gender roles.
BRYAN ADAMS TOURS 2016 FULL
See full dates below and get tickets and more information here.The Mississippi law, which Governor Phil Bryant signed on 5 April amid opposition from equal rights groups and businesses, will take effect on 1 July.
Tickets for Bryan Adams' Scarborough Show, which takes place on 8 August, go on sale this Friday (1 April) at 9am. "He is without a doubt an international rock legend and to be able to secure an artist of his calibre for Scarborough and the wonderful Open Air Theatre is huge." "It is fantastic to be announcing that Bryan Adams is coming to Scarborough Open Air Theatre," said Pete Taylor, director of the event's promoters Cuffe & Taylor.
Now, he'll be playing an open-air show at the Yorkshire town of Scarborough on 8 August. Ryan Adams covers Bryan Adams' 'Summer Of 69'
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