Bruce Springsteen has cancelled his North Carolina concert in protest over a state law that discriminates against LGBT people.
The recently-passed "bathroom law" requires people to use the bathroom based on their biological sex.
The law also blocks local governments from using anti-discrimination laws to protect gay and transgender people.
The Boss announced that the show in Greensboro, North Carolina, was cancelled in "solidarity" with protestors.
On his website, Springsteen said: "To my mind, it's an attempt by people who cannot stand the progress our country has made in recognising the human rights of all of our citizens to overturn that progress."
He apologised to fans and promised the approximately 15,000 ticketholders they would be refunded.
"Some things are more important than a rock show," the Boss wrote. Cancelling show he said was "the strongest means I have for raising my voice".
The Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act was signed in March by North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory. Boycotts have been made in response. Paypal chose not to open an operations centre in the city of Charlotte, which was expected to employ 400 people.
Springsteen's music has often been driven by social justice, with many songs about the struggles of everyday Americans. In the 2008 and 2012 elections, the Boss publicly supported Barack Obama.
Read Springsteen's full statement here:
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