Pearl Jam are the latest band to cancel a concert in North Carolina over their ‘anti-LGBT’ law.
The American rockers have followed in the footsteps of Bruce Springsteen and Ringo Starr, who pulled out of gigs earlier this month in protest.
In a public statement, the band said that they were taking a ‘stand against prejudice’ over the state’s controversial HB2 bill and wouldn’t be playing their concert on April 20 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh.
It read: “The practical implications are expansive and its negative impact upon basic human rights is profound.
“We want America to be a place where no one can be turned away from a business because of who they love or fired from their job for who they are.
“It is for this reason that we must take a stand against prejudice."
The band also announced that they would be making a dinaltion to a local LGBT rights group.
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A number of artists have cancelled concerts in the state after an anti LGBT legislation was passed which requires individuals to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex.
Many have seen the law as being discriminatory towards transgender people.
Mumford and Sons played their scheduled concert last week but pledged to donate all the proceeds to a LGBT charity.