Heavy metal band Slipknot took to Facebook on Monday (Aug. 1) to express their frustration with North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law, but assured fans the band will not cancel their show set for Tuesday in Charlotte.
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“When we started this tour, we had reservations about playing in North Carolina because of a law recently passed there called HB2,” wrote the band. “The law halts the rights of LGBTQ people, doesn’t allow for cities to pass a living wage for the working class.”
Slipknot made clear in the statement that the band stands for equal opportunities for everyone and that the HB2 law — which reverses local ordinances that protects LGBT people and also prevents transgender people from using the bathroom of their choice — “flies in the face of those values.”
“Our fans in North Carolina deserve better, so we decided not to cancel. We don’t care where you pee-just please flush. It’s pretty simple, really.”
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The band is also partnering with Equality NC, an LGBTQ advocacy group in the Southern state fighting the law.