Breaking: Ringo Starr Cancels North Carolina Concert in Protest of Anti-LGBT Law HB2

The Hill ^ | 4/13/16 | Harper Neidig

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

Ringo Starr won't be performing in the Tar Heel State. The former Beatle has just canceled a concert scheduled for June in Cary, North Carolina, citing HB2, an anti-LGBT law signed by Gov. Pat McCrory that has drawn national outrage.

"I'm sorry to disappoint my fans in this area, but we need to take a stand against this hatred. Spread peace and love," the 75-year old singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor said in a statement first reported by ABC News on Twitter:

[Desron13]

"Ringo Starr Cancels North Carolina Concert in Protest of Anti-LGBT Law HB2."

This from a guy that was taking life advice from some creepy Indian swammy in the 1960s. Yeah, lets take him seriously.

[JimRed]

(Monkees were the Burger King.)

Oh, yeah; the Prefab Four! More Like Burger Chef...

[Crucial]

It’s just a bathroom law. What a bunch of liberal idiots.

[GreyFriar]

Population of North Carolina is 10,000,000. Ringo decides he does not want to perform there to not offend the 700,000 lbgtlmnopqwxyz folks in the entire nation. It seems he is giving up a lot of money from performing in NC that he’ll never be able to earn from the 700K wierd folks.

[cld51860]

Any time you disagree with a lib it’s hatred. It’s really gotten old.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Well even Ringo has gone to the Dark Liberal side. Now does he play in places around the world that are really bad???????

[JimRed]

The very large shoes (usually high heels) and heavy makeup give it away.

Wrists like tree trunks tend to give them away, too.

[Southern_Republican]

Being a native Tar Heel, I don’t give a rat’s a$$ these nobodies have a concert in NC. Dingo Star has a band?

[Captain Peter Blood]

Thank God The Marshall Band is still in NC, from Spartanburg, maybe they can fill in.

[Fiji Hill]

I know I’m usually in the minority on this, but have NEVER liked the Beatles, not one bit. I think they are about as talentless as Justin Beiber.

I became a teenager about the time Beatlemania took hold--and I didn't like them, either. But I had to listen to them because my brother was a Beatlemaniac.

[Dawgreg]

So? Hey Ringo you are soooooo “Yesterday”......

[Thibodeaux]

Ringo was

[Fiji Hill]

BTW - today the gay mayor of Santa Fe came out with a boycott against NC. (who cares) Anyway next week he is going on a junket to Qatar where it’s illegal to be gay. Why doesn’t he speak out against Qatar?

Maybe he doesn't want to be beheaded, burned alive or crucified.

[drjimmy]

Thank God The Marshall Band is still in NC, from Spartanburg, maybe they can fill in.

You might want to brush up on your geography.

[shelterguy]

I never cared for the little girls who called themselves the Beatles even though I was constantly told that they were the best ever. I never fell for the hype. They sucked then and they suck now.

[liberalh8ter]

Ringo who?

[Talisker]

I know I’m usually in the minority on this, but have NEVER liked the Beatles, not one bit. I think they are about as talentless as Justin Beiber.

Well, you're wrong.

But Jeez, there's no need to get nasty about it!

[Angels27]

So now we got a Brit telling us how to live in our country?

Ringo has daughters and granddaughters. How would he like it if some pervert in the ladies room under the guise of being a transgender was spying on one of them?

Ringo got lucky when the Beatles fired Pete Best. If hat didn’t happen no one would know or care who he is.

[Vision]

Can somebody ship some transvestites to Ringo's home so he can go to the bathroom happily.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Hey my mistake. Still they are in the area and I bet they would come in and play. Much better band even today than the two that have canceled out.