Ringo Starr cancels North Carolina show over anti-LGBT law

Ringo Starr has cancelled a concert in North Carolina in protest over the state's recently-passed anti-LGBT law. The former Beatle joins Bruce Springsteen in refusing to perform in the state. Springsteen cancelled a Greensboro concert in protest "against prejudice and bigotry" in NC. The state law, known as HB2 or the "bathroom law", was passed in March following an executive order from the state's governor Pat McCrory. It overturns city ordinances which protected the right of transgender people to use the restroom of their choosing, and instead requires people to use public bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding to their biological