--- title: Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas Cancel North Carolina Concerts description: Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas announced Monday that they would cancel their concerts in North Carolina because of HB2 canonical: https://time.com/4307355/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-north-carolina-bathroom/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-25T23:16:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:01:32.947Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas Cancel Concerts Over North Carolina LGBT Law og:description: Concerts in Charlotte and Raleigh were cancelled because of the "hateful law" og:url: https://time.com/4307355/demi-lovato-nick-jonas-north-carolina-bathroom/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b9adf7a3a2f304e/69889097bc6cfc08f23dcb90/gettyimages-518864284.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas Cancel Concerts Over North Carolina LGBT Law twitter:description: Concerts in Charlotte and Raleigh were cancelled because of the "hateful law" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b9adf7a3a2f304e/69889097bc6cfc08f23dcb90/gettyimages-518864284.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas Cancel Concerts Over North Carolina LGBT Law  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Apr 25, 2016 11:16 PM UTC  Recording artist Nick Jonas (L) and honoree/singer Demi Lovato attend the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 2, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.( Jeffrey Mayer--WireImage) Recording artist Nick Jonas (L) and honoree/singer Demi Lovato attend the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 2, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.( Jeffrey Mayer--WireImage)Jeffrey Mayer—WireImage  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Apr 25, 2016 11:16 PM UTC Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas announced Monday that they would cancel their concerts in North Carolina because of HB2, the law that eliminates local protections for LGBT people and requires transgender citizens to use the bathroom that matches the gender on their birth certificates. “One of our goals for the tour has always been to create an atmosphere where every single attendee feels equal, included, and accepted for who they are,” they wrote in a joint statement that both artists [tweeted](https://twitter.com/nickjonas) [separately. ](https://twitter.com/ddlovato/status/724705165186457600/photo/1)“North Carolina’s discriminatory HB2 law is extremely disappointing, and it takes away some of the LGBT community’s most basic rights and protections.” Lovato and Jonas cancelled the portions of their _Honda Civic Tour: Future Now_ that were scheduled to appear in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina. 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