“In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week,” singer Don McLean said.
The singer-songwriter and guitarist announced on Thursday that he will no longer be performing at the event scheduled for this weekend in Houston.
A gunman killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School this week in the deadliest school shooting in the United States“I share the sorrow for this terrible, cruel loss with the rest of the nation,” McLean said.“Although an investigation is underway and facts are still emerging, we recognize this was the act of a lone, deranged criminal,” the NRA said in a statement posted on.
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