A performance by former Misfits lead singer Michale Graves has been cancelled by the Up + Downtown Music Festival in Edmonton over views he expressed on social media. Brent Oliver, the festival's artistic director, said the board was alerted of Graves' views on social media on Tuesday. "We found some posts that were antithetical to the safer spaces policy and our policies for inclusion for the festival," said Oliver. There's just a lot of political and personal views on his social media that do not align with the festival." "I don't need to be on the defence for my social media accounts," he said.

Source: CBC News March 06, 2024 11:29 UTC