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Grateful Dead Members Donate $100,000 To Fight North Carolina's HB2

"We had hoped that by now this abhorrent law would have been repealed. Sadly, it has not."

Remaining members of the Grateful Dead say they will perform in North Carolina later this month, but plan to donate $100,000 to groups that support the LGBT community.

Along with John Mayer, the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir have formed the supergroup Dead & Company, which is slated to perform at Charlotte's PNC Music Pavilion on June 10.

"We had hoped that by now this abhorrent law would have been repealed," the band said in a statement. "Sadly, it has not."

In addition to the donation, the band is assembling a 'Participation Row" social-action area, where voter-registration, anti-discrimination and pro-environmental organizations will be able to share information.

"Dead shows have always been a safe place for all of our audience to come together through music no matter how they appear or self-identify," the band said in a statement. "History shows these values of openness and inclusiveness have served us—and the world around us—well."

While artists like Bruce Springsteen, Maroon 5 and Nick Jonas have canceled shows in the Tar Heel State, Dead & Company joins Cyndi Lauper and Duran Duran as musicians keeping their shows and using the platform to raise awareness.

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