Gay country star Adam Mac cancels festival performance after homophobic backlash
Openly gay country music star Adam Mac has pulled out of a Kentucky music festival after organisers expressed “concerns” over his sexuality.
Earlier this week, the Logan County Tobacco and Heritage Festival announced that the ‘Disco Cowboy’ singer was headlining their Grand Finale Concert event – which was set to take place in his hometown of Russellville, Kentucky.
However days after the news was made public, Mac surprised fans when he announced that his performance would no longer happen. “This is not the video that I thought I would be making today, but here we are,” he said in an Instagram video uploaded on 21 September. “I got a call yesterday from someone who works on the board, who has been so sweet.
Who organised getting me booked for the event and was so excited to have me come down. “She explained to me that there were some board members and some people in town who had questions about what kind of performance I would be putting on at the Tobacco Festival.” Mac went on to say that the concerned individuals wanted to ensure he wouldn’t be “promoting homosexuality or sexuality” during the “family-friendly” event. “I don’t know what they expected I was going to do other than just come and out on a hell of a show, like we do.
