was canceled “due to circumstances beyond our control.”“We were looking forward to reuniting in September and hope we can all get back to enjoying the festival together again soon,” they wrote on Twitter.
My Chemical Romance, Future, Jack White and Fall Out Boy were among the “diverse lineup of over 30 artists across four stages” expected to play at the festival, according to its website.
But they’ll now have those September nights free as state law would’ve allowed guns on the festival grounds — which is against Music Midtown’s policy — as reported by Billboard and Rolling Stone.
Months before the event, members of pro-gun groups had emailed and commented on the festival’s social media, reminding it that a 2019 Georgia Supreme Court ruling on Georgia’s “Guns Everywhere” law — established in 2014 and officially known as the “Safe Carry Protection Act” — allowed firearms on publicly-owned land, including Piedmont Park, among other areas.
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