Take That’s Howard Donald has been dropped from an upcoming Pride festival after liking tweets he admitted were 'derogatory towards the LGBTQIA+ community'. Outraged fans shared screenshots of tweets he had 'favourited', before organisers at festival Groovebox in Nottingham decided to remove him from the line-up, the Mirror reports.
He was due to headline. Responding to the backlash, Donald, originally from Droylsden, Tameside, deleted his twitter page.
Groovebox confirmed on Saturday that Donald had been removed from the line-up. Bosses said in a statement: "In light of recent events, Howard Donald will no longer be playing at our Nottingham Pride Festival on Saturday 29th July at Binks Yard.
