Take That frontman Howard Donald has found himself axed from headlining an upcoming festival, after he liked a series of transphobic and homophobic posts on Twitter. Donald was set to top the bill at Nottingham's Groovebox next weekend, but organisers made the decision to cull him completely after outraged fans started sharing screenshots of his online activity.
As well as Tweets criticising transgender and homosexual communities, fans of Take That were also shocked and appalled to see the pop star favourite a post by the always controversial Andrew Tate - who is currently being investigated for people trafficking. Outraged fans called upon the Pride event to remove Howard from the bill, branding him a 'hateful hypocrite'.
Meanwhile, Donald responded to the backlash by disappearing from and deleting his Twitter page. Following mounting pressure, Groovebox today confirmed that he had been cut from the line-up.
