Growlers, a Midtown music venue and hookah lounge, is facing online backlash after publicizing an April booking of As I Lay Dying, a heavy metal band whose lead singer was famously convicted in 2014 for his rolein a murder-for-hire plot against his estranged wife.

Growlers deleted the event post soon after negative comments questioning the venue's decision to host Tim Lambesis and his band started to appear.

The Growlers show is part of the band's second tour since reuniting after Lambesis was released from prison in late 2016.

At the time of his conviction in 2014, Lambesis said a combination of limited visits with his children he shared with his estranged wife and the idea that she would get a lot of money out of the divorce drove him to offer to pay an undercover detective to murder his wife, according to USA TODAY. Lambesis also said that steroid use factored into his decision.

As of Friday afternoon, the As I Lay Dying event remained listed on Growlers' calendar.

The voicemail box for Growler's listed number was full and the venue did not immediately return an inquiry submitted through social media.

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