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An Ottawa concert by U.S. punk band the Queers, which had been cancelled amid controversy after a flurry of online petitions, is now back on, it was confirmed Saturday.

After a discussion between Queers singer Joe Queer and staff at Mavericks, the band will play Ottawa, after all. They perform at the Rideau Street club on Feb. 21. Tickets go on sale early next week at mavericksbar.com and at Vertigo Records.

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The first of the online petitions that had originally led to the cancellation of the show was launched by an Ottawa artist collective that had accused the band of racism.

“This band is known for holding and perpetuating anti-Black and trans-misogynist views — something that directly harms many people in our music community,” stated the original petition launched by the Ottawa group Babely Shades earlier this week.

The members of Babely Shades consist of young women of colour involved in music, art and zine-publishing in Ottawa. They felt that allowing the band to play would continue “to ostracize and create unsafe spaces for different marginalized peoples” in the local music scene.