Shawn Mendes to Protest Guns at Wango Tango Fest Named for Ted Nugent Song

his year's festival is taking place on June 4 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California with a star-studded lineup including Mendes

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Mendes took to Twitter to share that he will be wearing orange to protest in favor of gun safety.

He shared a resource where people could text a number to tell their local senators to take action against gun violence.

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"I'll be in orange. If you're coming or you're tuning in, join me & #WearOrange," the singer tweeted.

The festival is also a name of a 1980s rock song, "Wango Tango" by Ted Nugent. Nugent is a musician, gun activist and member of the Republican Party.

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"We the people, free individuals to have the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense," he said in an interview with Piers Morgan debating gun laws.

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