India, Sept. 22 -- Sarah McLachlan cut down her scheduled set at the Los Angeles premiere of Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, saying she would not perform in a stand for free speech. The move followed Disney's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Billboard reported.

"It's a gift for all of us to see this film, but also I've grappled with being here tonight and around what to say about the present situation that we are all faced with, the stark contraction to the many advances we've made watching the insidious erosion of women's rights, of trans and queer rights, the muzzling of free speech," McLachlan said on stage at the premiere of the documentary

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