Feist leaves Arcade Fire’s European tour amid sex assault allegations
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Simply two days after opening Montreal band Arcade Fireplace’s European tour launch in Dublin, Canadian songstress Feist has exited the trek after the group’s frontman Win Butler was accused of sexual misconduct by 4 individuals.
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“This has ignited a dialog that’s larger than me, it’s larger than my songs and it’s definitely larger than any rock and roll tour,” Feist (whose first identify is Leslie) wrote on Instagram Thursday.
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“As I attempted to get my bearings and determine my accountability on this state of affairs, I’ve acquired dozens of messages from the individuals round me, expressing sympathy for the dichotomy I’ve been pushed into. To remain on tour would symbolize I used to be both defending or ignoring the hurt attributable to Win Butler and to go away would suggest I used to be the choose and jury.”
The accusations towards Butler had been first reported by Pitchfork simply days earlier than the band started their European tour.
Feist initially introduced she’d donate her merchandise proceeds from the opening evening present to Girls’s Support Dublin.
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On Instagram, Feist went on to say she came upon in regards to the allegations towards Butler final Saturday in a Dublin pub after her band had rehearsed and “didn’t have any time to organize for what was coming, not to mention an opportunity to determine to not fly throughout the ocean into the stomach of this example. This has been extremely tough.”
The Canadian indie pop singer was introduced to open for the Arcade Fireplace’s Europe exhibits in Could in help of their newest document, We.
“It may be a lonely street to make sense of ailing therapy,” continued Feist on Instagram. “I can’t clear up that by quitting, and I can’t clear up it by staying. However I can’t proceed.”
The band’s subsequent present shall be Friday (Sept. 2) in Birmingham, England and their North America leg consists of Beck opening with an acoustic set on Nov. 25 at Rogers Enviornment in Vancouver, Nov. 27 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Dec. 1-2 at Toronto’s Scotiabank Enviornment and Dec. 3 at Montreal’s Bell Centre.
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