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Arcade Fire gig at The O2 to go ahead this evening following news of Queen Elizabeth II’s death - www.nme.com - Britain - Manchester - Ireland - Birmingham - Dublin - county King And Queen
nme.com
08.09.2022 / 22:41

Arcade Fire gig at The O2 to go ahead this evening following news of Queen Elizabeth II’s death

Arcade Fire‘s show at London’s O2 tonight will go ahead tonight (September 8), despite the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II hours before.The Queen of the United Kingdom, who succeeded to the throne in 1952 aged 25, passed away today.“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” The Royal Family shared in a statement at 6:30pm BST. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”The news of Arcade Fire’s gig was shared via The O2’s social media.In a statement, they said: “The O2 is incredibly saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen and would like to extend its sincerest condolences to the Royal Family at this time of national mourning.

Feist pulls out of Arcade Fire tour, citing allegations against frontman Win Butler - nypost.com
nypost.com
03.09.2022 / 09:57

Feist pulls out of Arcade Fire tour, citing allegations against frontman Win Butler

has denied a Pitchfork report published last week in which three women accused him of inappropriate sexual interactions and another person accused him of sexual assault.“I can’t continue,” Feist, 46 wrote of her “incredibly difficult” choice in a lengthy letter posted on Twitter that explained her thought process.“To stay on tour would symbolize I was either defending or ignoring the harm caused by Win Butler and to leave would imply I was the judge and jury,” she wrote. “I was never here to stand for or with Arcade Fire — I was here to stand on my own two feet on a stage.” “The Bad In Each Other” artist said her songs ultimately made the decision for her after she played them during the tour’s first two dates.“Hearing them through this lens was incongruous with what I’ve worked to clarify for myself through my whole career,” she wrote.“I’ve always written songs to name my own subtle difficulties, aspire to my best self and claim responsibility when I need to.

Feist Leaves Arcade Fire Tour Amid Win Butler's Sexual Misconduct Allegations - www.etonline.com
etonline.com
02.09.2022 / 16:04

Feist Leaves Arcade Fire Tour Amid Win Butler's Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Arcade Fire's  tour following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the band's lead singer, Win Butler. The «1234» singer made the announcement in an open letter published on her website Thursday.Feist said that she will be departing from the European leg of the tour and made clear that she takes the allegations against Butler very seriously.Late last month, Butler denied all allegations of sexual misconduct.Feist began her statement, «To stay on tour would symbolize I was either defending or ignoring the harm caused by Win Butler and to leave would imply I was the judge and jury.»«I was never here to stand for or with Arcade Fire -- I was here to stand on my own two feet on a stage, a place I've grown to feel I belong, and I've earned as my own,» she continued.

Arcade Fire support act drops out of tour ahead of Manchester show after allegations against frontman Win Butler - www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk - USA - Manchester - Dublin
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
02.09.2022 / 14:25

Arcade Fire support act drops out of tour ahead of Manchester show after allegations against frontman Win Butler

Singer-songwriter Feist has announced that she will no longer fulfil the support slot on Arcade Fire's world tour, after the band's frontman was accused of sexual misconduct.

Feist pulls out of Arcade Fire tour following sexual misconduct allegations against Win Butler - completemusicupdate.com - Dublin
completemusicupdate.com
02.09.2022 / 13:39

Feist pulls out of Arcade Fire tour following sexual misconduct allegations against Win Butler

Feist has pulled out of tour dates with Arcade Fire, saying that she “can’t continue” in light of sexual misconduct allegations made against the band’s frontman, Win Butler.In a statement posted on her website, she said that she had learned of the allegations against Butler last weekend as they were published by Pitchfork, and had already been in Dublin for the first show of the tour, leaving her without “any time to prepare for what was coming let alone a chance to decide not to fly across the ocean into the belly of this situation”.She found herself in circumstances, she says, where “to stay on tour would symbolise I was either defending or ignoring the harm caused by Win Butler and to leave would imply I was the judge and jury”.At the first show of the tour in Dublin on Tuesday, she performed but also announced that she would be donating all proceeds from merch sales to Women’s Aid Dublin.But now she has decided to leave the tour entirely, saying: “My experiences include the same experiences as the many people I have spoken to since the news broke on Saturday, and the many strangers whom I may only be able to reach with this letter, or not at all. We all have a story within a spectrum ranging from baseline toxic masculinity to pervasive misogyny to actually being physically, psychologically, emotionally or sexually assaulted.

Feist exits Arcade Fire tour over sexual misconduct allegations against frontman Win Butler - www.foxnews.com - Dublin
foxnews.com
02.09.2022 / 10:23

Feist exits Arcade Fire tour over sexual misconduct allegations against frontman Win Butler

Feist has left Arcade Fire's WE tour after sexual misconduct allegations against the band's frontman Win Butler emerged last weekend. The 46-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter, who was the indie rock band's opening act, announced that she had decided to exit the tour in a lengthy note that she posted to Instagram on Thursday, "At a pub in Dublin, after rehearsing with my band, I read the same headline you did.

Singer Feist Leaves Arcade Fire Tour Amid Win Butler's Sexual Misconduct Allegations - www.etonline.com
etonline.com
02.09.2022 / 07:11

Singer Feist Leaves Arcade Fire Tour Amid Win Butler's Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Arcade Fire's  tour following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the band's lead singer, Win Butler. The «1234» singer made the announcement in an open letter published on her website Thursday.Feist said that she will be departing from the European leg of the tour and made clear that she takes the allegations against Butler very seriously.Late last month, Butler denied all allegations of sexual misconduct.Feist began her statement, «To stay on tour would symbolize I was either defending or ignoring the harm caused by Win Butler and to leave would imply I was the judge and jury.»«I was never here to stand for or with Arcade Fire -- I was here to stand on my own two feet on a stage, a place I've grown to feel I belong, and I've earned as my own,» she continued.

Feist leaves Arcade Fire tour following allegations against Win Butler, says “I can’t continue” - www.nme.com - Britain - Dublin
nme.com
01.09.2022 / 22:45

Feist leaves Arcade Fire tour following allegations against Win Butler, says “I can’t continue”

Feist has left her tour with Arcade Fire, citing allegations of sexual misconduct levied by four people against frontman Win Butler. Read Leslie Feist’s full statement on leaving the tour below.Earlier this week, the Canadian band continued with their ‘WE’ tour – despite Butler facing allegations of sexual misconduct (all of which he has denied) – and began the UK leg in Dublin on August 30.

Arcade Fire Opener Feist Exits Tour After Win Butler Accused of Sexual Misconduct: ‘Wish Healing to Those Involved’ - variety.com
variety.com
01.09.2022 / 22:18

Arcade Fire Opener Feist Exits Tour After Win Butler Accused of Sexual Misconduct: ‘Wish Healing to Those Involved’

EJ Panaligan editor In light of recent sexual misconduct accusations against Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler, the band’s current opener Feist has announced she is exiting the tour on Thursday. “To stay on tour would symbolize I was either defending or ignoring the harm caused by Win Butler, and to leave would imply I was the judge and jury,” Feist wrote in an Instagram post, detailing her decision to leave the tour. “I was never here to stand for or with Arcade Fire — I was here to stand on my own two feet on a stage, a place I’ve grown to feel I belong and I’ve earned as my own. I play for my band, my crew, their loved ones and all of our families and the people who pay their hard-earned money to share space in the collective synergy that is a show. The ebb and flow of my successes, failures and other decisions affect all of our livelihoods and I recognize how lucky I am to be able to travel the world singing songs about my life, my thoughts and experiences and have that be my career. I’ve never taken that for granted.”

Arcade Fire Opener Feist Withdraws From Tour After Win Butler Accused of Sexual Misconduct: ‘I Can’t Continue’ - thewrap.com
thewrap.com
01.09.2022 / 22:17

Arcade Fire Opener Feist Withdraws From Tour After Win Butler Accused of Sexual Misconduct: ‘I Can’t Continue’

pic.twitter.com/l4kDxc0WVb“This has been incredibly difficult for me and I can only imagine how much more difficult it’s been for the people who came forward. More than anything I wish healing to those involved,” the singer continued.According to a report in Pitchfork, four people have come forward to detail allegations of sexual misconduct against Arcade Fire’s frontman.The lead singer, who performs alongside his partner Régine Chassagne and brother Will, responded in two different statements.

Radio stations pull Arcade Fire music amid sex misconduct allegations - nypost.com
nypost.com
01.09.2022 / 16:59

Radio stations pull Arcade Fire music amid sex misconduct allegations

accused of sexual misconduct.At least three radio stations in Canada have made statements regarding their decision not to play the Canadian rock band’s music.Ian March, a program director at Toronto music station Indie88, confirmed to CBC News that they made “a quick decision over the weekend to pull the band’s music,” though they haven’t had any internal discussion over whether the decision will be permanent.“In light of the recent allegations against Win Butler, CBC Music will pause on playing Arcade Fire’s music until we learn more about the situation,” Chuck Thompson of CBC Music added.Canadian Broadcasting Corp. will “pause” playing Arcade Fire’s music on its CBC Music FM station and SiriusXM CBC Radio 3 station “until we learn more about the situation,” a representative told Ottawa City News and CBC News.Meanwhile, a radio host in St.

Arcade Fire Glasgow gig to go ahead despite Win Butler sexual misconduct allegations - www.dailyrecord.co.uk - Scotland - county Butler
dailyrecord.co.uk
31.08.2022 / 21:37

Arcade Fire Glasgow gig to go ahead despite Win Butler sexual misconduct allegations

Arcade Fire’s Glasgow show is to go ahead as planned next week despite sexual misconduct claims against lead singer Win Butler.

Two Canadian radio stations “pause” playing Arcade Fire music following Win Butler accusations - www.thefader.com - Ireland - Canada - county Butler - city Ottawa
thefader.com
31.08.2022 / 19:49

Two Canadian radio stations “pause” playing Arcade Fire music following Win Butler accusations

Two radio stations in Canada have confirmed that they will not be playing Arcade Fire music following news this week of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by four separate people against frontman Win Butler. Ottawa City News reports that CBC will “pause” playing Arcade Fire on both CBC Music FM and the SiriusXM CBC Radio 3 station "until we learn more about the situation." Toronto's Indie88 also confirmed that “a quick decision" had been made to pull the band’s music with a "fulsome internal conversation about the permanence of this decision" to follow.

Arcade Fire begin European tour despite Win Butler’s sexual misconduct allegations - www.nme.com - Britain - Ireland - Dublin
nme.com
31.08.2022 / 13:23

Arcade Fire begin European tour despite Win Butler’s sexual misconduct allegations

Arcade Fire began their 2022 UK and Ireland headline tour last night (August 30), despite recent allegations of sexual misconduct against frontman Win Butler.On Saturday (August 27), Pitchfork published an article in which four former fans of the band – who were aged between 18 and 23 at the time of the alleged interactions – accused Butler of sexual misconduct.Three of the accusers are women and the fourth identifies as gender-fluid who uses they/them pronouns.Butler responded to the accusations of “inappropriate” actions in a statement, claiming he was “very sorry to anyone who I have hurt with my behaviour” but maintaining that “these relationships were all consensual”.The musician added: “I fucked up, and while not an excuse, I will continue to look forward and heal what can be healed, and learn from past experiences.”Butler’s wife and Arcade Fire bandmate Régine Chassagne also shared her own statement, in which she said: “I know he has never, and would never, touch a woman without her consent and I am certain he never did.”After the accusations came to light, some fans called on the group to cancel their tour or offer refunds to those who no longer wanted to attend. However, the first show in Dublin went ahead as planned yesterday evening.Sharing a thread of tweets throughout the concert, one attendee said that Arcade Fire came out onstage to “rapturous applause” from the audience before opening with ‘Wake Up’.Later, it was claimed by multiple audience members that it appeared to be “business as usual” for the band.

Canadian radio stations pull Arcade Fire from air - www.nme.com - Dublin - city Ottawa
nme.com
31.08.2022 / 11:37

Canadian radio stations pull Arcade Fire from air

Arcade Fire‘s music after allegations made against frontman Win Butler.Last week, an investigation was published by Pitchfork which saw four fans of the band accused Butler of sexual misconduct.After he was accused of “inappropriate” actions, Butler replied to the allegations in a lengthy statement of his own, claiming he was “very sorry to anyone who I have hurt with my behaviour” but maintaining that “these relationships were all consensual”.Since then, a representative for the CBC Music FM radio station has told Ottawa City News that the station is pausing playing Arcade Fire’s music “until we learn more about the situation”.Another station, Toronto’s Indie 88, confirmed that they had made “a quick decision over the weekend to pull the band’s music” but that they have “not yet had a fulsome internal conversation about the permanence of this decision.”Feist is donating proceeds from the merch at the Arcade Fire show tonight to Women’s Aid Dublin pic.twitter.com/36Q3lyYXSL— kevin freeburn (@KevFreeburn) August 30, 2022Following the allegations, Arcade Fire kicked off the European leg of their world tour as planned with a Dublin show. last night (August 30).Feist opened for the show, but – as pictures on social media showed – has committed to donating all proceeds earned from her merch sales to the local chapter of Women’s Aid.As shown in a photo making the rounds on social media, Feist’s merch stall was adorned with a flyer that read: “All proceeds from Feist merchandise will be donated to Women’s Aid Dublin”.

Feist opens for Arcade Fire in Dublin, donates merch proceeds to Women’s Aid - www.nme.com - Britain - Dublin
nme.com
31.08.2022 / 04:17

Feist opens for Arcade Fire in Dublin, donates merch proceeds to Women’s Aid

Arcade Fire appear to be moving ahead with their ‘WE’ tour – despite frontman Win Butler facing allegations of sexual misconduct (all of which he has denied) – and began the UK leg in Dublin last night (August 30). Feist opened for the show as planned, but has committed to donating all proceeds earned from her merch sales to the local chapter of Women’s Aid.As shown in a photo making the rounds on social media, Feist’s merch stall was adorned with a flyer that read: “All proceeds from Feist merchandise will be donated to Women’s Aid Dublin”.

Arcade Fire’s tour will continue in spite of Win Butler’s sexual misconduct allegations - www.thefader.com - Britain - Dublin
thefader.com
30.08.2022 / 00:07

Arcade Fire’s tour will continue in spite of Win Butler’s sexual misconduct allegations

Over the weekend, Pitchfork reported multiple sexual misconduct allegations against Win Butler, frontman of Canadian indie rock institution Arcade Fire. Butler denied any non-consensual sexual activity – in a statement issued through a representative, he called such characterizations "revisionist, and frankly just wrong" and offered an apology.

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