Win Butler

Singer-songwriter Feist will also gave all proceeds from her Dublin concert retail sales to Women's Aid.

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Canadian musician Feist has dropped out of her supporting slot on the current Arcade Fire tour, following allegations of sexual misconduct against the ...

More than anything I wish healing to those involved.” Feist said that the situation had ignited a conversation that is “bigger than me” or her songs and “certainly bigger than any rock and roll tour”. The singer-songwriter said the decision had been “incredibly difficult” and that she had chosen to “distance myself from this tour (but) not this conversation”.

Feist, who played the first two dates in Dublin, says she has now decided to "go home". “We are very sorry to see Leslie go home, but completely understand and ...

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. This situation touches each of our lives and speaks to us in a language unique to each of our processing. Hearing them through this lens was incongruous with what I've worked to clarify for myself through my whole career. 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. This has ignited a conversation that is bigger than me, it's bigger than my songs and it's certainly bigger than any rock and roll tour. We didn't have 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.

The Canadian singer-songwriter Leslie Feist, known mononymously as Feist, has announced she will leave a tour with Arcade Fire following allegations of ...

Asked for comment by a Guardian reporter at the band’s concert in Dublin this week, a publicist for Arcade Fire said only that the band would continue its tour to promote their new album, We. 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.” In her statement, Feist distanced herself from public shaming, which “might cause action, but those actions are made from fear, and fear is not the place we find our best selves or make our best decisions. “At a pub in Dublin, after rehearsing with my band, I read the same headline you did,” Feist wrote in a lengthy statement posted to her social media accounts. I can’t solve that by quitting, and I can’t solve it by staying. A fourth, gender-fluid, person alleged that Butler sexually assaulted them twice in 2015, when they were 21 and he was 34 years old.

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I love him and love the life we have created together.” “I say to you all my friends, family, to anyone I have hurt and to the people who love my music and are shocked and disappointed by this report: I’m sorry. “I have stood by him because I know he is a good man who cares about this world, our band, his fans, friends, and our family. He has been my partner in life and in music for 20 years. “This situation touches each of our lives and speaks to us in a language unique to each of our processing. “The last two nights on stage, my songs made this decision for me.

Arcade Fire fans accused the band's frontman of misconduct, including sexual assault and unwanted explicit messages.

Some fans have urged others to [boycott the tour](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/arcade-fire-urged-cancel-tour-24911355) and have called on the live entertainment behemoth Ticketmaster to issue refunds for concert tickets. The band has won multiple Grammys and its records have been certified gold. I can’t solve that by quitting, and I can’t solve it by staying. Arcade Fire’s social media accounts have been silent since Pitchfork first reported the sexual misconduct allegations. A fourth person who is gender-fluid said Butler sexually assaulted them twice in 2015, when they were 21 and he was 34. It presented her with a moral dilemma, she said.

Leslie Feist – who performs under her surname – shared the news on Twitter on Thursday (1 September), citing sexual misconduct allegations faced by Arcade ...

Butler at the time was between 36 and 39. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) For more information, visit their website [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. There was no acute reason beyond that I’ve changed—and the band has changed—over the last almost 20 years. [here](https://rapecrisis.org.uk/) Time for new things.” [ Pitchfork, ](https://pitchfork.com/news/arcade-fires-win-butler-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-by-multiple-women-frontman-responds/)four people accused Butler of “inappropriate” actions between 2015 and 2020. [Sign up](https://amzn.to/32gdyhr) “I left at the end of last year, after the new record was complete. [Arcade Fire](/topic/arcade-fire) musician and brother of the band’s frontman [Win Butler](/topic/win-butler), has liked a post by [Feist](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/feist) announcing that [she will no longer support the group on its current tour.](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/feist-quits-arcade-fire-tour-win-butler-sexual-misconduct-b2157858.html)

How do I tell that 14-year-old girl that part of who she is, was built on a false foundation,” writes Montréalaise writer Yara El-Soueidi.

I am confronted by the fact that I built part of my identity on what now feels like a terrible lie, one that appears to have left victims in its wake. After all the allegations, I finally realize that the 14-year-old kid I was, just needed a push to know what she loved. Today, it feels like an indelible stain, yet I want to believe there’s more to the town than this behaviour from one of its biggest bands. I live next to the Mile End, the mythical artsy neighbourhood from the early 2000s, long-emptied of its artists and mom-and-pop shops. When I wanted to pursue graduate studies (which I never did), I wanted to write my thesis about the band and its impact on the gentrification in the Mile End neighbourhood. Considering the age gap and that they looked up to him, the power dynamic laid out in the allegations is horrendous. Because of this, there seems to be a lack of empathy and remorse, even if Win Butler’s statement is apologetic. The TV is on and the channel is set to Much Music, at a time when music videos were still the norm. It will shape who I am at a time when I am discovering who I truly want to be. On top of describing their experiences, which the accusers say ranged from feeling forced to exchange nude photos and feeling pressured into in-person sexual encounters, two women also share how the experience negatively impacted their mental health. I became proud of my city’s contribution to music, its imperfect identity, and its creative energy. I don’t know it yet, but the following clip that will play will expand my definition of music.