Feist Stop the Arcade Fire “We” 2022 Tour Due to Win Butler’s Alleged Misconduct

Sweeping modifications are about to occur over at Arcade Fire, the Canadian indie rock band who burst into the mainstream with critically acclaimed releases like “Neon Bible” and “The Suburbs.” Feist (aka Leslie Feist) launched her willpower to cease her operate as a result of the opening act for the band in the midst of the “We” 2022 tour. The tour kicked off on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, three days after Pitchfork printed an exposé on Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler’s alleged sexual misconduct.

Why did Feist depart the Arcade Fire tour? She shared her reasoning on Instagram.

Feist, who performs as a solo artist and a member of Broken Social Scene, launched her willpower to cease working with Arcade Fire on the “We” 2022 tour, a four-month stay efficiency sequence with areas ranging from Glasgow’s OVO Hydro to Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, via an Instagram post. Feist confirmed inside the put up that she ultimately decided to cease the gig because of the latest allegations made by 4 completely totally different people in the direction of Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler.

“To carry on tour would symbolize I was each defending or ignoring the damage introduced on by Win and to depart would counsel that I was the select and jury,” Feist wrote. “I was under no circumstances proper right here to face for or with Arcade Fire. I was proper right here to face alone two toes on a stage, a spot I’ve grown to actually really feel I belong and I’ve earned as my very personal.”

“My experiences embody the an identical experiences as a result of the numerous people I’ve spoken to given that info broke on Saturday, and the assorted strangers whom I’ll solely be able to attain with this letter, or certainly not,” she added. “We all have a story inside a spectrum ranging from baseline toxic masculinity to pervasive misogyny to actually being bodily, psychologically, emotionally or sexually assaulted.”

 

 

 

 

 

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“This state of affairs touches each of our lives and speaks to us in a language distinctive to each of our processing,” she wrote. “There isn’t a singular path to heal if you happen to’ve endured any mannequin of the above, nor a singular path to rehabilitate the perpetrators. It is normally a lonely freeway to make sense of unwell treatment. I can’t clear up that by quitting, and I can’t clear up it by staying. But I can’t proceed.”

Win Butler presently faces sexual misconduct allegations made by 4 completely totally different people.

Three ladies say they’d sexual interactions with Win that had been characterised by harmful vitality dynamics. They say the interactions occurred between 2016 and 2020, after that they had been aged between 18 and 23, via Pitchfork. Win was in his late thirties on the time. A fourth one who makes use of they/them pronouns says that Win sexually assaulted them twice.

 

 

 

 

 

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“While these relationships had been all consensual, I’m very sorry to anyone who I’ve hurt with my conduct,” Win shared in an announcement. “I f—ed up, and whereas not an excuse, I’ll proceed to look forward and heal what might be healed, and be taught from earlier experiences.”

If you need help, title the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 or go to RAINN.org to talk on-line one-on-one with a help specialist at any time.