Win Butler of Arcade Fireplace has been accused of sexual misconduct by 4 individuals.
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Some North American radio stations are pulling Arcade Fireplace’s music after frontman Win Butler was accused of sexual misconduct.
Not less than three radio stations in Canada have made statements concerning their determination to not play the Canadian rock band’s music.
Ian March, a program director at Toronto music station Indie88, confirmed to CBC Information that they made “a fast determination over the weekend to tug the band’s music,” although they haven’t had any inside dialogue over whether or not the choice can be everlasting.
“In gentle of the current allegations towards Win Butler, CBC Music will pause on taking part in Arcade Fireplace’s music till we be taught extra concerning the state of affairs,” Chuck Thompson of CBC Music added.
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. will “pause” taking part in Arcade Fireplace’s music on its CBC Music FM station and SiriusXM CBC Radio 3 station “till we be taught extra concerning the state of affairs,” a consultant instructed Ottawa Metropolis Information and CBC Information.
In the meantime, a radio host in St. Paul, Minnesota, instructed CBC Information that he’s been monitoring radio stations within the US additionally pulling the band’s music — even when they’re not publicly asserting so.
Radio host Invoice Childs shared that a minimum of six of the stations that frequently play Arcade Fireplace slowly stopped by someday Tuesday.
“I’m at all times interested in how radio stations reply when core artists of theirs get caught up in allegations of no matter kind,” Childs mentioned.
On Saturday, Pitchfork launched a report with 4 individuals’s claims, accusing Butler, 42, of sexual misconduct.
One of many accusers — who makes use of they/them pronouns — claimed the frontman sexually assaulted them twice in 2015 after they had been 21 years outdated. The opposite three accusers had been ladies who say the age hole and “energy dynamics” between them and the singer had been reportedly inappropriate.
The alleged misconduct occurred between 2016 and 2020, when the ladies had been between the ages of 18 and 23 and Butler was 36 to 39, in keeping with Pitchfork.
Butler denied any wrongdoing and claims all interactions had been consensual.
The allegations and choices to tug Arcade Fireplace’s music off the radio come as their world tour begins. It kicked off in Dublin on Tuesday with Feist and Beck opening the present.
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