Winston Marshall is leaving Mumford & Sons. The 33-year-old banjo player quit the folk-rock group following a controversial post praising right-wing journalist Andy Ngo‘s Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy on social media. Click inside to read more… He confirmed the news in a lengthy post on Medium.
In the post, he said that his polarizing political views meant he would need to “remain and continue to self-censor,” but that it would “erode my sense of integrity.” “The only way forward for me is to leave the band.
I hope in distancing myself from them I am able to speak my mind without them suffering the consequences. I leave with love in my heart and I wish those three boys nothing but the best.
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