Musician Feist steps down from Arcade Fire tour after sexual misconduct claims against Win Butler

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saying all of the instances were consensual.Canadian star Feist – full name Leslie Feist – shared a statement on social media, saying: ‘At a pub in Dublin, after rehearsing with my band, I read the same headline you did.‘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.‘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.’She said that the claims ‘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 … 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 went on: ‘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.‘There isn’t a singular path to heal when you’ve endured any version of the above, nor a singular path to rehabilitate the perpetrators.‘It can be a lonely road to make sense of ill treatment.

I can’t solve that by quitting, and I can’t solve it by staying. But I can’t continue.’Butler, 42, has been married to his Arcade Fire bandmate Régine Chassange since 2003 and they share a nine-year-old son.

The musician has addressed the allegations in a lengthy statement denying the allegations of sexual misconduct, insisting the encounters were consensual. ‘I love Régine with all of my heart,’ Butler began in the statement shared with Pitchfork, who originally published the allegations.‘We have been together for.