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