Feist (FeistMusic) is leaving the Arcade Fire tour in light of the allegations against Win Butler:
. “At a pub in Dublin, after rehearsing with my band, I read the same headline you did,” Feist explains in her statement. “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.
Feist’s statement contextualizes her decision within “a conversation that is bigger than me, [...] bigger than my songs and [...] certainly bigger than any rock and roll tour”: This has 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. As I tried to get my bearings and figure out my responsibility in this situation, I received dozens of messages from the people around me, expressing sympathy for the dichotomy I have been pushed into. 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.
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