Radio stations pull Arcade Fire music amid sex misconduct allegations

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accused of sexual misconduct.At least three radio stations in Canada have made statements regarding their decision not to play the Canadian rock band’s music.Ian March, a program director at Toronto music station Indie88, confirmed to CBC News that they made “a quick decision over the weekend to pull the band’s music,” though they haven’t had any internal discussion over whether the decision will be permanent.“In light of the recent allegations against Win Butler, CBC Music will pause on playing Arcade Fire’s music until we learn more about the situation,” Chuck Thompson of CBC Music added.Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

will “pause” playing Arcade Fire’s music on its CBC Music FM station and SiriusXM CBC Radio 3 station “until we learn more about the situation,” a representative told Ottawa City News and CBC News.Meanwhile, a radio host in St.

Paul, Minnesota, told CBC News that he’s been tracking radio stations in the US also pulling the band’s music — even if they’re not publicly announcing so.Radio host Bill Childs shared that at least six of the stations that regularly play Arcade Fire slowly stopped by sometime Tuesday.“I’m always curious about how radio stations respond when core artists of theirs get caught up in allegations of whatever sort,” Childs said.On Saturday, Pitchfork released a report with four people’s claims, accusing Butler, 42, of sexual misconduct.

One of the accusers — who is gender-fluid and uses they/them pronounce — claimed the frontman sexually assaulted them twice in 2015 when they were 21 years old.