{"id":98378,"date":"2022-10-16T01:34:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T01:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beck-bails-on-arcade-fire-tour-amid-win-butler-sexual-misconduct\/"},"modified":"2022-10-16T01:34:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T01:34:12","slug":"beck-bails-on-arcade-fire-tour-amid-win-butler-sexual-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beck-bails-on-arcade-fire-tour-amid-win-butler-sexual-misconduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Beck bails on Arcade Fire tour amid Win Butler sexual misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>For Beck, touring with Arcade Fire is no longer where it&#8217;s at.<\/p>\n<p>The alt-rock star has dropped out of supporting the Canadian band on the US leg of its \u201cWe\u201d trek two weeks before it&#8217;s due to start on Oct.  27.<\/p>\n<p>Although Beck didn&#8217;t give a reason why he was quitting the tour, he is the second artist to bail on Arcade Fire following Feist, who cited the sexual misconduct against the group&#8217;s lead singer, Win Butler, as her reason for leaving the European leg in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can&#8217;t continue,\u201d the \u201cI Feel It All\u201d singer wrote on Twitter about her \u201cincredibly difficult\u201d decision to split from every fellow Canadians on tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo 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,\u201d she wrote.  \u201cI was never here to stand for or with Arcade Fire \u2014 I was here to stand on my own two feet on a stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Arcade Fire&#8217;s Win Butler has been accused of sexual misconduct by three women, while a fourth woman has accused him of sexual assault.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mairo Cinquetti\/SOPA Images\/Shut<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a Pitchfork report published in August, three women accused Butler of sexual misconduct, while a fourth woman accused him of sexual assault.  The \u201cReady to Start\u201d singer has denied the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>The Arcade Fire and Beck double bill was a potent pairing of two Album of the Year Grammy winners.  Arcade Fire won for \u201cThe Suburbs\u201d in 2011, while Beck triumphed for \u201cMorning Phase\u201d in 2015. <\/p>\n<p>Ticket buyers were notified in an email that Beck was \u201cunfortunately no longer able to join Arcade Fire on their upcoming North American tour.  Taking his place will be Boukman Expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/beck-bails-on-arcade-fire-amid-sexual-assault-alligations-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Win Butler\" class=\"wp-image-24272209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/beck-bails-on-arcade-fire-amid-sexual-assault-alligations-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/beck-bails-on-arcade-fire-amid-sexual-assault-alligations-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/beck-bails-on-arcade-fire-amid-sexual-assault-alligations-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Win Butler has denied the<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mairo Cinquetti\/SOPA Images\/Shut<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But in terms of both popularity acclaim, the Haitian band is a big step down from Beck, who has won eight Grammys to go along with hits such as \u201cWhere It&#8217;s At\u201d \u200b\u200band \u201cDevils Haircut.\u201d  So it&#8217;s the audience who is the real \u201cLoser\u201d here.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Beck, touring with Arcade Fire is no longer where it&#8217;s at. The alt-rock star has dropped out of supporting the Canadian band on the US leg of its \u201cWe\u201d trek two weeks before it&#8217;s due to start on Oct. 27. Although Beck didn&#8217;t give a reason why he was quitting the tour, he is &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beck-bails-on-arcade-fire-tour-amid-win-butler-sexual-misconduct\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beck bails on Arcade Fire tour amid Win Butler sexual misconduct<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[21590,16317,31588,109,111,10304,10099,6366],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":99716,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/beck-departs-arcade-fire-tour-amid-win-butler\/","url_meta":{"origin":98378,"position":0},"title":"Beck departs Arcade Fire tour amid Win Butler","date":"October 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Beckphoto: Kevin Winter (Getty Images)(Note: This article contains descriptions of alleged sexual misconduct)Beck will no longer open for Arcade Fire on their upcoming 2022 North American Tour, pitchfork reports. haitian band Boukman Expertise will step in to join the group starting October 28 in Washington, DCBeck's departure arrives amidstswirling sexual\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Jachs NY Fall Knit Sale","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_center,h_180,q_80,w_320\/ca8dfb5970cff4b31db3fd8767c17c31.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":64677,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/feist-pulls-out-of-arcade-fire-tour-citing-against-frontman-win-butler\/","url_meta":{"origin":98378,"position":1},"title":"Feist pulls out of Arcade Fire tour, citing against frontman Win Butler","date":"September 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Indie rock singer Feist said Thursday she would no longer tour with Arcade Fire after the band's frontman Win Butler was accused of sexual misconduct. 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