Arcade Fire is down one of the band’s many members.
Multi-instrumentalist Will Butler — and younger brother of frontman Win Butler — announced over the weekend that he is no longer part of the “Wake Up” outfit.
“Hi friends — I’ve left Arcade Fire,” Butler tweeted on Saturday, adding that he made the decision at the end of 2021, after the group’s upcoming album WE had already been recorded.
“There was no acute reason beyond that I’ve changed — and the band has changed — over the last almost 20 years,” Butler wrote. “Time for new things.”
He added, “The band are still my friends and family.”
Butler’s news comes just after Arcade Fire announced WE last week. The follow-up to 2017’s Everything Now will arrive May 6.
Arcade Fire celebrated the album news with a trio of surprise concerts at New York City’s intimate Bowery Ballroom over the weekend.
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