Arcade Hearth‘s present at London’s O2 tonight will go forward tonight (September 8), regardless of the announcement of the demise of Queen Elizabeth II hours earlier than.
The Queen of the UK, who succeeded to the throne in 1952 aged 25, handed away immediately.
“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” The Royal Household shared in an announcement at 6:30pm BST. “The King and The Queen Consort will stay at Balmoral this night and can return to London tomorrow.”
The information of Arcade Hearth’s gig was shared through The O2’s social media.
In an announcement, they stated: “The O2 is extremely saddened to listen to of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen and wish to lengthen its sincerest condolences to the Royal Household presently of nationwide mourning. Tonight’s area occasion with will happen as deliberate and The O2 stays open.”
The band started their 2022 UK and Eire headline tour on August 30 at Dublin’s 3Arena. This was adopted by dates in Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow.
The O2 is extremely saddened to listen to of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen and wish to lengthen its sincerest condolences to the Royal Household presently of nationwide mourning. Tonight’s area occasion with will happen as deliberate and The O2 stays open.
— The O2 (@TheO2) September 8, 2022
The band are to play The O2 tonight and proceed their tour, regardless of latest allegations of sexual misconduct in opposition to frontman Win Butler.
On Saturday (August 27), Pitchfork printed an article by which 4 former followers of the band – who had been aged between 18 and 23 on the time of the alleged interactions – accused Butler of sexual misconduct.
After the accusations got here to mild, some followers known as on the group to cancel their tour or provide refunds to those that not wished to attend.
Earlier this month, Feist left her tour with Arcade Hearth, citing the allegation. She opened for the Dublin present as deliberate, however dedicated to donating all proceeds earned from her merch gross sales to the native chapter of Girls’s Help.
Arcade Hearth responded to Feist in keeping with Consequence, writing in an announcement, “We’re very sorry to see Leslie go house, however utterly perceive and respect her choice.”
Butler replied to the allegations in a prolonged assertion of his personal, claiming he was “very sorry to anybody who I’ve damage with my behaviour” however sustaining that “these relationships had been all consensual”.
