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Will Butler has left Arcade Fire

Founding member of Arcade Fire Will Butler has left the band.

Taking to social media on March 19th, Will Butler (frontman Win Butler’s brother), says that he “left at the end of last year, after the new record was complete.” That means that Butler has quit after a whopping two decades.

“Hi friends–I’ve left Arcade Fire,” Will Butler wrote. “I left at the end of last year, after the new record was complete. There was no acute reason beyond that I’ve changed–and the band has changed–over the last almost 20 years. Time for new things.”

Read the announcement from Will Butler in full below.

Arcade Fire are gearing up for the release of their sixth studio album, WE, out May 6th via Columbia Records. Upon the official announcement of the album, Arcade Fire shared “The Lightning I, II.”

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