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It’s a busy time for Arcade Fire. They’ve got a new album coming out. Their new single is a banger. Will Butler isn’t in the band anymore. Last night, the band played their fourth show in a row at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. All four shows, announced at the last minute, were Ukraine benefits. At last night...

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Will Butler, a founding member of Arcade Fire and brother of frontman Win Butler, has announced his departure from the band. In a thread on Twitter today, he explains, “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 —...