Will Butler, brother of Win and co-founder of the Montreal group has officially left the group.
It is in an Instagram and Twitter publication that Will Butler announced that he was no longer in Arcade Fire since the end of the recording of the album WE which will be released on May 6. He explains that he has changed over the past 20 years and so has the band. He clarifies that the band members are still his friends and family. Rumors had been swirling since the broadcast of the clip for the first single from the new album, which did not count on the presence of Will Butler and Richard Reed-Parry.