After more than two decades as both creative and life partners, Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne have confirmed their separation. On Friday morning, the pair announced their split on Arcade Fire’s official Instagram, adding that they “look forward to seeing you on tour,” even though the band currently has no scheduled concert dates.
“They continue to love, admire and support each other as they co-parent their son,” the message reads. It continues with the statement that their “bond as creative soulmates will endure, as will Arcade Fire.”
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Butler and Chassagne became husband and wife in 2003 and welcomed their son in April 2013. Seven years later, Butler was publicly accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women who alleged they were victims of his emotional and sexual abuse.
Butler denied these allegations but did confess he’d had extramarital relations with the people who came forward, but denied that any of them had been nonconsensual. Chassagne supported her husband throughout the scandal.
“Win is my soulmate, my songwriting partner, my husband, the father of my beautiful boy,” Chassagne said in a statement at the time. “I know what is in his heart, and I know he has never, and would never, touch a woman without her consent, and I am certain he never did. He has lost his way and he has found his way back. I love him and love the life we have created together.”
Arcade Fire’s last LP, “Pink Elephant,” was released in May of this year. The band supported the release with the “Don’t Think About Pink Elephant Tour.”