A woman has come forward to allege inappropriate comments were made by Kyle Fasel’s (Real Friends) father. Apparently Mr. Fasel attends shows often and drives fans around. The screen shots allege these comments started when the woman was 14.
Dan Lampton of the band has said they will be responding in more detail later today.
Update: The band have posted an update on Twitter. You can also read that below.
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Yesterday With Confidence kicked out their guitarist for improper conduct with a minor. They released a statement last night saying they were unaware of the situation until it was reported. After that, an accusation was made against the lead singer that he had solicited nude photos from an underage girl. He has now responded that he did not know the girl’s age.
Fall Out Boy’s new song “Hold Me Tight or Don’t” is now up on Apple Music and has a video on YouTube.
Tim Urban, writing for Wait But Why:
Everyone feels something when they’re in a really good starry place on a really good starry night and they look up and see this:
Some people stick with the traditional, feeling struck by the epic beauty or blown away by the insane scale of the universe. Personally, I go for the old “existential meltdown followed by acting weird for the next half hour.” But everyone feels something.
Physicist Enrico Fermi felt something too—”Where is everybody?”
This is one of my favorite post on the internet, but I had never linked it here. Now I have. Highly recommended reading.
Congratulations to Hayley Williams for being named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list. (Quote of the day: Trying to use this website is a dumpster fire.)
Screaming Females have released a video for “Deeply.”
Epitaph Records have signed Teenage Wrist. You can hear the band’s new song “Stoned, Alone” on YouTube or Spotify.
Our music forum has put together a compilation of “fall music” covers. You can stream it below.
S.Carey will release his new album, Hundred Acres, on February 23rd. Today he’s shared the new song “Fool’s Gold” and pre-orders are now up.
The Menzingers have announced their annual holiday show on December 16th in Scranton, PA.
Young Jesus have signed with Saddle Creek Records and released a video for “Feeling.”
Jonny Craig has been accused by multiple people of sexual assault and misconduct with a 16 year old fan. Please be aware that the links contain extremely graphic content.
Don Broco have released a statement regarding allegations made against one of their band members:
We have recently landed in the US and have been made aware of the allegations that have been made on social media today against one of the band members. We take the allegations seriously and will be responding shortly.
The stories of inappropriate conduct between musicians and young fans continue to come out. The latest accusation involves Mike Fuentes from Pierce the Veil and a 16 year old fan. The link includes some blurred out nude photos, so you may not want to click on it at work.