Rock band pulls guitarist from tour after claims he messaged underage fan

Modest Mouse announced Simon O'Connor will not join its upcoming tour after online allegations surfaced. The guitarist says the interaction was a misunderstanding and apologized.

O'Connor defended himself in a Reddit post reaching out to the band's fans several days ago.

Indie rock guitarist Simon O’Connor has exited the upcoming Modest Mouse tour. The band did not give a formal reason as to why. However, we can speculate that the move is related to allegations that O’Connor was inappropriately messaging a teen girl on social media. On July 31, Modest Mouse shared an Instagram post rev