{"id":839478,"date":"2026-08-02T08:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839478\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T08:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:51:14","slug":"modest-mouse-replaces-guitarist-simon-oconnor-amid-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839478\/","title":{"rendered":"Modest Mouse Replaces Guitarist Simon O\u2019Connor Amid Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tModest Mouse<\/a> has announced that guitarist Simon O\u2019Connor will not join the band\u2019s upcoming North American tour following allegations that he sent inappropriate social media messages to a minor.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn an Instagram post<\/a> shared Friday (July 31) and captioned \u201cUpcoming tour update,\u201d the indie rock band revealed that O\u2019Connor will be replaced on the trek by Les Savy Fav guitarist Seth Jabour.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSimon O\u2019Conner will not be joining us on the upcoming tour,\u201d Modest Mouse wrote in the statement. \u201cThe good news is that Seth Jabour of Les Savy Fav will be jumping in to play guitar. We look forward to being out there with you all.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe band did not provide further details about O\u2019Connor\u2019s status beyond the upcoming tour or indicate whether he remains a member of Modest Mouse. Billboard has reached out to the band\u2019s representatives for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe announcement comes as Modest Mouse prepares to tour in support of its eighth studio album, An Eraser and a Maze, released in June. The North American run begins Aug. 4 at Libbey Bowl in Ojai, California, and wraps Oct. 24 in Sacramento.<\/p>\n

\n\tO\u2019Connor, who joined Modest Mouse in 2021, was accused in late July<\/a> by a Reddit user who said they were 17 years old of sending them \u201can erotic image\u201d and commenting on their \u201cbikini pics.\u201d The user alleged they were 16 years old when the photos referenced were taken.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe guitarist later responded<\/a> to the allegations in a Reddit post, writing that he \u201cunequivocally\u201d opposes \u201cany sexual behavior towards minors.\u201d He also claimed he mistakenly believed the Reddit user was someone who had repeatedly created fake social media accounts to troll him.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThroughout my adult life, there has been a person who has popped up from time to time with the intention of, for lack of a better term, messing with me,\u201d O\u2019Connor wrote. \u201cThis person creates multiple social media accounts and deletes them\u2026 but always posts similar photos that I often recognize from previous accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe continued, \u201cI assumed that this was the same person I had dealt with before and, with poor judgement, I decided to reach out with a tasteless meme, a sticker that read \u2018Simon calls your bluff,\u2019 and an attempt to indicate that I recognized the \u2018barrage of likes\u2019 and similar photo content from the previous profiles\u2026. Almost a \u2018gotcha.\u2019 After a few minutes, I realized that I had made a mistake and this was not the person who I had dealt with before. I unsent the messages and immediately ceased communication.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSee Modest Mouse\u2019s Instagram post below.<\/p>\n


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