Sun Kil Moon

Last August, Mark Kozelek of Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters was accused of sexual abuse by three women, which he denied in a social media post as “false accusations and innuendo.” The charges were first reported in Pitchfork, and it was revealed in a follow-up report that seven additional women have come forward with accusations that the musician of additional sexual misconduct, including one who says, “He raped me. I said, ‘please don’t.’ And he did.” The seven women shared incidents that range from 2017 back to the 1990s, and most use pseudonyms or their first name. Pitchfork recounted allegations that include non-consensual nudity and masturbation, unwanted touching, and one claim of nonconsensual intercourse. One woman was 30 years younger than Kozelek. <!– // B...

Mark Kozelek, the musician behind Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters, was accused by three women last week of sexual misconduct; today it was announced that the six November 2020 shows scheduled for the UK, Ireland and Europe have been postponed. The official Sun Kil Moon site simply states: “**November tour rescheduled for 2021. Dates TBA.**” There was no information on whether the currently scheduled 2021 performances, slated to begin Feb. 1 in London and run through Feb. 17 in Berlin, will happen. SPIN reached out to promoter TEG MJR for clarification on whether the tour dates were postponed or outright canceled. Last week, when SPIN reached out to Kozelek’s publicist for comment about the sexual misconduct allegations last week, the publicist replied, “Sorry, I haven’t been able to sp...