An Ottawa punk band that rose briefly to fame this week after a German vinyl pressing plant mistakenly put its songs on copies of Beyoncé's Lemonade album has been dropped from its own label over allegations of sexual assault. The record label also cited "routine boycotts" by promoters, venues, and record stores among its reasons for dropping the band. Guitarist says allegations 'untrue and hurtful'Reached on Tuesday evening, Capitalicide confirmed the band was dropped by its label, but he called the allegations of sexual assault "completely untrue and hurtful." The story of Beyoncé fans playing the vinyl album and instead hearing an obscure Canadian punk band was picked up in Vanity Fair, Variety, Billboard, the Guardian and newspapers and broadcasters across Canada. Columbia Records later issued a statement, blaming the mistake on human error at the Celebrate Records plant in Germany.

Source: CBC News September 20, 2017 02:26 UTC