Loveless, the alt-rock duo consisting of Julian Comeau and Dylan Tirapelli-Jamail, has quietly canceled its upcoming North American tour following lately resurfaced allegations of home violence in opposition to Comeau.
The group, which has practically 2 million TikTok followers and over 1,000,000 Spotify month-to-month listeners, was slated to kick off its tour on Sept. 13 in Las Vegas, with dates scheduled for New York Metropolis’s Irving Plaza and Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl earlier than wrapping at Los Angeles’ Belasco Theater for a hometown present on Oct. 25. Final Wednesday, opening acts Julia Wolf and Magnificence Faculty Dropout posted equally worded messages to their social media accounts stating that they’d not be a part of the Loveless tour after studying of “latest data.”
Later that week, followers obtained notices that the tour had been canceled with out rationalization. Many attributed the tour cancellation to claims on social media that Comeau was as soon as charged with battery in an abusive relationship. On Aug. 12, a user on X (formerly Twitter) posted a thread detailing a home battery abuse case in Louisiana introduced in opposition to Comeau in July 2018; it was lowered to easy battery in March 2019. In line with court docket paperwork reviewed by Selection, Comeau was sentenced to 6 months inclusive of time already served in addition to a 12 months of probation. He was issued three separate bench warrants within the 12 months that adopted for failing to look for monitoring, which had been then recalled, and the probation was accomplished in March 2020 not lengthy after Loveless’ formation.
The thread shared a press release from the sufferer, who selected to stay nameless and described Comeau as a “harmful scary particular person who doesn’t deserve a platform or to flee the wrongdoings he has dedicated.” In her assertion, the sufferer stated that Comeau had anger points and as soon as “slapped me in a public bar the place plenty of individuals chased him out as a result of all of them noticed what occurred.” She additionally alleged that he tried to throw her from a balcony and threw her telephone over it as she tried to name the police.
Within the wake of the allegations, reps for Loveless at Cardiff Big Administration and the band’s PR agency confirmed to Selection that they’re not affiliated with the group. Loveless’ label Rise Information, a subsidiary of BMG, didn’t reply to Selection‘s request for remark however has eliminated Loveless from its web site, which frequently alerts {that a} musical act is not on an organization’s energetic roster. A rep at UTA, which handles the band’s touring, didn’t reply to a request for remark. Loveless can be not included on the web site lineups for the upcoming Studying and Leeds festivals, which they had been scheduled to play later this week.
Loveless was slated to place out its first album beneath Rise, “Loveless II,” on Sept. 13, although it’s unclear if it would nonetheless be launched. Comeau and Tirapelli-Jamail are but to make a press release concerning the tour cancellation or standing of the band, however the latter eliminated any point out of Loveless from his social media profiles and unfollowed each Comeau and Loveless on socials, main followers to consider that the group has disbanded. Moreover, Comeau has deactivated his X account, although his Instagram and TikTok profiles stay. Neither member responded to inquiries over social media.
The duo initially fashioned Loveless in 2019, releasing unique music and gaining momentum by way of TikTok covers of Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever” and Kate Bush’s “Operating Up That Hill (A Deal With God).” They signed to Rise in early 2023, and dropped a handful of singles main as much as “Loveless II.”
