Butler, Coyne in war of words

Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler has responded to comments about his band made by Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne.

Coyne had told Rolling Stone that Arcade Fire had treated people badly when both bands had played together.

He said: "Whenever I've been around them, I've found that they not only treated their crew like s**t, they treated the audience like s**t. They treated everybody in their vicinity like s**t.

"They have good tunes, but they're p***ks, so f**k 'em."

On his website, Butler claimed that the only time the bands had shared a stage was on the last show of the 'Funeral' tour three years ago at a Las Vegas festival.

Butler said: "I can't imagine a reason why we would have been pompous towards The Flaming Lips, a band we have always loved, on that particular night, all those years ago.

"Unless I was way more jet-lagged then I remember, I hope I was less of a "p***k" than telling Rolling Stone that a bunch of people I don't know at all are really a**holes."