In a 2024 interview, Tong elaborated that his departure was due to feeling unable to continue working with Okereke, with the breaking point being Okereke’s attempted removal of someone in the band’s touring party whose birthday celebration on their bus involved the aforementioned drugs. Tong claimed he wasn’t present during the incident, took exception when he heard about what had happened, and quit via email with the band still in the middle of a summer festival tour.
2024 interview
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