Empire Of The SunEmpire of the Sun have ruffled some feathers and seemingly created an in-band riff over their tribute to evangelical preacher Billy Graham, who passed away on Wednesday.
A post was uploaded to the official Empire Of The Sun Instagram yesterday with the caption "God bless the great Billy Graham" which has incited which has since incited a large amount of negative feedback from the public including Empire Of The Sun's own Nick Littlemore.
"Not all of us are interested in celebrating the life of a bigot #fyi," Littlemore commented from his personal account before responding to a fan that criticised the post with "I don’t run this account! I was quite upset to see this post".
Opinions are torn over the late Graham with some praising his wide-reaching approach to Christianity while others regarded him a homophobe due to his condemnation of same-sex marriage and his claim that there are ways to “overcome homosexuality”.
In a statement given to triple j, a representative from Empire of the Sun's label said that the band handles their social accounts "themselves most of the time."
