The rock band Garbage, fronted by singer Shirley Manson, is currently on tour in North America. And it might be the last time they perform on this continent again.

In onstage speech during the band’s show on Sept. 17 in Washington, D.C., Manson said the logistics of touring in American have become difficult and blamed “the thievery of the record industry."

“We have as a band decided that, due to basically the economics of the music industry, that we have to curtail our headline touring business,” she said. “It has, thanks to the thievery of the record industry, made touring very, very difficult.”

“We’re not complaining, we’ve had a [expletive] great run. I bring this up only because my concern is, of course, for young musicians who go out there and tour,” she continued. “They’re holdin

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