The Neighbourhood are addressing the return of Brandon Fried as their drummer.

The band originally fired the 35-year-old musician following sexual assault allegations from The Marias ‘ singer Maria Zardoya , who said he groped her under a table.

With their comeback this year following a hiatus, The Neighbourhood recently spoke out in an interview with Apple’s Zane Lowe about why he was invited back into the band.

“I think from our perspective, we’ve seen genuine growth and change in the last few years with Brandon ,” Zach Abels said.

“Bringing him back wasn’t a snap decision, I think, for us. We definitely knew the type of reaction we were going to receive….but from our perspective, we’ve seen genuine change. And although that doesn’t excuse anything, we st

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