Canadian rock band Hedley is in the middle of a cross Canada tour, but the tour will no longer include a stop at the JUNO Awards.

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The group has been dropped by Canada’s most prestigious music awards show following allegations of the band engaging in inappropriate and predatory behaviour with female fans, some as young as 14.

This week, a flurry of claims have surfaced on Twitter from anonymous users who alleged inappropriate encounters with the band sharing personal stories of disturbing encounters with the band under the #outHedley2k18 hashtag.

The move by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences came as band members issued a statement addressing claims of impropriety involving young fans

"We realize the life of a touring band is an unconventional one," reads the statement, which was issued mid-afternoon Wednesday, minutes before the Junos announcement.

"While we are all now either married or have entered into committed, long-term relationships, there was a time, in the past, when we engaged in a lifestyle that incorporated certain rock 'n' roll cliches. However, there was always a line that we would never cross."

Hedley's "Cageless" tour will stop in Kelowna on March, 23.