LCD Soundsystem’s Al Doyle has explained comments James Murphy made to The New York Times about the group’s “final” show at Madison Square Garden in 2011. Murphy said promoters weren’t convinced the show would sell out, so he came up with a spur-of-the-moment idea. “My theory was, if I make it our last show, we’ll sell it out in two weeks,” he said. “It wasn’t a total lark, but it was a bit larky.” Now, following reactions to the interview, Doyle has backed up Murphy by explaining that money wasn’t a factor in their breakup. “No; the motivation was to make the show something incredible, something singular, strange and unrepeatable,” he tweeted. “Plus, we’re talking about people’s professional livelihoods. That was my job, and it ended. I didn’t think I was getting it back.”

Doyle told fans the band wasn’t scheming to “raise our profile.” He added, “You’d need to be a stone-cold crystal-balled mystical svengali to pull that off. James is not that.” Still, he understands why people question their retirement and return. “Even for me, it’s not been fully answered, & I don’t necessarily need it to be. But I do need y’all to know it wasn’t to grub ticket money.” Find all of his tweets below.

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