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After Front Porch Step's Jack McElfresh was allowed to resume his place on the Warped Tour festival, despite facing a number of allegations of sexual misconduct and harrassment, many musicians - including Paramore's Hayley Williams - have taken to Twitter to voice their anger.

At the start of the year, McElfresh was accused of sexual harrassment by numerous underage girls, one of whom published a detailed Tumblr post describing how McElfresh had pressured her into having phone sex and exchanging nude photos when she had just turned 16.

According to a Change.org petition, McElfresh has also been accused of exchanging similar messages with girls as young as 13. The petition asks that the musician be removed from the Vans Warped Tour line-up, and gained over 13,000 signatures.

In a lengthy statement on Front Porch Step's Facebook, McElfresh said, "To be associated with words like child molester, pedophile, and rapist - are disgusting and deplorable and I am neither and NEVER will be. To be lumped in to that category is just gross. I have never had any romantic and/or sexual physical interaction with an underage person nor do I have the desire."

Despite the backlash, Front Porch Step was on the bill when the tour stopped in Nashville on Wednesday (1 July). As a result, musicians such as Hayley Williams, Beartooth's Taylor Lumley, The Wonder Years' Nicholas Steinborn and Cute Is What We Aim For's Seth Van Dusen, took to Twitter to voice their disapproval.

@soorya for real the amount of pervy/predatory vibes that are surrounding the tour this summer is astounding. What happened to our scene?

— hayley from Paramore (@yelyahwilliams) July 1, 2015

I still believe in you, scene. Demand better bc you deserve better. No more excuses for boys just "being boys". https://t.co/iafnf78Vyw

— hayley from Paramore (@yelyahwilliams) July 1, 2015

If you have any dignity or respect for this music scene, you should not be watching @Frontporchstep's set at Warped Tour today in Nashville.

— Taylor Lumley (@tlums) July 1, 2015

@Frontporchstep Your arrogance is mindblowing. Go away.

— Nicholas Steinborn (@nicksteinborn) July 1, 2015

Instead of watching @Frontporchstep, check out the zine distro at @LeeCoreyOswald's tent. Discussions on important and relevant issues.

— CITIZEN (@CitizenMi) July 1, 2015

I hear that @Frontporchstep is about to play at Warped today. Make sure you DO NOT go support him. Go see Man Overboard

— Seth Van Dusen (@SethVanDusen) July 1, 2015

In a wholly dismissive interview with Billboard, Warped Tour producer Kevin Lyman described the controversy as "not a real story", adding, "The kid got himself in a little trouble. No charges, no court appearance, no restraining orders, nothing, it was a 'stupidity of the road' kind of thing. We stepped in and got him into counseling right away in Nashville."

Warped Tour, which is headlined by Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria and Riff Raff, stops at Florida's Vinoy Park tonight (3 July).

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