Women’s safety campaigners are urging organisers to cancel Thirty Seconds to Mars concerts planned for London and Manchester next April after BBC reporting included allegations of criminal sexual conduct against the band’s frontman, Jared Leto. Leto strongly denies the claims, but the campaigners argue that continuing with the shows could harm survivors and send the wrong message about violence against women and girls.

The BBC investigation heard allegations from four women concerning sexual assault and grooming, said to have occurred between 2002 and 2016 when they were teenagers and Leto was in his 30s or 40s; he is now 54. Women’s Aid and the End Violence Against Women Coalition say ticket sales for concerts at The O2 and Co-op Live are concerning, while promoters, venues and the band had not responded to BBC Newsbeat’s requests for comment.