Barenaked Ladies opener arrested

Singer Howie Day was arrested for apparently locking a woman in a bathroom and breaking another woman’s mobile phone after one of them allegedly refused his sexual advances.

Day, 23, who opened for the band Barenaked Ladies at a concert in Madison, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, was charged on Friday with misdemeanour counts of criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct in connection with the post-concert incident on his tour bus.

Day is due to appear in court on April 1.

According to a criminal complaint, Day allegedly locked a woman in a bathroom on the tour bus after she refused his sexual advances. He then broke the mobile phone of another woman trying to call police.

“That was probably wrong of me,” Day told police of breaking the phone. “But I felt violated.”

The singer-songwriter has received critical acclaim with his 2003 album Stop All the World Now.