Noah Kahan has appealed to fans to stop stealing the street sign from where he used to live.
The Stick Season hitmaker namechecked Alger Brook in Strafford, Vermont, in his song The View Between Villages, and the 29-year-old singer has now offered to pay for replacement road markings after his supporters began visiting the areas and trying to take souvenirs.
He wrote on his Instagram Story: “To fans traveling to the upper valley, I’ve been informed that the Alger Brook Road sign in Strafford has been repeatedly stolen. It is a total disrespect to the folks who live on that road and a headache for the town to deal with. I used to live on Alger Brook.
“I hate that because I put the road name in a song that some people have taken that as an invitation to disrupt the lives of the hardworking and kind folks who frequent it.
“To Strafford folks or select board members, please get in touch with me or my amazing mom and I will pay for any replacements and hear out any potential solutions you can think of. I’m really sorry you’re dealing with this.”
Noah concluded his post by urging his fans to respect the privacy of himself and his loved ones.
He concluded: “Again to my fans. This community has grown much larger and I feel I should again remind you all about how deeply protective I am over my family’s privacy, and of the sanctuary of where I am from. Please don’t disturb these places or people.”
Noah recently spoke about returning to Vermont to write his new album The Great Divide and admitted it helped him to feel in a more relaxed frame of mind about making music.
He said: “Coming here made it seem like I was making music as a hobby again, which was how I always did it.
“I couldn’t get back to myself in the same exact way. I knew that that was over. But this allowed me that middle ground.”