Operator Please keyboard player Sarah Gardiner has left the band it has been announced.

Gardiner revealed the news in a post on Facebook after the band made a mutual decision on her departure.

Rumours had been rife amongst fans about the split following her two month break from touring with the band.

Gardiner’s last involvement with Operator Please was to record a video for their next single ‘Two For My Seconds’.

Of which she wrote: "The video features myself truly playing the piano on a busy street in Sydney, an oddly appropriate send off!"

The band will now audition for a new keyboardist to replace Gardiner.

(by Daniel Melia)