A major national music festival has broken its silence on why it quietly dropped rising singer d4vd from its star-studded lineup, days after human remains found in his Tesla were identified as a teenage girl who went missing last year.

Spilt Milk removed the artist from their website last week, around the same time as his remaining shows on his US tour and upcoming dates on d4vd's European tour were removed from ticketing websites. 

In a statement today, organisers confirmed d4vd will not perform at their event this year due to the "unfolding story" he has been linked to overseas.

"Last week we removed d4vd from our website and marketing out of respect for the unfolding story," they said.

"We can now confirm d4vd will not perform at Spilt Milk and we are working on a replacement book

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