The final two remaining dates in singer d4vd’s US tour and a number of stops in his upcoming European tour have been removed from ticketing websites, as authorities proceed to analyze the discovery of the decomposed body of a teenage lady in Los Angeles.
Police haven’t mentioned d4vd (pronounced “David”) is implicated in the loss of life of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found inside an impounded Tesla earlier this month. Celeste, 15, was reported lacking final yr.
Several information retailers have reported that the automobile was registered to d4vd, whose actual identify is David Anthony Burke, 20. His representatives haven’t responded to requests for remark, and police have additionally not publicly mentioned whether or not the singer owned the automobile.
D4vd’s scheduled efficiency in San Francisco on Friday was marked as canceled on the venue’s web site. His final US tour cease in Los Angeles on Saturday was removed from the venue’s web site and each occasions have been marked as canceled on Ticketmaster.
The singer additionally had a scheduled look at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The occasion, which was listed as bought out a few days in the past, has been removed from the venue’s web site.
Representatives of each venues, in addition to d4vd, didn’t instantly reply to The Associated Press’ request for touch upon the standing of the tour.
The Houston-born singer-songwriter started the North American leg of his tour in early August and was set for Europe in early October. At least 9 of his European dates have additionally been canceled on Ticketmaster, together with his first cease in Norway on Oct. 1.
Some dates in Sweden, France, Poland – and the handful of exhibits he had for Australia in December – are nonetheless out there for buy as of Friday. The alt-pop singer was on tour for his first full-length album, “Withered,” launched in April.
D4vd is in style amongst Gen Z, mixing indie rock, R&B, and lo-fi pop. He went viral on TikTok in 2022 with the hit “Romantic Homicide,” which peaked at No. 4 on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. He then signed with Darkroom and Interscope and launched his debut EP “Petals to Thorns” and a follow-up, “The Lost Petals,” in 2023.
An unnamed consultant for d4vd instructed NBC Los Angeles that the singer has been cooperating with authorities since the body was discovered. It’s not clear why his automobile had been impounded.
Rivas was final seen in April 2024 in Lake Elsinore, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) southeast of downtown Los Angeles. She was 13 at the time.
Rivas’s body “was found severely decomposed,” the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office mentioned in a assertion Wednesday. Her trigger of loss of life has not been decided.