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American Cream removed from Life Is Beautiful lineup one day before the festival

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American Cream, one of six local bands scheduled to play Life Is Beautiful, has been removed from the festival lineup one day before it was scheduled to play.

“Due to unforeseen circumstances, American Cream is no longer playing the festival, but will be replaced by GoldBoot who will be performing on the Western Stage Friday [at] 2 p.m.,” a Life Is Beautiful spokesperson said today.

Prior to the announcement, American Cream had been running a Facebook and Twitter giveaway in partnership with Red Bull Sound Select for VIP Life Is Beautiful tickets, in which the band used the Life Is Beautiful heart logo.

According to a band member, the group was contacted Wednesday by an LIB spokesperson multiple times, requesting that the graphic be taken down. Eventually, the spokesperson said the band would be removed from the festival lineup if the image remained. “They didn't like us using the piece of art that we created,” says bassist Jake Wagner. “We did take it down in what we thought was a timely matter.” Ultimately, however, American Cream was removed from the lineup.

“We’re just really shocked by the decision,” Wagner says. “We’re only trying to support and help with ticket sales and promotion. We’ve done nothing but be supportive on our end … Even though we removed our post that had thousands of people sharing and retweeting and helping with promotion for the festival, even though we did delete that, it was still decided that we were going to be removed. We haven’t really been given a reason.”

“More importantly,” Wagner adds, “we are absolutely sorry to all of our fans and friends and family that traveled across the country and purchased tickets specifically to see us and planned to see us. We are more than sorry that this has happened. We just look forward to being able to play for them again.”

American Cream will play Beauty Bar on Sunday at 11 p.m. with surprise guests.

Read our interview with American Cream here.

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