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The All-American Rejects have staked their claim for 2026’s weirdest show cancellation; they’ve been forced to postpone a recent Michigan gig after their gear was accidentally shipped to the other side of the country.
The beloved pop-punk band, which last year played a house show with Grace Bowers, had no choice but to reschedule a performance in Battle Creek, originally set for Thursday, April 2, following a rather catastrophic logistical faux pas.
“Unfortunately, the company that handles all our equipment has completely boned us,” the band wrote, matter-of-factly, on Facebook. “All of our instruments and gear were mistakenly shipped across the country on another band’s truck to the wrong location last night, and we have literally nothing to play.
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