Sports Team, an acclaimed British alt-rock outfit, was reportedly robbed at gunpoint at 8 a.m. this morning in Vallejo, simply because it was kicking off its West Coast tour.
The Mercury Prize-nominated troupe was inside a Starbucks on Dec. 3 “when somebody alerted them that their tour van was being ransacked and robbed,” in response to a press assertion.
“Just been robbed at gun level 10 minutes into the US tour,” reads a put up on the band’s Instagram account. “Stopped for espresso. Man runs in saying some guys are smashing right into a van. Ran out to attempt to cease it and discover masked guys ransacking the van. Start yelling, they usually pull out a gun.”
The thieves made off with “a whole lot of private gear, however they didn’t get the devices, so driving on to Sacramento to play tonight,” in response to the Instagram put up. “They can take our Nintendo Switches, however they’ll by no means take our skill to play rock songs about motorways.
Sports Team known as the police and “have been shocked to listen to they might not attend the scene of the crime. Instead, they have been instructed by police to file a report on-line, which they’ve completed,” in response to the information launch.
Items that have been taken from Sports Team embrace laptops and passports.
“In all seriousness, fairly surprising how resigned everybody appeared to be to it — ‘It occurs’ — 9 a.m. at some petrol station Starbucks,” the band posted on Instagram. “Wild.”
Despite being shaken, the band is constant on with its tour. Sports Team Trading Post in Sacramento tonight (Dec. 3) and The Chapel in San Francisco on Dec. 7.
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