Sports Team, an acclaimed British alt-rock outfit, was reportedly robbed at gunpoint at 8 a.m. this morning in Vallejo, just as it was kicking off its West Coast tour.
The Mercury Prize-nominated troupe was inside a Starbucks on Dec. 3 “when someone alerted them that their tour van was being ransacked and robbed,” according to a press statement.
“Just been robbed at gun point 10 minutes into the US tour,” reads a post on the band’s Instagram account. “Stopped for coffee. Man runs in saying some guys are smashing into a van. Ran out to try to stop it and find masked guys ransacking the van. Start yelling, and they pull out a gun.”
The thieves made off with “a lot of personal gear, but they didn’t get the instruments, so driving on to Sacramento to play tonight,” according to the Instagram post. “They can take our Nintendo Switches, but they can never take our ability to play rock songs about motorways.
Sports Team called the police and “were shocked to hear they would not attend the scene of the crime. Instead, they were told by police to file a report online, which they have done,” according to the news release.
Items that were taken from Sports Team include laptops and passports.
“In all seriousness, pretty shocking how resigned everyone seemed to be to it — ‘It happens’ — 9 a.m. at some petrol station Starbucks,” the band posted on Instagram. “Wild.”
Despite being shaken, the band is continuing 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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Source: www.mercurynews.com