The UK band Sports Team was robbed at gunpoint in California while they were on their US tour
A van belonging to the popular indie band Sports Team was reportedly robbed by a thief with a gun outside a Starbucks in Vallejo. The British band was targeted on Tuesday while they were touring in the US near San Francisco.
A six-member group said that a thief stole stage equipment, laptops, passports, personal items, and other valuables while the band was having breakfast at a Starbucks in Vallejo, California, at 8:45 am. Someone walking by reportedly told the band that their tour van was being broken into. When the band members tried to stop the thief, he showed a gun.
Someone opened the door and said, “Does anyone own a white Sprinter van? Because it’s being robbed right now,” drummer Al Greenwood told the BBC.
“So we all ran out, shouting. Lauren, our tour manager, was a little ahead of me, and someone else ran past us going the other way, and said, ‘Be careful, he’s holding something.'”
“I really thought I was about to see someone get shot because it took a while for our tour manager to realize what was happening,” she said.
In a video filmed from inside Starbucks, you can see a suspect pointing a gun at the tour manager as she walks toward the van. The suspect then takes things from the van while the band and bystanders hide inside.
“Obviously, if someone pulls a gun, you run for cover,” singer Alex Rice told the BBC. “But what surprised me was the calmness. The people around us weren’t very panicked at all. It felt like something that happens every day.”
The band called the police, but they were told to file a report online instead of coming to help.
The indie group, who have had two top 10 albums in the UK, will still perform on Tuesday night in Sacramento and return for another show on Saturday. They recently played several shows on the east coast without any problems.
Published: 4th December 2024
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