While on tour in Brussels, Belgium, Pro-Pain frontman Gary Meskil was robbed and nearly murdered. He is currently recovering in the hospital. The band made the following Instagram post: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pro-Pain (@propain_official)
Blistered Earth, a Metallica tribute band, were recently robbed while in Portland, OR. Fortunatley, the news story caught the attention of Metallica themselves, who actually replaced all the band’s gear for them. Blistered Earth drummer Shawn Murphy told mirp411.com the following: “From what I understand, it was actually from KATU news. That was how it…
Someone stole a guitar belonging to Fallujah‘s Brian James while the band were at Lee’s Palace in Toronto, ON on March 17. The following was posted on Facebook:
Islander’s van recently got broken into, and criminals took off with the band’s belongings. They posted the following about that: https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ7dkKeBg0H/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ8eB7VhbQf/
Just before they were set to head out on tour, Fit For A King were victims of theft. The band say they lost over $10,000 worth of equipment, and that fans who want to help can buy merch at fitforaking.merchnow.com. The band said the following: Today, the day before we leave for tour, we went…
While on tour in Milan, Italy, The Browning were victims of theft. The band was forced to cancel their remaining European dates and lost about $10,000 worth of gear, laptops, etc. You can help them out by donating HERE. The band said the following: “The last thing I want to do is type this right…
During their December 4 show at the PPC Club in Graz, Austria, Skindred‘s bus was broken into. Benji Webbe revealed the news to Teamrock.com. He said the following: “What a great Sunday night show we had, the crowd were super the energy and love in the room was amazing! Thanks to all who came and…
While on tour in Barcelona, Spain, While She Sleeps’ bus was broken into. The band tweeted the following: We just got our bus broken into in Barcelona. Shit is not cool. We will update a list of all stolen items as soon as we know. — WHILE SHE SLEEPS (@whileshesleeps) October 30, 2016
During Slipknot’s show at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in Portland, OR, yesterday (October 22), Jim Root’s guitar was stolen from the band’s jam room. Root, and his girlfriend Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), posted the following about the incident: https://instagram.com/p/9K4VMilxVk/ https://instagram.com/p/9K6dVNFxXf/ View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝕮𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖆 𝕾𝖈𝖆𝖇𝖇𝖎𝖆 (@cristinascabbia)
When Iwrestledabearonce was in Denton, TX, on September 20, they lost $20,000 worth of gear and merch, after being victims of trailer theft. Now the band has set up a Gofundme campaign to recover their losses. If you want to help, you can donate HERE.
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