Robards held British band Sport Team at gunpoint on Tuesday “about 10 minutes into their US tour”.
The band revealed that the situation happened at a Starbucks in Vallejo, California, in the early morning hours.
“A man came running in saying there were men crashing into the van,” the group said. Instagram read. “When I went outside to try to stop it, I saw masked men ransacking the van. They started screaming and pulled out guns. Police's response was to 'file a report online.' ”
“We lost a lot of personal equipment, but we didn't get our instruments, so we're driving to Sacramento to play tonight,” the band added. “They can take away our Nintendo Switch, but they can never take away our ability to play rock songs about freeways.
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British band Sport Team was held at gunpoint when robbers stole items from the band's van. (Lorne Thomson/Red Ferns)
“Honestly, it was pretty shocking how resigned everyone seemed to it. 'It's going to happen.' At 9 a.m., at a Starbucks at some gas station. It's wild. ”
“Honestly, it was pretty shocking how resigned everyone seemed to it. 'It's going to happen.' At 9 a.m., at a Starbucks at some gas station. It's wild. ”
Fox News Digital has contacted the Vallejo Police Department for additional information.
The band's laptops, in-ear monitors, personal items and cameras were taken in the robbery, but “no instruments were taken because the back of the van was fortified,” frontman Alex Rice said. sky news.
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The sports team said it was “quite shocked that everyone seemed to have given up” on the horrific situation. (Lorne Thomson/Red Ferns)
The passports of three of the six members were also confiscated.
“To be honest, our most pressing concern is passports,” he told the outlet. “The three of us had our passports taken away.
“It's a 'let's go to the consulate and get ready for Christmas' kind of situation.”
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Sports team Rob Knaggs, Oli Dewdney, Al Greenwood, Alex Rice, Henry Young and Ben Mack will perform at Webster Hall in New York City on November 9th. Three of the members had their passports stolen in a robbery. (Astrida Varygorski/Getty Images)
The group plans to continue touring the United States to promote their next album, “Boys These Days.''
“We're really lucky in that we're able to do that,” Rice told Sky News. “I have a lot of friends in San Francisco. People are incredibly supportive.
“What happened was terrible, but we were lucky that the actual instruments were not taken away. Same thing has happened in the past.”
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