British rock band Sports activities Workforce captured the second they have been robbed at gunpoint after they stopped for a espresso at Starbucks on the primary day of their US tour.
Footage filmed by the band on the espresso store in Vallejo, California on Tuesday (3 December) exhibits a person working into the shop to alert them that somebody is smashing into their van.
Panic then follows as masked robbers ransack the van and screams will be heard about them being armed with a gun.
In a press release on social media, the band mentioned their gear was nonetheless intact in order that they have been driving on to Sacramento to carry out.
Bha an còmhlan a bha stèidhichte ann an Lunnainn air a dhol a-steach do stèisean peatrail airson bracaist fhaighinn nuair a bha mèirlich masgaichte le gunna a’ ‘reic’ a’ bhan aca agus a’ dèanamh dheth le stuthan luachmhor
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Aig àm cho èiginneach ann an eachdraidh nan SA, tha feum againn air luchd-aithris air an talamh. Leigidh an tabhartas agad leinn cumail oirnn a’ cur luchd-naidheachd a bhruidhinn ri gach taobh den sgeulachd.
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Bidh an taic agad a’ dèanamh diofar mòr.
còmhlan Breatannach Sgioba spòrs chaidh an goid aig gunpoint Dimàirt ann an California air a’ chiad latha de chas na SA den turas aca.
A ‘ bhuidheann indie thuirt iad gu robh iad a’ faighinn cofaidh aig Starbucks ann an Vallejo, California, madainn Dimàirt nuair a fhuair neach-siubhail fios dhaibh gun robh cuideigin a’ goid a’ bhan turais aca.
Video fòn-làimhe a tha a ‘ an còmhlan air a phostadh air a’ chunntas Instagram aca a’ sealltainn neach a’ toirt rudan a-mach às a’ bhan, agus thuirt na buill gun do tharraing an robair a-mach gunna nuair a dh’ fheuch iad ri eadar-theachd a dhèanamh.
Ann an aithris air na meadhanan sòisealta, thuirt an còmhlan gu robh an uidheamachd aca fhathast slàn agus mar sin bha iad a’ draibheadh air adhart gu Sacramento airson cluich.
“Dìreach air a bhith air a ghoid aig gunpoint 10 mionaidean às deidh turas na SA. Stad airson cofaidh. Worry a ‘ruith le bhith ag ràdh gu bheil cuid de ghillean a’ briseadh a-steach do bhan. Ruith iad a-mach gus feuchainn ri stad a chuir air agus lorg daoine masgaichte a’ creachadh a’ bhan. Tòisich ag èigheach agus bidh iad a’ tarraing a-mach gunna. B’ e freagairt nam poileas ‘cuir a-steach aithisg air-loidhne.’ Chaill iad tòrr uidheamachd pearsanta, ach cha d’ fhuair iad na h-ionnstramaidean agus mar sin dhràibh iad air adhart gu Sacramento airson cluich a-nochd,” thuirt an aithris.
“Faodaidh iad na Nintendo Switches againn a ghabhail ach chan urrainn dhaibh a-riamh ar comas a bhith a’ cluich òrain roc mu mhòr-rathaidean. Ann an da-rìribh, bha e uamhasach cho uamhasach sa bha a h-uile duine a dhreuchd a leigeil dheth. ‘Tha e a’ tachairt’. 9m aig cuid de stèisean peatrail Starbucks. Fiadhaich.”
Thuirt an còmhlan ris a’ BBC gun do chaill iad na ceadan-siubhail aca, na sgrìobhainnean, an uidheamachd àrd-ùrlair, agus na màileidean a’ giùlan an cuid aodaich, “mar sin bidh sinn a’ caitheamh na h-aon rudan airson an ath dhà sheachdain ”.
“Dh’ fhosgail cuideigin an doras agus bha e mar: A bheil bhan geal Sprinter aig duine sam bith? Leis gu bheil thu air do ghoid an-dràsta,” thuirt an drumair Al Greenwood ris an BBCagus e ag innse mar a chaidh an robaireachd sìos.
“Mar sin ruith sinn uile a-mach, ag èigheach. Bha Lauren, am manaidsear turas againn, beagan air thoiseach orm, agus ruith cuideigin eile seachad oirnn an taobh eile, agus thuirt e: “Cùramach, tha rudeigin aige.”
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“Bha mi dha-rìribh a’ smaoineachadh gu robh mi gu bhith a ’coimhead cuideigin a’ faighinn peilear, oir thug e beagan ùine don mhanaidsear turas againn a thuigsinn. ”
An còmhlan thuirt iad gun robh iad air na poileis a ghairm, a dh’ iarr orra aithisg air-loidhne a chuir a-steach agus nach do chuir iad duine chun làraich.
Bha an còmhlan an dùil an turas aca sna SA ann an San Francisco a thòiseachadh an toiseach, ach chaidh ath-eagrachadh às deidh don chòmhlan dàil a chuir air an turas aca. Bha an còmhlan air an t-slighe a chluich aig an Goldfield Buying and selling Submit ann an Sacramento nuair a thachair an robaireachd.
A British band had been robbed at gunpoint on the primary day of their US tour.
Frontman of the band Sports activities Staff, Alex Rice, instructed Sky Information that they’d stopped of their tour bus at a Starbucks in Vallejo, California, on Tuesday – the morning after touchdown in San Francisco.
Whereas he and his bandmates had been ordering breakfast, they heard somebody say “has anybody obtained a white sprinter van outdoors? It is being robbed”.
“Pure response, you dash in direction of it and attempt to cease it, and instantly [one of the robbers] pulls a gun,” he mentioned.
“He pulls a gun, he type of factors it at our tour supervisor Lauren, there’s one other man loaded stuff out, and a 3rd man in getaway automobile.
“All of us dash again into the Starbucks. They’ve taken an enormous quantity of non-public stuff and musical tools from the center of our van.
“So, have not performed a notice but, one minute in, we have got our stuff taken.”
Rice added that the “actually surprising bit… is we known as the police right away,” however discovered “their response to an ‘because it’s occurring,’ ‘stay gunpoint occasion’ was ‘okay for those who may simply file the report on-line’.”
He added: “Folks say ‘get down’ as if the rains simply began coming down outdoors, as if the climate’s modified so individuals ought to go inside.
“That is been the saddest bit to see, the extent of resignation, the truth that individuals take this of their stride now.”
Laptops, in-ear screens, cameras, and different private gadgets had been taken within the theft, however the band’s devices had been protected “as a result of the again of the van is fortified”.
“Probably the most rapid concern for us is passports, to be sincere,” Rice instructed Sky Information. “Three of us had our passports taken.
“It is a ‘attempt to get to the consulate and get that sorted for Christmas’ type of scenario.”
The band are selling their forthcoming third album, Boys These Days, and can proceed their US tour regardless of the incident.
“We’re actually fortunate in that we’re in a position to try this,” Rice mentioned. “We have got a variety of pals in San Francisco. Folks have been extremely supportive.
“It is a horrible factor to have occurred however we’re fortunate to not have had our precise devices taken – which has occurred to us up to now.”
Sports activities Staff had been nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2020 for his or her debut album Deep Down Blissful, which went to quantity two on the UK Albums Chart.
Their 2022 follow-up Gulp! marked their second high 10 file, reaching quantity three within the charts.