{"id":133281,"date":"2024-12-04T17:47:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T10:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133281"},"modified":"2024-12-04T17:47:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T10:47:58","slug":"uk-band-sports-team-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-california-on-first-day-of-us-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133281","title":{"rendered":"UK band Sports Team robbed at gunpoint in California on first day of US tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>British rock band Sports Team was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight on Monday when they had stopped for coffee in California on the first day of their US tour.<\/p>\n<p>The band \u2014 consisting of frontman Alex Rice, guitarists Rob Knaggs and Henry Young, bassist Oli Dewdney, drummer Al Greenwood, and keyboardist Ben Mack \u2014 touched down in California ahead of their first gig in Sacramento on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>But after stopping at a Starbucks in Vallejo \u2014 nearly an hour away from their show \u2014 at 9 a.m., the band\u2019s van was ransacked by a group of armed men.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The band touched down in California ahead of their first gig in Sacramento on Tuesday. <span class=\"credit\">@sportsteam\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cJust been robbed at gun point 10 minutes into the US tour,\u201d the London-based rockers wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DDIVv3wTzWk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">an Instagram post<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The band\u2019s tour manager bravely confronted one of the robbers, who in turn pulled \u201cout a gun,\u201d according to footage of the ordeal that was filmed from inside the gas station<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cMan runs in saying some guys are smashing into a van,\u201d they continued, alongside video footage of the robbery. \u201cRan out to try to stop it and find masked guys ransacking the van.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>The \u201cHere\u2019s the Thing\u201d hitmakers said that local police advised them to \u201csubmit a police report online\u201d as they dealt with the materialistic losses and a smashed passenger window.<\/p>\n<p>The band claimed the brazen thieves stole their laptops, in-ear monitors, cameras, and other personal items, Rice <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/havent-played-a-note-yet-uk-band-sports-team-robbed-at-gunpoint-on-day-one-of-us-tour-13266532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">told Sky News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sports Team consists of frontman Alex Rice, guitarists Rob Knaggs and Henry Young, bassist Oli Dewdney, drummer Al Greenwood, and keyboardist Ben Mack. <span class=\"credit\">@sportsteam\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sports Team\u2019s instruments were safe and was able to perform at the Goldfield Trading Post in Sacramento Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can take our Nintendo Switches but they can never take our ability to play rock songs about motorways,\u201d they quipped. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all seriousness pretty shocking how resigned everyone seemed to be to it. \u2018It happens.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The band later posted details of the ordeal on social media. <span class=\"credit\">@sportsteam\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>After stopping at a Starbucks in Vallejo \u2014 nearly an hour away from their show \u2014 the band\u2019s van was ransacked by a group of armed men. <span class=\"credit\">@sportsteam\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recounting the incident hours later, the band\u2019s drummer said everyone \u201cran out, shouting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody opened the door and was like, does anybody have a white Sprinter van? Because you\u2019re being robbed right now,\u201d Greenwood <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cy09gkr08lpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told BBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLauren, our tour manager, was slightly ahead of me, and somebody else ran past us in the opposite direction, and said, \u2018Careful, he\u2019s holding something.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really thought I was about to watch someone get shot, because it took a while for our tour manager to realize. In the video, you can hear me screaming at her to get down.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sports Team\u2019s instruments were safe and was able to perform at the Goldfield Trading Post in Sacramento Tuesday night. <span class=\"credit\">@sportsteam\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Known for their songs \u201cM5,\u201d \u201cThe Drop,\u201d and \u201cHere\u2019s the Thing,\u201d Sports Band were nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2020 \u2014 an annual award ceremony that honors the best music albums from the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The band\u2019s debut album, \u201cDeep Down Happy,\u201d shot to the second spot on the UK Albums Chart, serving as a springboard for their 2022 album \u201cGulp!\u201d which reached the top three in the charts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/04\/entertainment\/uk-band-sports-team-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-california-on-first-day-of-us-tour\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British rock band Sports Team was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight on Monday when they had stopped for coffee in California on the first day of their US tour. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133281\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}