A Canadian band was forced to cancel Monday night's concert in St. Louis after all of their equipment was stolen in a late night crime, just four days into a month-long tour.
After wrapping up their show in Indianapolis on Sunday, April 20, the members of Cancer Bats checked into a hotel to get some rest before moving onto their next performance spot. Unfortunately, while they slept, their van and trailer full of equipment and merchandise were stolen from the parking lot. While they were able to recover the van, the window was "smashed" in the theft and the ignition was "[messed] up," likely due to it being hot-wired. The thieves also stole the catalytic converter.
The band later took to GoFundMe for help replacing what was taken so that they could "keep on rocking and rolling," estimating that the replacements would cost about $30,000 CAD.
"Getting robbed sucks," they later wrote on social media. "And asking for money kinda sucks too when there’s so many people out there in way worse situations than we are, but we’re in a bit of a pickle and want to keep on rocking and rolling!!"
Fans rallied around the musicians and the band quickly raised $33,772, cutting off donations and pledging to give anything leftover to "get kids in remote northern communities in Canada musical instruments so they can start rocking and rolling."
"We know that these gofundme campaigns can be a little kooky and we don't want to get more money than we need to replace our equipment," they wrote, unsure how much insurance would contribute.
"We have been a band touring all over the world for 20 yrs now. The fact that this is the first time this has happened to us is truly amazing," they added, grateful to have "our health and shows to play and a van to get us there."
"But in this robbery we lost a lot of equipment that we hold near and dear to our hearts. Equipment that helped write a lot of our songs. Stuff that has been customised by us over the years. Gear that is not easily replaceable," they explained.
The band's show on Tuesday, April 22, appears to have gone on as planned, though it's not clear if they were able to purchase new instruments and gear that quickly or if they pulled it together some other way.
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