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2 bands in the same weekend get their van & trailers stolen. First the Beat Union from the UK and now the Young Dubliners from California. This is an awful trend that seems to be happening lately. Looks like bands are either going to have to get loud alarms for their vans or someone is gonna have to sleep in their vans every night. Hope you guys find the bastards that stole the stuff!
As for your part, the fan, go to the band’s show and buy lots of merch & support the band! Even if its a few bucks, it helps!

From the band:

Hey everyone, having just sent you the updating email I walked out of my hotel room only to find that our van and trailer and everything we own had been stolen overnight. We lost all our instruments, amps, personal items. Everything is gone. We have heard of nightmares like this happening to other bands but never thought we would fall victim to this total devastation.

We managed to hustle our friends for our show at the Coach House and they came through big time for us. It was like D day with musicians arriving from everywhere with gear for us to borrow. None of us played our own instruments but the show went on and we made it through.

It has been a shocker to say the least. We are due back on the road on Sept 7th in Las Vegas and so we have a massive challenge this week to replace as much as we can.

Not sure yet what we will do. I know our resolve to not quit is strong as we proved on Friday but I have to admit it is overwhelming right now. It looks like we will have some insurance coverage but it will fall way short.

We are working on many avenues right now and we will keep you posted. We know tonight that they found our trailer abandoned and empty. So the bastards have the van and everything for sure.

All this on the day Brendan gets his citizenship to the US. Bittersweet indeed.

Please stay tuned

Keith

UPDATED: More details have been posted on the MySpace Blog for the Young Dubs:

We had our van and Uhaul trailer stolen from the parking lot of our motel in Barstow, California on the morning of Friday, August 29th.

We were overnighting at the Days Inn just off Lynwood Road by I-15; we arrived at 1:15AM, and discovered our vehicle stolen at 10:30AM.

The Barstow Police have recovered the Uhaul trailer 20 minutes south of the Days Inn; it was empty. In it was all of our band’s music gear – guitars, basses, violins & mandolins, drums, keyboards, many amplifiers, various music accessories like cables, microphones, and stands, a mixing console, cases, and merchandise (Young Dubliners CD’s and concert shirts).

Our Ford E-350 van is still missing. It is a 15 passenger model, navy blue w/ tinted windows, and the interior has custom captain’s chairs instead of bench seating. The plates are 7K44848.

We are asking people in the area for any help in recovering our van and gear. If you see a navy blue Ford E-350 van please check the plates for a match. Please be wary of any music gear someone may be selling or trading. Stolen music gear often winds up in pawn shops both near and far from the crime scene.

We have lists of what gear we lost available for reference.

We have reported the theft and all contents with the Barstow Police Department; their phone number is (760) 255-5111. If you have any information which may help locate our property, please contact the Barstow Police and us here or at [email protected].