UK band robbed at gunpoint on US tour say ‘America is the greatest country in the world’
How a rock band’s gunpoint robbery quickly became politicised
- Sports Team, a British indie rock band, were robbed at gunpoint in Vallejo, California, while touring the U.S. in December 2024.
- Masked thieves broke into their van while they stopped at a Starbucks, stealing personal items after pointing a gun at them.
- Lead singer Alex Rice said the band had a song on their new album, Boys These Days LP, called "Bang Bang Bang" that eerily predicted the incident.
- Rice expressed his belief that "America is the greatest country in the world" but finds the gun culture a "blind spot".
- He said the incident quickly became politicised when media outlets like Fox News sought to connect it to debates around defunding the police.