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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Casey Cooper-Fiske and Lauren Del Fabbro

How a rock band’s gunpoint robbery quickly became politicised

Alex Rice
  • 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.

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UK band robbed at gunpoint on US tour say ‘America is the greatest country in the world’

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