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Robbed in Buffalo

Dessa's tour van Mountain was broken into and plundered in Buffalo. The band lost crucial gear, computers, gifts and cash.

Robbed in Buffalo

Dessa's tour van Mountain was broken into and plundered in Buffalo. The band lost crucial gear, computers, gifts and cash.

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Minneapolis, United States

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Last night after our show in Buffalo, our tour van was burglarized. We lost computers, camera gear, some merch earnings, and parts of the crucial equipment for our set.

We visited the Buffalo police station, filed incident reports, and checked into our hotel room at just past4 am. We convened for a brief band meeting. During this meeting--as if on cue--the hotel lost power. Joey opened the drapes to let in some street light. Did we want to cancel the rest of the tour? We didn't. Could we pull our show back together in a day? Almost, yeah.

We've decided to forge ahead without canceling any shows.

As most of you can probably guess, indie tours are financially challenging in the best of circumstances. But, money aside, this sort of thing can just be damn demoralizing. As the leader of this band, I hate to see my guys missing gifts from their wives and finding themselves--after weeks of hard work and hard travel--worse off than when they left.

That said, my team has impressed the pants of me (I still have pants) in the last 12 hours. Nobody yelled or threw things or said 'fuck you, I'm leaving.' Everybody shared what they had and started making plans to get this roadshow in working order again.

As part of those plans, I'm starting this tour page. It's immediate purpose is to help Ricardo, our photographer, repurchase his gear that was stolen. Ricardo documents these tours as a labor of love and the theft hit him particularly hard. We're determined to get him the tools that he needs to return to his day job ready to work. If you'd like to pitch in on his replacement gear, and ours, here's place to so.

Thank you to everyone who's attended a show so far.

Thanks to everyone we'll meet in the next two weeks.

Screw the dudes who broke into our van.

-Dessa

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