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A popular band from the United Kingdom got a welcome befitting California after touching down for their United States tour.

The group, named “Sports Team” was robbed at gunpoint on Monday after stopping for coffee on the very first day of their tour. Their van was ransacked in Vallejo, nearly an hour away from the venue where they were scheduled to play in Sacramento on Tuesday. After the band’s manager attempted to confront the men, one of them allegedly pulled out a firearm. An Instagram post reveals more details about the tense incident.

“Just been robbed at gun point 10 minutes into the US tour. Stopped for coffee. Man runs in saying some guys are smashing into a van. Ran out to try to stop it and find masked guys ransacking the van. Start yelling and they pull out a gun. Police response was ‘submit an online report.’ Lost a lot of personal gear, but they didn’t get the instruments so driving on to Sacramento to play tonight. They can take our Nintendo Switches but they can never take our ability to play rock songs about motorways,” the caption reads. “In all seriousness pretty shocking how resigned everyone seemed to be to it. ‘It happens’. 9am at some petrol station Starbucks. Wild.”

The band consists of singer/frontman Alex Rice, guitarists Rob Knaggs and Henry Young, bassist Oli Dewdney, drummer Al Greenwood, and keyboardist Ben Mack. Despite the shocking event, the group was able to play their set at the Goldfield Trading Post in Sacramento.

X users were less than sympathetic upon hearing the news:

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