Wiretap: Grizzly Bear's Gear Ganked

Brooklyn musicians Grizzly Bear had all of their gear stolen while on tour in Europe, forcing them to cancel their remaining dates. From a message posted on their Myspace page (via Filter):

Dear all- It's with sad news I have to announce the cancellation of our final 12 European dates. Daniel's father has been struggling with cancer recently and in the past few days he's gotten increasingly worse. We were already toying with the idea of coming home early so that Daniel could be with his family...but then the straw that broke the camel's back was when our van was broken into last night in Brussels and a good amount of our instruments and gear was stolen leaving us literally with only the clothing on our backs. With that said, we are incredibly sorry to have to cancel. We don't have the money to buy new equipment right now and frankly, we are taking this as a sign that Daniel should get home immediately. We send all our thanks to the wonderful people that came out to our shows thus far this fall. Hopefully we'll have our lives sorted out this winter and can hit the road again sometime soon. Many many thanks and much love- Grizzly Bear

Yikes. We wish the boys the best and hope they're back on the road soon. At least they can count themselves among the pantheon of indie bands who've had their equipment stolen, cold comfort though it may be.


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