Streetlight Manifesto robbed -- again!

Only a month after having $80,000 worth of equipment stolen from them while on tour in the U.S., Victory Records band Streetlight Manifesto have been robbed again while on tour in Europe, this time losing about $4,000 worth of gear, including a 24-track hard-drive recorder the band have been using to record recent shows. The band's statement:

"Ok, now this is just getting ridiculous and somewhat annoying. last night, while we slept in the paris show promoter's apartment, our vehicle was broken into and robbed. again. since there are so many of us we have two vehicles on this tour, a tour van and a tiny little rental car. our little rental car was broken into and cleaned out of our possesions. this time we lost substantially less: about $4,000 worth of equipment (our soundguy uses the car for his rig). we lost the one expensive piece of equipment that wasn't stolen in last month's debacle, a 24 track hard drive recorder we've been using to document our live shows. great. despite all the "i told you so's" we've been getting from family regarding even going to paris, relax, it had nothing to do with the riots, it was a random robbery. anyway, we have another police report to add to our new collection, this one in french. yippee."

The band are soldiering on once more, heading out on a brief post-Thanksgiving trek with labelmates the Tossers which has been affectionately labeled the "Please Don't Rob Us Tour." All dates below, courtesy of Punknews.org:



November 26, 2005 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall the Tossers

November 27, 2005 Charleston, SC New Brookland Tavern the Tossers

November 28, 2005 Jacksonville, FL Thee Imperial the Tossers

November 29, 2005 Atlanta, GA the Masquerade the Tossers

November 30, 2005 Norfolk, VA the Norva the Tossers

December 1, 2005 New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers the Tossers

December 2, 2005 Poughkeepsie, NY the Chance Murphys Law, Big D and the Kids Table, the Casualties, the Tossers