This is rather scary! Earlier today, shortly after leaving their gig at Southampton, England in the early hours, the bus carrying all the members of Between The Buried and Me and Periphery caught on fire. Everybody is safe and sound with all their belongings, and the tour will go on as scheduled. But it is a scary thing to be a part of when it's happening. Here is how Periphery guitarist Misha Mansoor described the event on his Facebook page:
Shortly after we left Southampton early this morning, our bus caught fire on the freeway. Thanks to Paul our awesome driver and Jake noticing something being wrong, as well as the incredibly fast response of the fire service in the UK none of us were harmed and it looks like all our stuff is okay too. If all goes well this should not affect the tour overall. We have a lot to be thankful for even though it was a hell of a scary way to wake up haha!
BTBAM posted this tongue-in-cheek update moments ago:
Fuel line done broke. Dadgum flame come shootin out. Peeewwww eeehhhhh sometin' stank. Crazy British feller come hollerin, "Bus on fire, ya'll git." Climb up the ol' hill barefoot and look back at them flames shootin sky high. Firemen folk come rushin up real quick like and squirt that fire plum out. It was lucky nobody was hurt, not even a stubbed toe. Luggage stank like a Mississippi cow pie on a mid july heat.
Hopefull, come tomorra, a new horse n' buggy come. We'll giddy on up to Belgium town for a good ol' fashioned hootnanny.
Whoo-Doggies!!
I'm glad to hear all the bands are alright, and the tour will continue as scheduled. Here is a collection of photographs I compiled from various postings by band members of the fire:
[Hat tip to MetalSucks]
