Halestorm is ending their tour with Evanescence on a rather unfortunate note. According to drummer and vocalist Arejay Hale, the band's bus was engulfed in "15-20 foot flames" around 3am while the band was sleeping in a hotel somewhere near Worcester, MA. Hale assures everyone that nobody was hurt, nothing of value was lost, and the whole thing was just kind of a pain in the ass.
"Wanted to first and foremost let everyone know we are all safe, nobody was hurt, nothing of great value was destroyed but we had a bus fire last night while we were sleeping in the hotel. I woke up to my tour manager, Mike, calling me at 3am to make sure I wasn't sleeping on the bus, our head of security, Steve (pictured here), heroically ran into the burning bus with a fire extinguisher to make sure nobody was sleeping in their bunk.
"According to him, as he looked under the door, the bunk hall was an inferno and he saw 15-20 foot flames rising out of the top of the bus. We’re all so grateful to the Worcester Fire Department @worcesterfd for their bravery, and incredibly thankful everyone is ok. To all my fellow touring people, take bus fire and all touring safety protocols seriously?!! And of course thank all of you out there for your love and best wishes!! Come pandemic, snow storms and now BUS FIRES you can’t stop us no matter what life will hurl at us! See you at the next show✊!!! -Arj"
Halestorm will play their final show of the tour tonight, January 21 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
