Flock Of Seagulls Gear Stolen From Hotel Jul 24th 2013, 07:58
By Sky News US Team
A Flock Of Seagulls say someone flew off with $70,000 (£45,600) of their equipment during a gig in southern California.
Frontman Mike Score told the Los Angeles Daily News that someone stole the British band's rented van at around 2am on Sunday from the Comfort Inn in Downey.
Hotel video recorded the theft.
Score believes the band had been followed from their Saturday night show in Bellflower.
He said the stolen gear included stage clothing, guitars, drums, a keyboard and hard drives containing the songs for his first solo album - 18 months of work gone.
The band used rented equipment to perform at another show on Sunday, and are heading to London to continue their tour.
A Flock Of Seagulls are best known for their 1982 hits I Ran (So Far Away) and Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You).
The band have also featured in popular culture.
In 1994 film Pulp Fiction, Samuel L Jackson's character refers to a man he is about to shoot as "Flock Of Seagulls" because of his floppy hair.
And I Ran (So Far Away) featured on the soundtrack of the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
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