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Noah And The Whale robbed
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 1 October 2009
Noah And The Whale have had all their instruments stolen from their van, which was parked in a car park near the Club Academy venue in Manchester prior to a gig at the venue on Tuesday night.
In a post on their MySpace blog yesterday, the band said: “We’re sad to report that last night Noah And The Whale had all of their instruments and tour equipment stolen from Trinity Way NCP car park in Manchester. At some point between midnight and 11am this morning, the band’s trailer was taken containing all [of our] equipment, most of which is of great sentimental value to the band.Many of the instruments were packed in flight cases marked NOAH in 6″ high stencil lettering, or gold marker pen lettering NOAH AND THE WHALE or NATW”.
Frontman Charlie Fink told the BBC: “There aren’t replacements [for] these items. My Fender Jaguar 1963, for example. I’ve had that for ages and my entire sound is based on that guitar. It’s very rare. I’ve only found one of those guitars. But even if there was a duplicate it wouldn’t ever sound the same. It’s hard to explain the relationship you have with a guitar. The most frustrating thing is whoever’s done this has no understanding of what he’s done. He has no idea of what it all means to us. We load up our own stuff, we carry our own gear. We do it with all our own money – it’s devastating”.
The band urge anyone who was in the area and witnessed anything suspicious, or thinks that someone has tried to sell them any of the equipment, to contact the police. A full list of what was stolen is available here.
