Halestorm woke to a strange sight while out on the road in Worcester, Mass. Their bus caught fire early in the morning. Guitarist Joe Hottinger said that he and his bandmates slept in hotel rooms overnight but were awakened to find their “bus burning down.” “Old Halestorm had a night for the books,” Hottinger said on Instagram. “We were all in our hotel rooms last night and we woke up to our bus burning down at 3AM. Fun fun. No one was hurt. The Worcester fire department got there and put the fire out. They were amazing. Our fearless security Steve pulled guitars and luggage out of the bay. We all lost some stuff, but it was just stuff. The investigator doesn’t know what started it, but it began in the bunk hall. What matters is that no one was hurt. The best part is that tonight, we will rock. Looking forward to playing some music and forgetting about things being on fire. See you tonight Worcester!”
Singer Lzzy Hale tweeted: “Thank you to everyone for the well wishes. Like Joe said in his post, we lost some stuff, but so grateful that it was only stuff and no one was sleeping on the bus last night. I’m still shook, and emotions are a bit high today. But looks like the universe is not done with us yet!”
Halestorm drummer Arejay Hale said that the band’s tour manager called him at 3 a.m. to make sure none of the band was sleeping on the bus. The band’s head of security ran into the bus with a fire extinguisher to make sure no one 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,” wrote Hale. “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!!”
Following Thursday night’s show in Worcester, Hale revealed just how emotional the experience had been for herself and the band. “Thank you all so much,” she wrote on Twitter. “Between laughing at this near miss, crying over the what if’s… I had a full on panic attack pre show from an intense day full of emotions. But we are just so thankful to be here, when it could’ve turned so hard in the wrong direction. Goddamn bring it on.” The singer also tweeted: “I had such a transcendent show tonight. I wasn’t even thinking about lyrics or chords…if fact it was almost like if I didn’t just let it take me, I might forget all the things. Thank you so much for allowing me to feel so much emotion tonight.”
Halestorm is on the road with Evanescence as part of their rescheduled co-headlining tour. The band recently released the single, “Back From The Dead,” which was the group’s sixth No. 1 single at rock radio.
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