Spirit of the Beehive Forced to Cancel Tour Following Van Theft

Philadelphia, PA-hailing indie rock weirdos Spirit of the Beehive are currently on tour across North America behind their new album, YOU'LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING. After playing a show in Seattle, WA, last night (October 3) at the Crocodile, the trio have reported that their van, trailer and gear were stolen from their hotel.

UPDATE (10/7, 9:12 a.m. ET): Spirit of the Beehive have cancelled the remainder of their North American tour. "after a day of running around seattle, we tracked down our trailer but found that it was virtually empty (they left our tote bags, hats, one guitar amp and the bass cab)," they wrote on Instagram two days ago. "the van and remaining gear/merch have still not been tracked down. among the things stolen from the trailer was our ableton rig, laptop and hard drives which had all of our live show files + recording files on them. as a result we will have to cancel the remainder of our tour and are suffering extensive monetary loss."

The band have launched a GoFundMe to help cover their losses, which has raised over $60,000 at the time of this writing. Yesterday (October 6), they received word that their stolen van had been found and impounded in Seattle — and then re-stolen from the impound lot.

The band shared the news on Instagram, hoping to locate the whereabouts of the stolen goods. "last night at 4am our van and trailer were stolen at a hotel by the seattle airport," they wrote. "the trailer had every piece of gear and all of our merch inside of it."

The stolen van is a navy blue Ford E350 from 2012 with the licence plate LTB3679, while the 6x10 carry-on enclosed trailer plate is XNT9792. In addition to sharing photos of the missing vehicle, instruments and equipment, Spirit of the Beehive provided a full list of the stolen gear, which included a couple of Fender guitars and basses, a 2019 MacBook Pro, a DSI Prophet Rev2 synth, and numerous pedals, cables, effects units and more.

They've received an outpouring of support from fans and fellow artists in the comments of their Instagram post, which you can see below, with Montreal janglers Corridor sharing that they had also had their van stolen in Seattle last September. The last couple of years have seen the likes of Pom Pom Squad and the OBGMs face similar thefts, as if touring as an indie musician in this this climate wasn't already nearly impossible!

Spirit of the Beehive are scheduled to perform tonight at Vancouver's Rickshaw Theatre — as of this writing, it appears as though the show will be going ahead.

Spirit of the Beehive 2024 Tour Dates

09/24 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
09/25 Montreal, QC - Les Foufounes Électriques
09/26 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
09/27 Detroit, MI - Third Man Records
09/28 Chicago, IL - The Outset
09/30 Denver, CO - Meow Wolf
10/01 Salt Lake City, UT - Soundwell 
10/03 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
10/04 Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
10/05 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
10/08 San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
10/10 Los Angeles, CA - The Regent
10/11 Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room
10/12 Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
10/15 Austin, TX - The Parish
10/16 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
10/18 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade (Hell Stage)
10/19 Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
10/20 Raleigh, NC - Kings
11/07 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw
11/08 Washington, D.C. - Black Cat
11/09 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer