Jeff Loomis forced to miss a few shows of the SOILWORK tour - Official statement available!

Talk about a rough tour for multi-talented guitar player Jeff Loomis. First his van gets broken into and robbed in St. Louis, Missouri (details HERE). And now he has received news that his father has passed away, which means Loomis needs to miss some of tour dates of his tour with SOILWORK. Here is a statement posted by Loomis regarding this very sad news:

"On April 22nd in Corpus Christi, Texas, I got the very sad news of my father's passing right before we were about to perform. I will be flying home to be with my family tonight and will rejoin the SOILWORK tour in Richmond, Virginia on the 29th. Thank you all for your support and warm thoughts.

"My dad meant the world to me and this is a very difficult time for both me and my family…"

Our condolences go out to Jeff and his entire family!

Loomis has set up a paypal account for any amount of donations to assist them for the duration of the tour.

Below is the Paypal email to make donations to.

JLoomisbanddonation@outlook.com 

Related links:
Jeff Loomis' official site

Jeff Loomis Robbed In St. Louis - Official Statement Available!

Jeff Loomis is currently trekking all over North America with SOILWORK. Last night, Loomis and his band members had their van broken into in St. Louis, Missouri. Here is Loomis' official statement:

"Last night after our show in St. Louis, our tour van was broken into as we were grabbing a bite to eat before our drive to Dallas. We were parked in a well lit area in front of the restaurant. In the ten to fifteen minutes that it took for us to order our food and eat, all of our personal items such as laptops, cameras, musical equipment, cell phones, passports and money were stolen. We came outside to find the lock on the driver side door popped out of the van, and promptly called the police. A report has been filed and the van was fingerprinted, but the leads don't seem promising. The police stated that this is apparently a common occurrence for the area. We are all in disbelief, but are very fortunate for everyone to be ok.

After discussing the situation as a group, we would like to try to continue on with this tour. But to be able to do this, we will need your help. We have all taken a huge hit financially, and we cannot continue on without some sort of support. We have set up a paypal account for any amount of donations to assist us for the duration of the tour.

Below is the Paypal email to make donations to.

JLoomisbanddonation@outlook.com
 
Any and all support will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,"

- Jeff Loomis band and crew

Related links:
Jeff Loomis' official site

John 5 Gets Personal Items Stolen At His Home, Help Him Find Them!

Thieves suck! Period! The home of Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 was broken into earlier today and a lot of his personal items were stolen. Here is a message that he posted on his Facebook page following the robbery:

"Unfortunately our house was robbed today, we accidentally didn't put the alarm on, so some assholes got lucky! We will post more pictures of more guitars, these are all the pictures we have now. I just want to put it out there, just in case anyone comes across these items.. Whoever did this will get caught hopefully one day!"

UPDATE: We have details, including serial numbers were possible. If you can help spread the word or look out in your local area, or dealers to anything that may come your way in your store, then please contact your local authorities or contact John on his official Facebook page!.

Items stolen:

    Make/Model: Fender Telecaster
    Serial Number: R33725
    Color: Sparkle Silver

    Make/Model: Fender Telecaster
    Serial Number: V137811
    Color: Black with white piping

    Make/Model: Custom Normandy Guitars Alumicaster
    Serial Number: Custom
    Color: Chrome plated, had two black humbuckers, no pickguard and a Gibson style selector switch located where Gibson puts them (upper bout)

    Make/Model: Gibson Les Paul
    Serial Number: -
    Color: Black with gold pick-ups

    Make/Model: Deering Deluxe Banjo
    Serial Number: 02256103B
    Detail: 6 String Banjo

    Item: Painting
    Details: The Creature from the Black Lagoon painting on white frame. Custom painting by Rob Zombie
    Detail: Happy Birthday J5

    Item: RIAA Record Award
    Details: R.I.A.A. awarded to John 5 and Rob Zombie for the album Educated Horses.
    Detail: Happy Birthday J5

    Item: Mac Computer
    Details: Mac Book Pro Laptop OSX 1025

    Item: Mac Computer
    Details: Mac 21 Home Computer


If you have any information, contact him on his official Facebook page!