ENFORCER Involved In Bus Crash In Sweden

November 10, 2010, 14 years ago

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Swedish heavy metallers ENFORCER have been involved in a serious bus crash while on tour in their homeland.

The band, who are on tour in Europe supporting Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE, were travelling from Oslo to Stockholm in a snowstorm at around 3 AM on the morning of November 10th and were near their hometown of Arvika when their vehicle skidded on ice, crossed over to the other side of the road and experienced a head-on collision with a snow-plough.

Enforcer guitarists Adam Zaars and Josepth Tholl, bassist Tobias Lindqvist and the band's driver were battered and bruised, but miraculously all survived the crash with only minor injuries. A county police officer at the scene said, "They had a guardian angel".

The band's vehicle was destroyed in the accident, but their equipment, which was in a trailer attached to the vehicle, was luckily unscathed. Enforcer frontman Olof Wikstrand and drummer Jonas Wikstrand were travelling in a separate car at the time and were not involved in the crash.

The band have regretfully been forced to cancel their appearances tonight in Sweden and on November 12th and 13th in Finland and will be using the time to recuperate and recover from the nerve-wracking incident. They will resume the tour on November 16th in Berlin, Germany.

Enforcer have posted the following comment: "We're all alive and well but we're really sorry to cancel the gigs in Stockholm, Tampere and Helsinki. We're working really hard to get back on the road again soon!"

View a photo of the crash scene below. The news of the crash was reported on the website of Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.

Catch Enforcer back on the road with Airbourne at the following shows:

November

16 - Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
17 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Arena
18 - Dresden, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
20 - Vienna, Austria - Gasometer
22 - Munich, Germany - Zenith
23 - Basel, Switzerland - St. Jakobshalle Arena
24 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
26 - Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
27 - Lille, France - Aeronef
29 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
30 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Mainhall Box

December

2 - London, UK - Brixton Academy
4 - Glasgow, UK - Barrowland
5 - Belfast, UK - Ulster Hall
7 - Dublin, Ireland - Olympia
9 - Manchester, UK - Academy
10 - Birmingham, UK - Academy

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