EPICA - Video Update From North American Tour Online; Footage Of Tour Bus Accident Aftermath Available
February 16, 2010, 14 years ago
EPICA sound engineer Raymond has posted new video footage from the band's current North American tour, including a look at the aftermath of their February 12th collision with a car in the Canadian Rockies. Check it out below. Following is Epica's acccount of the accident:
"In the early of February 12th Epica's tour bus crashed on Canadian Highway 1 while driving in the Rocky Mountains when a car lost control and went spinning for the bus. The bus driver Dave Mabry managed to avoid a head-on collision by running the bus against the rail-guard.Although the car was totaled and the bus suffered severe damage and some band and crew members got thrown out of their bunks no one got hurt. After a few hours delay and some on-the-spot repairs the bus was able to continue the journey to Victoria, Canada."
Epica's tour schedule is now as follows:
February
17 - Slims - San Francisco, CA18 - The Key Club - Hollywood, CA
19 - U.B’s Bar - Mesa, AZ
20 - The Rock - Tucson, AZ
22 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
23 - Marquee - Tulsa, OK
24 - Scout Bar - Houston, TX
25 - Scout Bar - San Antonio, TX
27 - Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
28 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
BLACKGUARD and THREAT SIGNAL are on the bill as support for the duration of the tour
