Passion Pit's gear destroyed in Chicago storm, forced to DJ during headline festival set
Disaster struck at a Passion Pit gig at the weekend when 75% of the band’s equipment was destroyed in a Chicago storm.
Originally set to headline Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival, the band instead were forced to perform a DJ set at the temporarily-delayed event on Friday, as well as later gigs in Calgary and Edmonton.
The band have released a statement on their website, issuing an apology and explaining that “as a touring band that is proud to actually perform electro-pop as opposed to just pressing play, using many keyboards, both analog and digital, this is a nightmare we’ve had for quite some time.”
“It’s almost incredible that it hasn’t happened already”, they continue, promising to return to Canada to play “proper shows” once their gear has been salvaged.
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