Kills' Bus Thief Arrested; Band Readies New EP, Tour
Photo by David Hill
Last September, the Kills' tour bus went missing. The UK scuzz-rock duo parted ways with their bus and its driver on September 26, believing he'd meet up with them again in Austin shortly afterward. But neither the bus nor the driver showed up in Austin, which sent Federal police off on a search through both the U.S. and Mexico. A couple of weeks later, police recovered the bus in a Los Angeles parking lot after a fan spotted it and called it in. Miraculously, all the band's gear was still on board. But the driver still eluded them.
Well, no longer. As the Kills reported in a MySpace blog post on Tuesday, driver Brian Berkenkemper was arrested in Miami last Friday for crimes that had nothing to do with the tour bus swipe:
"remember that guy who stole our bus last october?
"well, he's been arrested in Miami for some robbery shit, and for trying to sell public parking spaces for 5$. have a look at his mug on the miami-dade county jail website. good news is, he's alive. the other good news is, he's in jail in florida and he's bald."
Oh snap! The Miami-Dade Inmate Profile System's website proudly displays Berkenkemper's mugshot, and he is indeed bald. His crime is listed as "robbery by sudden snatching." That guy probably has some interesting stories.
In other Kills news, on April 14 Domino will release their Black Balloon EP in the U.S. (The rest of the world gets it March 23.) The EP will feature the Midnight Boom track of the same name and acoustic B-sides. The band will also spend the entire spring touring, and here's hoping they have better luck finding a driver.
Dates:
03-14 Dusseldorf, Germany - Zakk
03-15 Hamburg, Germany - Ubel & Gefahrlich
03-16 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
03-17 Frankfurt, Germany - Mousonturm
03-25 Aukland, New Zealand - Transmission Room
03-26 Wellington, New Zealand - SFBH
03-28 Sydney, Australia - V Festival
03-29 Queensland, Australia - V Festival
04-04 Victoria, Australia - V Festival
04-05 Claremont, Australia - V Festival
04-19 India, CA - Coachella Festival
04-20 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *
04-22 Boulder, CO - Fox Theater *
04-23 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck *
04-24 Austin, TX - Emo's *
04-25 Dallas, TX - Granada *
04-27 Atlanta, GA - Lenny's *
04-28 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
04-30 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
05-01 Philadelphia, PA - TLA *
05-02 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
05-04 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
05-05 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club *
05-06 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe *
05-07 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix *
05-08 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
05-09 Chicago, IL - Metro *
05-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
05-15 Seattle, WA - Neumo's *
05-16 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore *
05-17 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
05-19 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
05-21 Pomona, CA - Glass House
* with the Horrors and Magic Wands
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