Kim Dracula has cancelled two exhibits after narrowly escaping loss of life when their bus caught fireplace as they slept.
The Australian-born musician, who now lives within the US, is at present supporting Ice 9 Kills on tour throughout North America. Nevertheless, they dropped off two exhibits after their bus burst into flame on Monday (August 26).
in a submit on Instagram, they revealed that the bus caught fireplace at round 6am whereas they and their crew had been asleep. They had been within the again behind a locked door and stated they had been woken up by their crew “screaming and banging the door telling me to get off the bus”.
“All of us bought off instantly and inside 30 seconds the whole bus was engulfed in flames, beginning proper the place I used to be laying down,” they wrote. They added that they needed to cancel two exhibits after the general public on the bus misplaced all their possessions within the fireplace, together with “issues we wanted for the present”.
Dracula added that they hoped to rejoin the tour in Madison, Wisconsin from August 27. “I’m sorry to any of you who had been wanting ahead to seeing us carry out,” they continued. “I used to be unable to make this submit any earlier as I misplaced my telephone within the fireplace. Everybody within the crew is protected, nonetheless, together with myself. We stay up for leaping again in quickly.”
In addition they shared movies of the bus on fireplace, in addition to proof of the injury prompted.
Dracula then shared a follow-up message on their Instagram story. “Thanks to everybody who has proven us love the final couple of days. We actually respect it,” they stated.
“Quite a lot of you may have requested should you can donate cash, and while I respect it, I don’t need to take cash from any of you. Your vocal assist is greater than sufficient.
“Regardless of my profession flourishing this yr, I’ve simply gone from virtually taking my very own life to only barely escaping loss of life, so now I really feel like one thing on the market desires me to dwell. Thus, that’s the plan, Jan.
“I’ll determine this out and we can be again on the street shortly. Thanks.”
Dracula’s debut album ‘A Gradual Decline In Morale’ was launched in 2023. They performed their first exhibits within the UK earlier this yr, together with an look at Obtain Pageant.
