Remember about Portugal.The Man’s material being stolen with their van in Chicago? There is some good news, they found the van and some of their stuff was still inside. Frontman John Gourley posted an update a few days ago on the band website, writing ‘I received a phone call from our tour manager ‘The Chicago PD found our gear! Its not all there but it sounds like most of it is!’
According to AlaskaDispatch, ‘detectives got a tip leading them to the stolen gear from someone who saw a lot of equipment being off-loaded from a rental truck. The resident of the apartment police found the band's lost gear in said he bought the items at a South Side flea market for $1,000. He's being charged with felony theft.’
The band said they are sending boxes of donuts to the Chicago police, and as they used Facebook and Twitter to ask for help from fans, Gourley didn’t forget to thank everyone:
‘It is also a win for twitter, the world of social media, the Chicago police, and old school journalism. We had taken notice of this as soon as the first tweets started rolling, as the blogs were posted and the news story aired.’
Still not everything is resolved and he added that ‘the case is still very much under investigation and we will share more details with you as soon as we are allowed.’
Glad to hear they recovered part of their material.