HIM Lose Visas As Bag ‘Stolen’ At Soundwave Sideshow

Finnish goth-metal band HIM have allegedly had their bag stolen from their Melbourne show last night.

The band, touring with Soundwave, has released a CCTV image of an individual allegedly linked to the theft. The band were playing at 170 Russell when the bag went missing. Social media posts have indicated that the bag belonged to the band's sound engineer and contained work visas for their South American dates, the engineer's passports, a laptop, credit cards and hard disks with all the band's recent live recordings.

It is believed the bag was located in the band's dressing room

In a statement the band described the bag's items as “irreplaceable”. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at vic.crimestoppers.com.au.

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The band will play the remaining three Soundwave dates this weekend.