Glass Animals have called out British Airways immediately after the band’s new music products has been misplaced while in transit.
For over a 7 days, the band have been with out important songs generating devices, primary them to miss deadlines.
On June 27, frontman Dave Bailey tweeted British Airways declaring: “My irreplaceable music-producing gear has been lost by BA for six times.
“I’ve tried each individual avenue. I can not get any data by mobile phone or electronic mail, we’ve absent to a number of airports to get assist in man or woman only to be despatched in circles for hrs.”
Considering that then, Bailey has followed up with each day tweets as the tools however has not been returned.
He afterwards tweeted: “Any news on my gear? It even now hasn’t moved…Really need to have to end some music…I’ve skipped a few deadlines now.”
Irrespective of the tweets, the machines has still not been returned. ”
Hey @British_Airways…my irreplaceable new music-generating equipment has been lost by BA for 6 days. I have experimented with each individual avenue. I cannot get any data by cellphone or electronic mail, we’ve long gone to a number of airports to get assistance in person only to be sent in circles for several hours. You should assist! -Dave
— Glass Animals (@GlassAnimals) June 27, 2022
Hey @British_Airways …any information on my gear? It nevertheless has not moved. A map to in which it is is in your DMs and on email. Some assist would be totally brilliant…REALLY want to complete some music…I’ve missed a several deadlines now. -Dave
— Glass Animals (@GlassAnimals) June 29, 2022
Hello @British_Airways, just next up on my preceding tweet…any development? Plz lmk! For any individual asking: Of course it is geo-tagged and BA have a map to its precise area from which it hasn’t moved an inch for a entire week.
— Glass Animals (@GlassAnimals) June 28, 2022
Just after this, somebody replied to Bailey straight on Twitter declaring they’d handed about the machines completely ready for it to be flown household. However, the equipment by no means arrived.
“Hi @British_Airways…just my every day nudge to see if I can get some aid with my equipment that you misplaced and now refuse to aid with…?” Bailey Tweeted previous week (July 30). “I can see through the geotag that it continue to hasn’t moved…9 times and counting…”
I individually gave your bag to the BA Manager at DEN 30 minutes in the past. I wrote you a message on Instagram. Hope you get it shortly! pic.twitter.com/0lbArv4J7A
— Lee Katchen (@fairlanelee) July 1, 2022
Hello @British_Airways…just my each day nudge to see if I can get some help with my devices that you missing and now refuse to support with…?? I can see via the geotag that it even now has not moved…9 days and counting…
— Glass Animals (@GlassAnimals) June 30, 2022
On July 3, Bailey identified as out British Airways on Twitter once more. “Hey @British_Airways…here is just a further reminder that my equipment has however not been returned…nearly two weeks now…? want to enable at some level? If not, the police have agreed to escort a single of our crew to appear and collect the bag up coming week.”
To this, British Airways replied: “Hi there, as soon as once more make sure you settle for our apologies. We can only advising that tracing does still keep on at the instant.”
At this place, Bailey famous the person who experienced handed more than the equipment prepared for it to be flown property.
“That is just absolutely bogus, a form gentleman who will work at the airport advised me he identified it primarily based on the map I sent, and shipped it to british airways management…it has been traced for two months! and now delivered to you! …just have to have you to give it back again to me!”
NME has attained out to reps of BA for remark.
Hey @British_Airways …here is just another reminder that my gear has nonetheless not been returned…nearly two weeks now…? want to help at some point? If not, the police have agreed to escort just one of our staff to arrive and gather the bag following week. – Dave
— Glass Animals (@GlassAnimals) July 3, 2022
Hi there, as soon as once more make sure you settle for our apologies. We can only advising that tracing does still proceed at the second. Barbara
— British Airways (@British_Airways) July 3, 2022
that is just absolutely bogus, a form man who performs at the airport informed me he discovered it primarily based on the map I sent, and shipped it to british airways management…it has been traced for two weeks! and now shipped to you! …just have to have you to give it back to me!
— Glass Animals (@GlassAnimals) July 3, 2022
At the time once more, please take our apologies for any further irritation brought on. We can only suggest as earlier tracing continues. Barbara
— British Airways (@British_Airways) July 3, 2022
Lately, Glass Animals teamed up with The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr. for a new edition of ‘I Really do not Wanna Chat (I Just Wanna Dance)’.
The first edition of the track was unveiled again in September and added as a reward observe to Glass Animals’ 2020 album ‘Dreamland’.
“EXCEPTIONALLY fired up to announce a collab w/ the a single and only Albert Hammond Jr.!!” Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley stated in a assertion on Twitter. “We wrote and recorded a whole new massive exploding wig-out outro. Grew up listening to Albert’s data, and mastering his guitar parts was a huge section of how I figured out guitar myself.
“Anyway – a dream,” he additional. “Thank u so a great deal albert!!”
Hammond Jr. claimed of the collaboration: “I met David above Zoom and we spoke of coffee and Jetway. Two factors I nonetheless owe him. I was hoping we would publish a music just one working day, but getting so considerably from every single other and mid-pandemic it did not seem most likely. Then, out of the blue, he despatched me ‘I Don’t Wanna Talk…’
“I realized particularly what I needed to do. I acquired some distortion and went to perform. David, many thanks for having me – to a lot of more things to come.”