The members of Ash recently had a tough time making the journey from Los Angeles to San Francisco when not one, but two buses caught on fire, leaving them no choice but do drive themselves in a van for the remainder of their journey.
The incident occurred after the band, who are on tour with The Bravery, finished a set at the Knitting Factory in LA. Traveling through the night to their next gig in Frisco's Shoreland Ampitheatre, the group were woken by their sound man, who was shouting as their coach began to fill up with smoke. The fire was extinguished, but Ash then had to wait by the side of the road for a new bus. Unbelievably, two hours later, they received a call to say that the bus that had been on its way to collect them had also caught fire.
They finally arrived in San Francisco five hours late and with no equipment, but appeared at the gig nonetheless, borrowing The Bravery equipment for the evening. Singer Tim Wheeler went on to dedicate a rendition of 'Burn Baby Burn' to the bus company and their drivers. Boom boom.