Run the Jewels forced to postpone shows after tour bus catches fire

Run the Jewels were forced to postpone a gig in Montreal earlier this week, after their tour bus pulled over on a highway before catching fire, en route from Detroit to Toronto.

The duo’s El-P provided updates on Twitter and Instagram pointing to the incident, claiming that the “merch trailer caught fire” within the tour bus.

A show was set to take place tonight, 27th November. Instead, El-P and Killer Mike flew straight to Toronto to play a gig on 26th November at Danforth Music Hall.

See El-P’s updates below.

Earlier this week, Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike took to an impassioned speech during a St. Louis show to declare injustice at the recent Ferguson rulings, which cleared police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Yesterday, Killer Mike went on record with Noisey to discuss the issue in depth, stating: “I just want to be the fuck out of this place. Why even stay here? If we’re this feared?”

Run the Jewels arrive in the UK next month - they play:

DECEMBER
10 Glasgow, The Garage
11 Manchester, Academy 2
12 London, Koko

hi you've reached my phone. i have no voice, my bus is dead, merch trailer caught fire and I'm flying to toronto. call back tomorrow.
— el-p (@therealelp) November 26, 2014

the good news is that we are still going to make our Toronto show. headed to the airport now. also we are alive.
— el-p (@therealelp) November 26, 2014

we are sorry to announce that our Montreal show in postponed until further notice. we will make it up to you. couldn't be helped.

Ein von thereallyrealelp (@thereallyrealelp) gepostetes Video am Nov 11, 2014 at 11:45 PST