Nile visits the other north flowing river
July 31st, 2007, 8:15 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Aaron
A little more than a month ago I got a flat tire while driving through town and discovered I didn’t have a jack in my car. I was stuck waiting around in the midday Barstow sun until a friend brought me a jack to change the tire.
While that wasn’t any fun, I can just imagine how metal band and Ozzfest tour member Nile felt when their tour bus broke down on the I-15 near Barstow. The band was stranded in Barstow before being towed to the Hyundai Pavilion in Devore by Freedom Towing.
I got word of the breakdown from Sports Editor Matthew Peters who discovered it on a post at blabbermouth.net. Calls and e-mails to the band and their management were not returned, and I attempted to track down the bus by calling every tow company in Barstow to confirm the rumor.
Nile were forced to use vans to play a show at the Hollywood House of Blues and to cancel a date in Phoenix due to the bus difficulties. Nile later rejoined the Ozzfest in Albuquerque.
Nile apparently isn’t the only band to breakdown in Barstow. Check out this video Michael Franti of Spearhead filmed during his adventure in the desert.
— David Heldreth
