NME News

Glasvegas in car smash drama

Glasvegas, feature in this weeks Radar.                                        Pic: Danny North

Glasvegas, feature in this weeks Radar. Pic: Danny North

Band involved in accident in New York

Glasvegas have revealed how they were recently involved in a dramatic car smash in New York.

Writing on the band's MySpace blog, guitarist Rab Allan explained that a taxi the band were in smashed into a car in front of them, causing it to spin. No one was hurt in the incident.

"One night after the studio we were heading home in a taxi and it crashed into another car," Allan wrote. "The other guy [driver in another car] had gone through a red light and we drove side on into him.

"The front of our taxi was ripped off and we went into a spin. It was like slow motion. Anyways, everyone was OK. The fuckin' idiot said it was our taxi's fault 'cause we hit him.

"We got back into the cab to go home and the driver hit another car's wing mirror off. Just before we clashed mirrors [sound engineer] Kev had quote of the tour when he winced, 'He's gonnae dae it again!'. The driving in NYC is nuts!"

The band have recently finished recording their debut album in the city.

Comments (3)

Add a comment

gazmassie 

May 13, 2008

Awesome talent and quality people. Rab is an absolute diamond. Glad everyone is OK, the album will be totally amazing and cant wait to see them on Jools Holland tonight.

Jamie_Fullerton 

May 13, 2008

Seconded - I'm hoping this'll be the album of the year...

ed2005 

May 14, 2008

Interviewed Glasvegas, they are sound. looking forward to their debut and the debut from wake the President, scots indie is where it's at!

Add your comment

NME Alerts

Get NME news delivered direct to your desktop. Find out more

NOW PLAYING

 

 
NME Radio
Please sign in

Forgot your password?

Register with MyNME

Every Tuesday

  • Breaking News stories
  • All you need to know about the week's NME magazine
  • Live, Album and Track reviews
  • Tip offs about the most important Gigs
  • All the latest NME.COM video exclusives

Every Friday

  • NME.COM's free mini-magazine
  • Gig listings for the weekend
  • All the most important Album and Track reviews
  • The week's biggest News stories
  • Competitions - with exclusive music prizes
  • plus loads more!

In The Magazine

This Week's Issue
  • The ultimate guide to the week in music
  • Agenda-setting news and fiery comment
  • Must-read interviews with the planet's hottest bands
  • Hundreds of UK gigs listed every week
  • Unrivalled access to the artists that matter
  • Subscribe today and get 1/3rd off NME