Krokus in Malta

Heavy metal band Krokus led by Maltese vocalist Mark Storace is currently on a European tour and will play Malta in November. They enjoyed popularity in the 1980s through MTV exposure becoming the most internationally successful Swiss rock band. In Europe, they toured with Nazareth and in the United States with AC/DC, Motörhead, Rush, and Judas Priest. Their album Headhunter was a platinum album. While touring a few days ago, Storace was left stranded in Tuelso, Denmark by his own tour bus. Read the story in MaltaMediaNews:

..In Krokus’ Newsletter, Peter Waelti explained that the tour bus driver stopped at the Tuelso Nord exit gas station to use the bathroom and to get a cup of coffee. Marc was awake and used the opportunity to step off the bus himself, stretching a little, then heading for the bathroom himself, without telling the driver, assuming she would drink the coffee inside the gas station. Instead the driver took it on board, driving towards the German border. On his way out, Marc was recognized by a couple of Krokus fans, involving him into a conversation and asking for autographs. By the time he had finished speaking to his fans, the tour bus had taken off without him.

Marc contacted Peter Waelti after retrieving his Globe Club business card, stashed away in his wallet. The tour bus was due to hit the Germany border in three hours, so Peter had to act fast. After calling the other band members and the International Directory Assistance to no avail, Peter got in touch with the German Police Department emergency line in Flensburg asking them to assist me with a telephone number for the Border Control in Denmark. “I figured they could alert their officers to stop a blue Fairline tour bus!” said Peter...