{"id":295408,"date":"2026-05-01T19:40:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/295408\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T19:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:40:27","slug":"rising-l-a-band-says-tour-gear-stolen-in-oakland-launches-fundraiser-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/295408\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising L.A. band says tour gear stolen in Oakland, launches fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rising Los Angeles-based band says its tour was disrupted after a truck carrying essential gear was stolen in Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>The group Moonchild shared in a social media post that the vehicle was taken April 29, just ahead of a scheduled Bay Area performance.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the truck were \u201call of our stage design, wardrobe, lighting\/audio gear, merch and instruments\u201d for the band\u2019s Waves Tour, the trio said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scale and amount of loss is immense. We\u2019re still processing it all,\u201d the band wrote, adding that it plans to continue performing and return to the road as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Several shows were postponed following the theft, including a Berkeley stop originally scheduled for April 29, according to KTLA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/band-has-truck-stolen-in-oakland-postpones-bay-area-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sister station KRON4.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">sister station KRON4.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/05\/moonchild.jpeg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Moonchild band members perform on stage in colorful outfits during a live show in front of a crowd.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777664427_69_e4fc682ae7bec070ec6b8991b8ae3ff1.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Members of the band Moonchild perform during a live show. The Los Angeles-based group said its tour gear was stolen in Oakland in April 2026, forcing several shows to be rescheduled. (GoFundMe)<\/p>\n<p>New dates announced by the band include:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">July 29: Berkeley (UC Theatre)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">July 30: Sacramento (Harlow\u2019s)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Aug. 1: Los Angeles (The Wiltern)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Aug. 2: San Diego (The Music Box)<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the original dates will be honored, or refunds are available through ticket sellers.<\/p>\n<p>The band has also launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-moonchild-after-theft?attribution_id=sl:5cfb5e77-1c94-43f8-9b5c-f771ab19a294&amp;lang=en_US&amp;ts=1777579220&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp17_te-amp20_control&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:GoFundMe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">GoFundMe<\/a> campaign to help cover losses not handled by other sources.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland police have not released additional details about the theft, and it remains unclear whether the truck has been recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTLA.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTLA. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rising Los Angeles-based band says its tour was disrupted after a truck carrying essential gear was stolen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[125426,47,125425,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-295408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-essential-gear","tag-los-angeles","tag-moonchild","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}