Belle & Sebastian accidentally left their drummer in a North Daktota Walmart. It happens. The Scottish band were on their way to tonight’s show in St. Paul, Minnesota when they stopped at a Walmart in Dickinson, North Dakota to get some water. Richard Colburn got off the bus, and he never made it back on. “I was coming out of the Walmart, and he was coming into the Walmart, and he was waving very happily, in a good mood,” B&S frontman Stuart Murdoch tells The Current. “And that was the last time that we saw him.” Colburn sat in Walmart for four hours before eventually checking into a hotel and going to sleep, and hours later, after realizing that they had left the poor guy stranded in North Dakota without a phone or identification, Murdoch tweeted out an SOS: “Shit, we left Richard in North Dakota. Anyone want to be a hero and get him to St Paul, Minnesota somehow. The gig hangs in the balance.”

Shit, we left Richard in North Dakota. Anyone want to be a hero and get him to St Paul, Minnesota somehow. The gig hangs in the balance..😳

— stuart murdoch (@nee_massey) August 15, 2017

Fortunately, everything worked out. The band found someone to drive Richard to Bismarck, where he caught a flight to Minneapolis in time for the gig at the Palace Theatre. Also, he got a mimosa.

UPDATE: we're getting him in a car to Bismarck, a flight to Minneapolis. we should be ok for tonight. 🙂

— stuart murdoch (@nee_massey) August 15, 2017

Thanks for your help folks. We have Richard on a plane now, so everything is ok. He's in his pyjamas, sitting with a mimosa 😉🍸

— stuart murdoch (@nee_massey) August 15, 2017

It was a great relief to hear in between songs for @thecurrent that Richard was on a plane heading this way. The show will go on! pic.twitter.com/D3Lfyh8fpD

— belle & sebastian (@bellesglasgow) August 15, 2017

None of us will ever dare get off the bus again https://t.co/3S7f3164Hz

— belle & sebastian (@bellesglasgow) August 16, 2017

Beans just suggested we play I Know Where The Drummer Goes tonight. Richard thinks Travelling Light could work.

— belle & sebastian (@bellesglasgow) August 16, 2017

A Drummer Wasting
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Drummer
The State I Am In (North Dakota)

Oh how we laugh…

— belle & sebastian (@bellesglasgow) August 16, 2017

And @bellesglasgow take the stage @PalaceStPaul #TheyFoundTheirDrummer #HiRichard pic.twitter.com/doDCKphphq

— Derek Johnson (@derekjjohnson) August 16, 2017

@bellesglasgow at #Palacetheater pic.twitter.com/2Et10AOW7K

— Winnie Mo Dixon (@HistoryofSALMON) August 16, 2017

As Stereogum’s own Michael Nelson pointed out, “Please Help Belle And Sebastian Get Richard To Minneapolis” would be a great B&S song title.

UPDATE:

A new sign appeared on our bus. Should be ok now..😉 pic.twitter.com/mrGvBgq5ca

— stuart murdoch (@nee_massey) August 16, 2017