British indie rock band Sports Team were robbed at gunpoint in the Bay Area on the first day of their U.S. tour.

A touring British indie-rock band said they lost personal gear when armed robbery targeted their van while they were getting coffee at a Vallejo Starbucks Tuesday morning on the first day of their U.S.

"They can take our Nintendo Switches but they can never take our ability to play rock songs about motorways," the band shared on social media.

The British band Sports Team have been robbed at gunpoint on the first day of their US tour. The indie group, who have scored two top 10 albums in the UK, lost their passports, stage equipment and personal belongings in the incident,

Sports Team, a six-piece London-based alternative rock band, had stopped for coffee when someone alerted them that their van was being ransacked by robbers, according to their latest Instagram post.