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Heavy loss for the German band Scooter: A few hours before the planned performance in Switzerland, a crew member dies unexpectedly of heart failure. Singer HP Baxxter mourns on Instagram.
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- The band Scooter mourns the loss of their long-time backliner Seb, who died unexpectedly on August 30th.
- Seb was an important part of the crew and was responsible for the equipment at the band’s festival appearances.
- The death was announced during performances at the Seaside and Summerdays festivals, as the band announced on Instagram.
The German band Scooter around frontman HP Baxxter is going through a difficult time.
On their Instagram page, singer HP Baxxter (60) and his colleagues Jay Frog (48) and Marc Blou (24) make public that they mourn the loss of a member of the band.
“Some of you may have already heard at the Seaside and Summerdays Festival that a tragic incident occurred within our crew. Suddenly and completely unexpectedly, our great backliner Seb was taken from us,” the band wrote on social media.
Backliners play a central role in band operations and ensure behind the scenes that the musicians’ equipment is always ready for use. The deceased had been an integral part of the Scooter crew for many years and supported HP Baxxter and his bandmates at their numerous festival appearances. The tragic incident occurred on August 30th.
HP Baxxter: “Our crew and we are shocked”
The band further writes about the loss on Instagram: “Our crew and ourselves are shocked, shaken and deeply affected.”
The death occurred on Scooter’s way to Spiez BE. The head of the Seaside Festival, Philippe Cornu, told “nau.ch” that the band had arrived by car in the morning. Cornu: “There they discovered that their colleague had died in his sleep.”
The emergency doctor who was called could only confirm that the 40-year-old German was dead. The cause of death was apparently heart failure due to a previous illness.
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