A British band were robbed at gunpoint on the first day of their US tour.

Frontman of the band Sports Team, Alex Rice, told Sky News they had stopped in their tour bus at a Starbucks in Vallejo, California, on Tuesday – the morning after landing in San Francisco.

While he and his bandmates were ordering breakfast, they heard someone say “has anyone got a white sprinter van outside? It’s being robbed”.

“Natural reaction, you sprint towards it and try to stop it, and immediately…