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CANADIAN ROCKERS NICKELBACK are only beginning their tour of Australia today, but they’re already on the run from the the police.
Ahead of their arrival in Brisbane, local police made it clear that they are wanted men.
Queensland Police Service have distributed a photofit image of the four-piece, making it clear that their history of musical murder is not welcome in Australia’s northeast.
QPS Media Unit / TwitterUrgent police warning: Men matching this description expected to be committing musical crimes in Boondall tonight. pic.twitter.com/iTI6ShuO2K
— Queensland Police (@QldPolice) May 20, 2015
The picture has also been shared on the force’s Facebook page and carries a warning that lead singer Chad Kroeger should be considered permed and dangerous.
The band, which has inexplicably been making albums for the last 20 years, hasn’t issued any comment on their antipodean fugitive status.
In fact, as recently as last week they seemed blissfully unaware of their impending arrest.
Nickelback / TwitterJust a few more sleeps until we start our tour in Australia, then Japan. We can't wait to see all our friends in that part of the world.
— Nickelback (@Nickelback) May 11, 2015
The band were voted the second worst band of the nineties by readers of Rolling Stone magazine but have achieved phenomenal commercial success.
They sold more albums in the US in the 2000s than any other foreign band apart from The Beatles.
But perhaps the most accurate assessment of their ability is provided by the Tumblr page isnickelbacktheworstbandever.tumblr.com
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Sounds like a Stalker’s Paradise.
Why not have speed date flight where everyone moves every few minutes. After the seat belt light is switched off of course.
Sweet, whole row to myself. (At least on flights that aren’t fully booked)
Well if you look like an egg I wouldn’t wonder why :)
Oh Peter. That made me laugh so much. Thanks for brightening my day.
Hilarious Peter. Ha
Just puta photo of a fat guy with red birthmark on face… You will then have 3 seats to yourself,
As cabin crew myself…..are you effing serious?????? KLM must be desperate for passengers!
A sure way to be seated next to a cat owner, stalker, rapist or axe murderer…..fortunately airport security should sort out the last one!!!!
Could we get the opposite? A chance to veto who can sit beside us based on profile…
“Hannibal Lector wishes to sit beside you. Allow Yes/No?” I would be interested in knowing the girth of the passenger.
Novel idea bound to catch on
For people who hate the idea just opt not to participate but wouldn’t it be great if it meant all the chatty people would seek each other out and leave the book readers, sleepers, thinkers alone
Good point :-)
Was at a Salesforce event at September, KLM had presentation about there company and leveraging social media. Unbelievable stuff, they really showed what companies can do when you think different. Well done KLM, keep up the good work.
Fail..
No way to let KLM share my FB profile to any passengers that I dont know and totally stranger to me….
I fly KLM long-haul regularly – will now consider changing carriers.
Are they serious? Sad….. What is the world coming to?
Sexy…
I am sure it would be an empty flight if people saw that Salman Rushdie was aboard!
While it’s nice to meet interesting people and I like my social media, isn’t this just a tad creepy :-o
So if you don’t pick your seat, the person beside you will assume you have, awkward, no?
Do we get to see the FB profile of the pilot ?
Like Irene said, it is just an option. Nobody will be forced to select a ‘flight companion’! Remember, there are millions of people out there who would genuinely love this. We all know the type – they have over a thousand facebook friends, they follow anything and everything on Twitter and they’re likely helping G+ simply by logging in. Whether you like it or not people can be quite voyeuristic. That’s the inconvenient truth for you lot who panned it straight away. Social media is a tool for spying and allowing others to spy on us. If any of you ever do fly with KLM, let me know whether you were tempted to tick the box or not. I know where my money is!
Personally, I think KLM have really put a lot of thought into this, and it is something that just might offer further insights to our behaviour with social media. Well done KLM, keep up the good work.
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