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A tour bus belonging to Northern Ireland rockers Ash has been pelted with bricks while travelling past refugee camps in Calais in France

The band's frontman Tim Wheeler last night revealed on Instagram how the bus "ran the gauntlet" in the French port town, which in recent times has attracted a great number of refugees.

Wheeler said that the driver of the bus, who he named as Paul, had been struck in the face, but added that he was okay.

The 38-year-old from Downpatrick had been performing in Paris on Tuesday, and it is understood that he was returning to the UK when the bus he was travelling on came under attack.

The rock star wrote on social media: "An eventful 24 hours continued with us getting our bus battered with bricks running the gauntlet at Calais.

"We were going past the refugee camp at Calais, and there was a large group on the road trying to stop trucks to climb on and it got a little dicey.

"Paul, our driver, took a blow to the face and was pretty shaken but is okay."

In the aftermath of the attack, fans sent messages of support to the band and wished the driver a speedy recovery. One wrote online they were "glad you're all okay!" and that they were "glad it wasn't more serious".

"Kudos to Paul for getting you all out safe," added another fan.

Having just listened to three seconds of Ash I think they should have sampled the sounds of the rocks hitting their tour bus and worked them into their next masterpiece.

a reply to: Kester

this will be the first of many cases like this, and they breed too.

a reply to: Kester

Great band girl from mars is a classic. Glad they are ok I once was very drunk with them and teenage fanclub. Can't remember if they were okay dudes.

a reply to: scubagravy

Ooo scared of refugees are you. Keep being afraid it's what isis wants.

a reply to: boymonkey74

lol, your one of those, wow boymonkey, hav'nt we changed.

You listen to everything the media says ?

While they have you spinning on that crap, ISIS or who or wtf ever is coming anyways....

Harden up ol' chap, and stink for yourself.

a reply to: scubagravy

Nope I just know refugees do not equal terrorist's despite many wishing it so.
But keep on being scared.
And keep reading the daily mail.

a reply to: boymonkey74


i didn't say anything about terrorists........

a reply to: scubagravy

Ah so you are afraid of refugees....
Omg do they breed also we are doomed.
Pfft.

originally posted by: boymonkey74
a reply to: scubagravy

Ah so you are afraid of refugees....
Omg do they breed also we are doomed.
Pfft.

I never mentioned refugees either......

a reply to: scubagravy

Well who are you talking about in your first post? The band? lol.

originally posted by: boymonkey74
a reply to: scubagravy

Ah so you are afraid of refugees....
Omg do they breed also we are doomed.
Pfft.

they dont have to be terrorists monkey, what they are doing is breaking the law, and for that they need to be punished to the fullest extent.

a reply to: PLAYERONE01

They also breed oh the horror.

a reply to: boymonkey74
im sorry bro did you stutter

originally posted by: boymonkey74
a reply to: PLAYERONE01

They also breed oh the horror.

Everything breeds you hairy wanka, how did you get here ?

a reply to: scubagravy

Have you forgotten your first post in this thread?.

a reply to: boymonkey74

Have you interpreted it anyway you see fit ?

a reply to: scubagravy

Whatever.
You made your views obvious with your first post.
Hide under the bed beware foreign folk.
Keep spreading the fear dude.

a reply to: boymonkey74

your trippin,

Do we hear about buses passing through Calais being stoned all the time ? i believe not, so is it possible to assume that 'this case may be the first of many' ?

Secondly, i will remind you again that we all breed.

What's your problem tonight, it may be OBVIOUS that your in a mood

Fear refugees? No.

Concerned about mobs of people that may outnumber the local townsfolk, who do not speak the local language, are not interested in assimilating, and have little or no respect for other people's cultural differences? Yes.

a reply to: scubagravy

Dude you were the one warning us they all breed like omg they breed we are doomed.
Why did you say they breed also? Tou brought ut up why and in what context?.