Fans pick up stranded bicyclist, turns out to be Dave Matthews!
Posted by: Jon on 07/15/2013 01:28 PM [ Comments ]
A woman and her boyfriend were on their way to see the Dave Matthews band in Hershey, PA, when they spotted a man on the side of the road that had a flat tire on his bicycle, they stopped to see if they could help out, and little did they know that man was Dave Matthews himself! All the warnings we received as kids to not stop for strangers - shattered!
WFSB reports that the Grammy-winning musician had gone out for a pre-show ride Saturday when the back tire of his bike popped.
"I did not have a cell phone on the bicycle. So I thought, 'Sh*t," Matthews recalled that night at his show at Hersheypark Stadium.
"And then a nice lady named Emily Kraus rode up in a red car with a bicycle rack on it and gave me a ride on to the gig."
Kraus said she and her boyfriend were running late to the show. But, as she told WHP, everything happens for a reason.
Lucky for her, her parents had just recently given her their bike rack. And she offered her idol a ride, to his own concert.
Along the way, they chatted about how the tour was going and his daughter's summer camp schedules.
"We didn't know how to make conversation with him," the star-struck fan laughed.
'Cheeks still hurt from smiling'
Matthews, grateful for the gesture, invited the couple for dinner. Then, backstage. And then, to front row seats to the show.
Oh, and during the concert, Matthews recounted the incident, referring to Emily by name.
I wonder if he asked "where are you going?"
"I did not have a cell phone on the bicycle. So I thought, 'Sh*t," Matthews recalled that night at his show at Hersheypark Stadium.
"And then a nice lady named Emily Kraus rode up in a red car with a bicycle rack on it and gave me a ride on to the gig."
Kraus said she and her boyfriend were running late to the show. But, as she told WHP, everything happens for a reason.
Lucky for her, her parents had just recently given her their bike rack. And she offered her idol a ride, to his own concert.
Along the way, they chatted about how the tour was going and his daughter's summer camp schedules.
"We didn't know how to make conversation with him," the star-struck fan laughed.
'Cheeks still hurt from smiling'
Matthews, grateful for the gesture, invited the couple for dinner. Then, backstage. And then, to front row seats to the show.
Oh, and during the concert, Matthews recounted the incident, referring to Emily by name.
I wonder if he asked "where are you going?"
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