Saxon launched the tour in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 17 and the theft happened after their final gig in the US - at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles on May 30. Included in the items missing are a Canopus snare drum bought for Glockler by his wife as a wedding gift.

Glockler says: "Gutted and furious does not even come close to how I am feeling. Our crew assures me all the gear was packed up ready to be collected, so sometime between them packing and the shipping company collecting, they disappeared. My cymbals were all in one case - the case made it back with a few cymbals in it but most were gone - so these were definitely taken by someone at some point.