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The Calling's Alex Band Violent Abduction/Beating HOAX to Promote Band's 'Big 2013 Comeback?' Singer Releases 'Severe' Injury PHOTOS/911 Call, 'Captors Took Mercy for My Baby!'

By Danica Bellini, Mstars Reporter | Aug 20, 2013 11:15 AM EDT

TMZ reports that over the weekend, Alex Band (lead singer of the popular rock band The Calling) was abducted on the streets of Michigan. The 32-year-old "Tonight" crooner was violently beaten, robbed, and abandoned by a crew of unidentified van bandits. Photos of Band's "severe" injuries have since gone viral online, and police are currently investigating the situation. But was the whole "kidnapping" scenario simply a stint to promote The Calling's "big" 2013 comeback? Band heatedly insists that his near-death experience was definitely NOT a hoax - the only reason his captors gave mercy is because his wife's expecting a baby soon, and the abductors allegedly said that they "don't kill fathers." Read More »

The Calling's Alex Band Kidnapped, Brutally Beaten [VIDEO]: 'Wherever You Will Go' Singer's Violent Van Abduction in Michigan this Weekend, Twitter Reacts

By Jon Niles, Mstars Reporter | Aug 19, 2013 11:37 AM EDT

Over the weekend, singer Alex Band of the alternative rock group The Calling was reportedly abducted in a van, violently beaten and robbed in Michigan. The 32-year-old singer was apparently walking from his hotel in Lapeer to a mini-mart around 4 am Sunday morning when a van came up beside him and he was pulled in. Band was later dumped by nearby train tracks after being beaten and robbed. Police are investigating. Read More »

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