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"The Calling singer Alex Band was reportedly abducted and badly beaten at the weekend. The frontman is said to have been ambushed by a group in a van in the early hours in Lapeer, Michigan, reports TMZ.  He was later dumped on some nearby train tracks, according to local police. Band was in Lapeer for a music festival, and was walking from his hotel to a supermarket at around 4am local time. However, a van is said to have pulled up alongside him before he was taken away and beaten up. Another member of The Calling is reported to have put together a search party for the missing singer, and he was found shortly afterwards. Alex Band&amp;#039;s current condition is unknown at the time of writing. An incident report has been filed, with police officials now investigating the abduction. The Calling went on an indefinite hiatus back in 2005, before reforming earlier this month. Watch the video for their most famous hit &amp;#039;Wherever You Will Go&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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