The car has been recovered by West Midlands Police but the instruments and all the equipment are still missing.

"There was a guitar, a mandolin, and a mandocello in the car, but as I travel quite self-contained, there was also my own sound system, microphones, cables, and lots of merchandise such as CDs."

The only thing left in the car was boxes of Jez's books, as he is also an author, and he was forced to cancel a gig he was due to do on Sunday night.