Update - they've got their instruments back and are using them in their forthcoming shows. More details to follow...

German band Die Roten Punkte have been left stranded on the opening night of their Edinburgh Fringe run after British Airways lost their musical equipment. 

The duo, consisting of brother and sister Otto and Astrid Rot, travelled with the airline from Winnipeg to Edinburgh but discovered on arrival that their set of custom-made drums and electric guitars had not made it onto their connecting flight from Toronto.

Drummer Astrid Rot contacted Toronto Airport’s duty manager Andy Joseph, who found the instruments and supervised them being put on a plane to London, but British Airways have now told her they do not know whether they arrived at Heathrow Airport.

She said: “He (Joseph) personally went with his little legs and found our instruments and put them on the plane to London. But now we’ve heard nothing for another 36 hours...How can I rock out and make noises with no drums?”

The pair are now scrambling to find alternative instruments in time for the opening night of their show Otto and Astrid: Eurosmash! 

Otto says that they are using equipment that had been gifted or lent to them in order to get ready for opening night on Thursday, but their instruments have been custom-made for their performance. 

“We are determined for the show to go on,” he added.

Otto & Astrid: Eurosmash! (Die Roten Punkte) is at Underbelly from Aug 3 - 27, with or without their instruments. Tickets here.