Interpol played the Newport Music Hall in Columbus on Monday, the same day snow covered much of the Midwest for the first time this season. It was a pretty scene here in Central Ohio, but further north the snow was way more intense. En route to Tuesday’s show in Toronto the band got held up by the weather and eventually had to cancel the concert. They posted this apology note on their website:

Dear Toronto,

Our bus is trapped in a snowstorm just outside of Buffalo. We haven’t moved our position on the road in over nine hours. Unfortunately, we’ll have to cancel tonight’s concert at the Kool Haus. We were greatly looking forward to the show but the big bad winter has come early this year. We will be informing people of a new date as soon as we can.

All the best,

Interpol

That was 20 hours ago. Now it’s Wednesday, and the band is still stuck. Guitarist Daniel Kessler and touring member Brandon Curtis (formerly of Secret Machines) have been posting an entertaining series of updates on Twitter, which you can check out below.

On our way to Toronto – doesn't look promising pic.twitter.com/6e7OfsJcPF — brandon curtis (@brandon_curtis) November 18, 2014

Unfortunately, we’ll have to cancel tonight’s concert Toronto due to snow… http://t.co/Sdhb7vTnSL pic.twitter.com/EoK9ee0vwl — Interpol (@Interpol) November 18, 2014

Brandon took this snap of our scenery. Sheeeeeeeiiiiiit.-DK pic.twitter.com/X6AjoKe4gT — Interpol (@Interpol) November 18, 2014

Hour 13 trapped in the snow. Dry goods and vodka. We will make it. -DK pic.twitter.com/bEQhaUokKi — Interpol (@Interpol) November 18, 2014

Still trapped yo! Haven't really moved in 30 hours and we've been on the bus for nearly 40 hours. Nutso. Never seen anything like it.-DK — Interpol (@Interpol) November 19, 2014

Snow plows trapped in the snow.-DK pic.twitter.com/igkxOEoNw5 — Interpol (@Interpol) November 19, 2014

No word yet on the status of Thursday’s show in Montreal (UPDATE: It’s canceled too; see below), but at this rate Interpol might just have to settle in Buffalo for the winter. Maybe they can kill time by revisiting the NYC rock resurgence via our new Ultimate Playlist?

UPDATE: Tour openers Hundred Waters are also stuck in the snow and have also been tweeting about it. It seems they’ve found sanctuary in a Tim Horton’s.

Toronto is cancelled because pic.twitter.com/qxNm3UvyFv — hundred waters (@hundredwaters) November 18, 2014

There is hope for America pic.twitter.com/YySdfAeByX — hundred waters (@hundredwaters) November 18, 2014

We've been trapped on The Road since Monday and Pastor Tim Horton is running out of Food pic.twitter.com/lcx3shdFvg — hundred waters (@hundredwaters) November 19, 2014

UPDATE 2: Six hours later, Interpol are still trapped, and they’ve canceled Thursday’s show in Montreal. Here’s the note they posted on their site:

It’s with great regret that we have to announce the cancellation of our show tomorrow night in Montreal. We’ve been stranded in a snowstorm outside of Buffalo for over 40 hours and still don’t know when we’ll be able to move from our current position. We’re disappointed that we won’t be able to visit as scheduled but we’ll make it up to you, Toronto and Montreal. We love you guys. We were really looking forward to the shows.

All the best,

Interpol

Slate reports that the Buffalo area has seen a whopping 70 inches of snow, and more is expected Thursday. People in Buffalo are literally snowed into their houses. It’s like “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)” out there! (Wrong band, I know.) Here are a couple more photos from Buffalo via ABC:

Many #snovember pics with snow halfway up open door. First one all the way to top: More pics: http://t.co/mr7ZK7lp3a pic.twitter.com/IJNe3UCFHU — 7 Eyewitness News (@WKBW) November 19, 2014

I'm snowed in! Expect some drunk tweets later tonight #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/CVwbUT5YnE — Go Bills! (@BillsExpert) November 18, 2014

UPDATE 3: #Winterpol is over.