http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ead_moduleWe're with the band: Couple on the way to Dave Matthews concert pick up hitchhiker - only to discover he IS Dave Matthews
• Pennsylvania couple were driving to see their favorite group - The Dave Matthews Band
• Pulled over to help a hitchhiker who was on the roadside with his broken bike
• They were stunned to discover the hitchhiker was none other than Dave Matthews
By James Nye
PUBLISHED: 11:28 EST, 15 July 2013 | UPDATED: 17:02 EST, 15 July 2013
A kind hearted couple on the way to a Dave Matthews Band concert pulled over to pick up a hitchhiker - only for their jaws to drop when they realized it was Dave Matthews himself.
Emily Kraus and her boyfriend were driving to see the multi-million selling rock star perform in Hershey, Pennsylvania when they noticed Matthews, 46, standing by his bike on the side of the road.
Stuck with a flat tire and no cell phone, the Grammy-award winner was staring down the barrel of being a no-show for his own gig until Kraus intervened.
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Pick Up A Rockstar: Emily Kraus and her boyfriend found Dave Matthews (center) waiting for a ride on the side of the road in Pennsylvania
'So, we saw him on the other side of the road and we pulled my car in here. And he picks up his bike and throws it up here,' said Kraus to WHPTV.com
Luckily for Kraus,
her parents had just recently attached the bike rack onto her car - allowing her to help out Matthews.
'He says I've never seen a bike rack like this before, so Joe walks over and he's helping him put it on and I'm standing here and I'm holding his helmet,' said Kraus.
Once the superstar was safely buckled up in the back of the car, it hit Kraus exactly who she was taxiing.
'So we didn't know how to make conversation with him in fact, so we were talking about his tour and where he had come from,' said Kraus.
'He had just been in Cincinnati and he said I'm taking a short break after this one because I have to drop my daughters off at camp and he was just a very humble guy.'
When they arrived at the gig, Matthews was so grateful that he invited Emily and her boyfriend to dinner.
'We felt out of place. I said I feel like I'm out of place,' said Kraus.
'Then they went back stage and enjoyed the show from the front row. 'I woke up this morning, and I rolled over and I said , okay yeah that really happened yesterday ha ha ha ha! It was surreal we couldn't believe it.'
Indeed, so pleased was Matthews with his new found friends that he took the time during the concert to thank them by name.
'I did not have a cell phone on the bicycle. So I thought, 'Sh*t,' said Matthews that night at his show at Hersheypark Stadium.
'And then a nice lady named Emily rode up in a red car with a bicycle rack on it and gave me a ride on to the gig.'
Dave Matthews also signed their tickets saying thanks for the ride.