Irish indie-pop star Orla Gartland has posted an appeal for the return of her stolen gear, following a tour van break-in in London over the weekend.

"Here it is lads, the post no one wants to make: yesterday our tour van was broken into in the carpark of the Travelodge Wembley and some of our gear taken," she posted to Instagram on Sunday afternoon.

The Dublin-born artist had played the Electric Ballroom in London on October 15th, one of the final shows of her Woman On The Internet album tour.

The gear taken from the van included a number of Fender guitars, keyboards, drums, pedalboards, stage clothes and a Sony A6600 camera; you can read the full list below. Gartland has also posted photographs of the stolen items in a Twitter thread, and in a 'Stolen' highlight on her Instagram page.

Anyone with information about the stolen gear should email Gartland's manager at [email protected].

"It seems that whoever broke into the van was disturbed and didn’t get a chance to help themselves to everything there - this could have been much worse," Gartland continued in her post.

"No one is hurt and everyone in our beautiful tour crew has been supporting one another so much since all of this kicked off. We have cobbled together enough to make it through our final tour date tonight in Brighton.  - THE SHOW MUST GO ON x"

It's a heartbreaking finish to Gartland's UK and Ireland tour. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter who has resided in London (and on the internet) for the past number of years, first started releasing music by posting online covers on her YouTube channel, steadily gaining a loyal following. Since her debut single in 2015, she has honed her craft and developed her lyricism with several EP releases.

Her debut album Woman on the Internet was released in August this year. Read her chat with Hot Press' Kate Brayden about starting her own label, the London scene and embracing the uncomfortable in her album from our August issue here.