well looks like echo and the bunnymen are the latest to be included in the “sorry you can’t tour here” club. after booking a huge (well larger venues…) comeback tour they’ve been denied entry into the country so it’s off… now i mean echo and the bunnymen are pussies… where us the threat in letting them in? were they EVER contraversial once? any terrorist cell links? is that what under the killing moon was about? was it cause of thehaircuts? obama not a big 120 minutes fan? still hung up about 10,000 maniacs not being around anymore? shit htey let the cranberries come in and when the round headed girls screams “zombie” its way more menacing then fucking ian’s voice cracking
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2009/11/05/echo-bunnymen-tour-canceled-irs-rules-fees/
I do like the Bunnymen, and that sucks. At least they’re coming back next spring.
In better news, Brendan Perry and Peter Murphy are co-headlining a tour next year. That ought to be worth checking out.
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yeah but it seems like every foreign band from fucking MIA to the bunnymen to the london symphony (probably) can’t get in for visa issues or some shit… of course for the bunnymen is was “IRS” issues, whatever that means… be nice to not let bono in… save all that gas and “carbon footprint” shit with that dumb stage that got more press then his bootleg fucking tour. of course they can afford to have the plug pulled on their tour, but like in most bands case, bunnymen being todays example, tickets were sold and sold out, dates booked, scalers had scalped, then and only then does the guv’ment pull the “no homers club” nonsense… so you do this a few times, see how easy it is to get a foreign band to book a tour…
I heard they cancelled it because of taxes:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/echo-the-bunnymen-cancel-us-tour,35057/
their booking agent is to fault.
if the papers aren’t in order, not even the best of the best gets here.(coulda said"not even the queen gets here"-- that would create all sorts of trash talk.) amy winehouse anyone?
I wish this would happen to Morrissey.
oh THAT queen.
I heard Morrissey stormed off stage the other night because someone pegged a plastic cup at him. All that time he spends thinking how incredibly important he is has made him a bit too sensitive.
the comeuppance was inevitable.
karma.
don’t hate morrissey whatsoever.
he’s just gayer than i am.
havin’ a big OLD gay day here. and reading books about chemical dependencies.
fun.
regarding morrissey, the only guy that can get away with the nipple band aid thing is nursing home
(i kid I kid)
Christ would never tour the U.S.
I really never thought of Morrissey as gay except for when other people brought it up. But to be honest, I never hand any interest in his personal life so I have no idea.
Yeah I kinda thought of him as a nonsexual being, not even a Masturbator! Seems like none of that would fit with his image!
Late,
grmpysmrf
Now Bad Lieutenant (ex-New Order) has cancelled their U.S. dates for similar reasons…
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Wasn’t something similar rumoured to have happened to LoA earlier this year also?