El Jarvo wrote:
Ger Boy wrote: Disagree. My anger would be aimed at Bad Lieutenant manager and PR person. Why announce a tour before getting all the paperwork sorted. America only has very tight security because it's the most hated country in the world. You can't blame them for being paranoid.
Bad Lieutenant - Amateurs
Same management and PR as New Order, innit?
Who the fuck announces a tour only once all the paperwork's sorted anyway?
You telling me you set all your transport plans in stone before you buy a concert ticket?
Exactly.
Are T In The Park or V Fest 'amateurs' as well for booking bands and selling tickets a year before the show? That's at least 10 months before they'll get all necessary licenses, H&S Certificates etc in place. Tickets for all outdoor events are always sold 'subject to licence'.
The principle here is exactly the same. The shows were booked and advertised on the assumption that all would be hunky dory on the visa front. As I and others have stated though, when the paranoid drones that are US Homeland Security are involved this is far from guaranteed.
Compare with the Department of Work & Pensions over here who couldn't have been more helpful when, as a very naive young promoter, I found out a week before the show that I would need a work visa for Afrika Bambaattaa. The girl who dealt with my case pushed it through in 48 hours when it should have taken up to 6 weeks. That's how we roll over here though.....
