so Tricky postponed the entire tour citing visa issues... Steve Mason of the Beta Band also had visa issues but apparently his visa has now come through
assuming people are really having issues getting visas it begs the question of why is the US government making it so hard for musicians to get visas to perform?.. these are people with commitments outside the US with long track records of coming to the US, not breaking the laws, leaving once they are done..
kind of sad..reminds me of when Ibrahim Ferrer could not get a visa to attend the Grammys because he was a potential Cuban terrorist or something.... he died shortly after I think..