Members of the Austin, Texas, rock band Lord Buffalo have said that they’re canceling a tour of Europe as a result of their drummer, Yamal Said, was detained by brokers from United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The incident came about on Monday, May 12, when Said “was forcibly removed from [the band’s] flight to Europe” at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
Yamal Said is a Mexican citizen and lawful U.S. everlasting resident. Last yr, in an interview with VoyageAustin, the drummer mentioned that his “family moved to Austin in the late ’80s, after a devastating earthquake hit Mexico City.”
Said “has not been released,” in accordance with his bandmates, however he “has secured the legal representation he needs.”
Lord Buffalo, a heavy psychedelic-Americana quartet, had been planning to play European reveals in help of Holus Bolus, the album they launched final yr by way of Blues Funeral Recordings. The tour was set to start on Thursday, May 15, within the Netherlands, and shut on Friday, May 23, in Iceland. Lord Buffalo had been going to be touring with Sweden’s Orsak:Oslo.
Orsak:Oslo will proceed their tour with out their co-headliners. In an announcement, Orsak:Oslo wrote, “No one should be pulled off a plane and jailed for simply trying to travel and make art with their band. We won’t pretend to understand the full complexity of the situation, but this should not happen anywhere.”
Yamal Said’s arrest comes as extra folks have had difficulties getting into and exiting the United States beneath the Trump administration. Members of the British punk band U.Ok. Subs said they had been denied entry to the United States, apparently attributable to incorrect visas and in addition undisclosed causes. The band’s bassist, Alvin Gibbs, speculated that his “regular and less than flattering public pronouncements regarding [President Donald J. Trump] and his administration were a factor” in his denial into the nation.
Additionally, Bells Larsen, a trans singer-songwriter primarily based in Montreal, said he was canceling a tour as a result of he couldn’t apply for a visa attributable to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ new policies that don’t acknowledge transgender identities. FKA twigs has additionally had visa issues, and Grzegorz Kwiatkowski of the Polish rock band Trupa Trupa just lately informed NPR that he and his band needed to miss out on efficiency alternatives attributable to visa delays.
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