UFO Bassist Forced To Sit Out US Tour Due Visa Issues
March 5, 2008, 16 years ago
UFO have issued the following update:
"The US Embassy in London has turned down Pete's (Way) application for a working visa - even though the respective authorities in the US homeland had already approved it. The US Embassy did not say why they turned down the application. We will now start to make arrangements for a bass player to stand in for Pete on the USA tour dates, and will let you know shortly who this will be."UFO's North American tour schedule as follows:
April
9 - Baltimore, MD - The Thunderdome10 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance
11 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
12 - New York, NY - B.B. King's Blues Club
13 - Akron, OH - Tangiers
15 - Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theatre
16 - Nashville, TN - Wildhorse Saloon
17 - Milwaukee, WI - Potawatomi Bingo Casino
18 - Medina, MN - Medina Entertainment Center
19 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
21 - Sauget, IL - Pops
22 - Oklahoma City, OK - tba
23 - Dallas, TX - House Of Blues
24 - San Antonio, TX - Hemisfair Park
26 - Las Vegas, NV - Boulder Station Casino
27 - Ventura, CA - Majestic Ventura Theater
28 - Phoenix, AZ - The Clubhouse
30 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick
May
1 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre2 - West Hollywood, CA - Key Club
3 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
4 - San Francisco - CA - tba
6 - Northern California - tba
7 - Seattle, WA - El Curazon
8 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
9 - Coeur Dàlene, ID - The Grail