Suede's Visa Problems

[n3glect]

According to Suede's twitter:

Due to unforeseen problems with his US visa Suede bassist Mat Osman won't be appearing with the band at @coachella however...The band are currently in intense rehearsals as a four piece and are doing everything in their power to be able to play the festival

Yikes.

[stuporfly]

Sheeeeeeeit...

[sbessiso]

MOTHERFUCKER

[Tandemind]

One less conflict.

[concertgoer]

Fuck

[faxman75]

fail

[HandBanana]

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT.
Every fucking year.
GET IT TOGETHER ASSHOLES

[fatbastard]

fart

[HandBanana]

Fucking knew something like this would happen.
Gah.

[downingthief]

No bueno!

[HandBanana]

What is the process like for getting a visa?
Is this something they could have figured out months ago before say booking the act and having them on the poster for 4 months?
Or is it a crapshoot that you apply for a week or two before?

[meyouseek]

Does he have a criminal record or something?

[dyltr0n3030]

What is the process like for getting a visa?
Is this something they could have figured out months ago before say booking the act and having them on the poster for 4 months?
Or is it a crapshoot that you apply for a week or two before?

Yeah I've always wondered that.. I would assume it wouldn't be too time consuming but I would not have the slightest idea

[sacleonard]

Yeah, unless there is something in his record, I can't believe that they wouldn't have had the paperwork completed far in advance.

[shoegazer76]

He probly tried to smuggle a ki or two of Peruvian flake last time they played there.

[faxman75]

Amy Winehouse managed to get here once. It can't be that difficult.

[shoegazer76]

Goldenvoice should excercise some of that poltical power& get him over here gdamnit.

[HandBanana]

The band are currently in intense rehearsals as a four piece

David: Can you play...excuse me, Viv, can you play a bassline, uh, like
Nigel used to do on "Big Bottom", can you double that? You recall
the lines in fifths?

Viv: Oh, yeah. I've got two hands here, yeah I can do it.

David: So, that's good, you can play that one.

Derek: "Hole" is out, "Heavy" is out....

David: "Heavy-Hole" ....

Derek: Right, right, right, right...."America" is out.....

David: "America" we can't do, that's Nigel's tune, not my tune.

Derek: We know, we know, we know, we know...That's a nice little set,
isn't it, that's a cozy ten minutes.

David: What are we going to do, we've got nothing to play here...

Derek: I'll tell you what we're gonna have to do...

David: What?

Derek: Jazz odyssey!

David: We're not going about to do a free-form jazz, uh, exploration in
front of a festival crowd!

--- Spinal Tap Mark II performs Jazz Odyssey ---
( in front of a festival "crowd" )

[KickerConspiracy]

Motherfucker. They are my #1 band for the entire fest. Gah.

[HandBanana]

Srsly. They have ONE SHOW on a CONTINENT.
They must be getting paid well for it.
And they cant make this happen?
Maybe a fan WITH a visa could play the parts.

[HandBanana]

I bet there are Suede tribute acts all over London. Grab their fucking bassist.

[dyltr0n3030]

Well this sucks. I was looking forward to this. Hopefully they can still pull it off without a bassist

[DruggyFestivalGuy]

Without the complex sounds of the bass guitar, how can Suede be listenable?

[stuporfly]

Perhaps Bernard Butler can free up one of his replacement guitarists to play bass by bringing his magic fingers back into the fold.

[kvnty]

First Klaxons, now Suede ... Seriously, should I sell my wristband on Craigslist?

[faxman75]

Goldenvoice will drop set-times shortly to create a diversion!

[HandBanana]

Yet all of the UK drum and bass DJs that are booked (all 435 of them) seem to have their papers in order and will be arriving without a hitch.

[PlayaDelWes]

Can't the creaters project skype him in or something.

[shakermaker113]

Goldenvoice will drop set-times shortly to create a diversion!

if anything this is causing delays to set times.

[faxman75]

You're right! They will end up playing the Gobi at 2:00PM now.