From the Laurent Garnier Website

[Huggie Smiles]

I am very sorry to have to cancel my forthcoming tour in the United States. I have decided to cancel further to what I consider to be completely unreasonable demands from the US Embassy in France in order to renew my working visa.

In order to obtain this new visa, the rules have once again changed since November 2004 and I would now have to not only fill in an exceedingly probing application form, but also be interviewed by a member of the Embassy staff, and provide proof of ownership of my house, details of my bank account, my mobile phone records, personal information on all my family members and more. I consider these demands to be a complete violation of my privacy and my civil liberties and I refuse to comply.

I am horrified by these new regulations and feel really sad that this is what some call freedom and democracy.

It has now become almost impossible for an artist to come and perform in the United States. And until this new legislation changes I will unfortunately refuse to comply with this nonsense.

Thank you for your understanding.

[Jenks]

this has been argued to death on practically every board i visit for the last two weeks.

this is destined for the politics section.

[ShawnD64]

i understand his frustration, but he has to realize what kind of risk our country is constantly at. granted he is a big DJ and most people would realize he is not a threat, he should just except what he is going through is the same as thousands of others
too bad for his fans tho

[arielus]

i would refuse to do that too.

has everyone to fill those requirements to dj in the states?

[Pataky P]

I understand this topic!!Nice was it!!

[ShawnD64]

has everyone to fill those requirements to dj in the states?

good question, i dont know( i hope not ).
if you think about it, if that is the worst thing to happen to someone to ensure peoples saftey, its not all that bad.

[Huggie Smiles]

this is destined for the politics section.

I nearly put it there initially. But I thought someoen else could make the decision for us.....

[arielus]

dude, that's like living in a jail

[ubiqe]

but he has to realize what kind of risk our country is constantly at.

You must be kidding. There are ways of curing phobias, you know... :?

[kfitz]

Re: From the Laurent Garnier Website

This is the 3rd or 4th time he's pulled this... Other DJ's (even French ones) don't seem to have problem getting here...

[rewing3]

As long as diggers and sasha can still come to the states without getting harassed then I am content with what is going. Laurent Garnier must not us his visa very much b/c everytime he tries to come here there always seems to be a problem. Maybe if he got off his ass and toured once in a while he would not have to worry about his visa then. Sorry Just my opinion.

[fishingnut]

it's all about the money imo, he's probaly getting more money for gigs in europe, than he would over here. it's always about the money.

[palmer]

He must have checked the "arms dealer" box instead of the "dj" box on the application..... major faux pas laurent. major.

That or yeah he's full of fucking shit and just doesn't want to come over.

[Steve Graham]

just dont want any French coming in that's all, so they made that up

[2step]

but he has to realize what kind of risk our country is constantly at.

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