SXSW update: Ten artists now denied entry to US
South by Southwest's international showcases are thinning out rapidly as an increasing number of foreign artists find themselves unable to pass US immigration
News By IQ | 15 March 2017
The number of South by Southwest (SXSW) performers turned away at the US border has risen to ten, with an Egyptian-Canadian post-hardcore band, a Danish producer and a British jazz combo among those forced to cancel their showcases.
The latest round of cancellations follows the deportation last week of Italian trio Soviet Soviet, who planned to play a promotional showcase under the ESTA visa waiver programme, as “illegal immigrants”.
At the centre of the dispute is whether musicians can enter…
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