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April 20, 2017 07:42
Japanese Heavy Metal Band Was Denied Entry Into U.S.

A decades-old Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness, which has a history of performing in the overseas, has been denied entry into the United States due to the immigration policy under the President Donald Trump.

"Due to the new strict policies the U.S. government has placed on foreigners entering the country, Loudness was denied entry into the United States," the club Reggies, where the Japanese band planned to perform, said on its official website.

The members of the band were denied entry at a Chicago airport on Tuesday and they headed back to Japan several hours later, cancelling their tour which would have taken the band to seven locations in the United States, as per the agency Katana Music.

"The U.S. tour has been canceled," said Minoru Niihara on his blog, who is a vocalist of the band, which debuted in the early 1980’s. In the past the band had never been denied entry into the United States and neither had he as individual, said Niihara.

The agency said that, for Japanese performers it had taken care to enter the United States if they had proper invitation letters but the immigration officials requested visas for the Loudness members.

The club owner Robby Glick told to the Chicago Tribune that he was not sure if the entry denial was a product of the administration, but he also said that there is a difference since our new president came in.

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