Visa complications have forced Leeds’ Hookworms to cancel their tour of the US.
Chicago group Disappears, who were set to play the dates with Hookworms, will continue alone as the band looks to a schedule a new tour later in the year.
“We are really sorry to tell you that unfortunately we are forced to cancel our upcoming US/Canadian tour,” a statement begins.
“There has been an unexplained hold-up in the visa process and we will now not have them back in time for the tour which was due to start in Santa Ana, CA next week. I don’t know whether this is some kind of backlog from SXSW or whether we are just an unfortunate anomaly, but everything was submitted with plenty of time, and there were zero issues with visas when we played in New York 18 months ago, so we’re just as confused and upset as anyone else.”
The statement can be read in full here.