Lily Allen banned from US
Complications with a working visa for pop-brat Lily Allen have forced the British singer postpone her US tour.
Officials unexpectedly revoked the singer's visa on August 5 due to concerns regarding her arrest in London earlier this year after an altercation with a paparazzo.
"The reinstatement process has proven lengthier than anticipated, thus preventing her tour from launching September 6th in San Diego, California," said the singer's rep in a statement.
The singer has also been forced to pull out of a scheduled performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, on September 9 and issued a statement expressing her regret.
"I am so disappointed that I won't be able to come to the States at this time," Lily Allen said. "I was really looking forward to playing these shows and being part of the Video Music Awards."
However the tone last weekend at the V Festival in Staffordshire, where Lily Allen launched into an expletive-filled tirade against President George W. Bush, did not echo the disappointment and remorse she has publicised.
"I've been banned from America. That's nice. Oh well, that means I can't go back there. Good," she said onstage.
Lily Allen later issued a statement on her MySpace page to clarify that she still considers the US "a great place" despite her seeming indifference in the comment made on stage.
She justified: "Just because I hate George Bush doesn't mean I hate America."
Lily Allen, who is nominated as Best New Artist at the VMA's will not be in attendance to collect her award should she win, saying "I am really sad I can't be there for my commitments scheduled for the near future."
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