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Boy George Cancels
Boy George's plan for a North American tour has run into problems. He has been forced to canceled his summer plans after U.S. authorities denied him a visa to enter the country.George had planned to officially kick off his 25-city tour in Aspen, Colo.,
on July 10, and was to throw in a free concert at the New York City Department of Sanitation's Family Day in August. He worked for the department in 2006 while performing court-ordered community service in a drug case. George's managers issued a statement saying he had been refused a visa because he's awaiting trial in London on charges that he falsely imprisoned a man. The charges stem from a report in April that a 28-year-old man claimed he was chained and threatened at George's London apartment, where he had gone to work as a photo model. George has pleaded not guilty. "I was really hoping that the issue would be resolved and that some kind soul at the U.S. Visa Office would realize that if the police in Britain placed no restrictions on my movements, that should have been good enough for them," George said in a statement. "I am very sorry that I will not see all my American fans this year, but I wish them a happy and healthy Fourth of July. I include the Visa Office in those good wishes and realize they are doing a very difficult job and I just got unlucky," he said. George intends to reschedule his North American tour for next winter. He'll continue his concert tours of South America and the United Kingdom in September and October.
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