Boy George denied US visa for tour

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

LONDON (AFP) — British DJ Boy George was denied a visa by the United States for his planned tour of the country, the former Culture Club singer said on his website.

In the statement he said that he was declined the visa because of ongoing legal proceedings relating to a charge that he assaulted and falsely imprisoned a male escort who was allegedly chained to the wall of his east London home in April last year, a charge he denies.

He had been due to give 30 performances in the United States and Canada between July 10 and August 23, but all of those have been cancelled.

The US State Department in Washington declined to confirm the statement, but its deputy spokesman Tom Casey told reporters that "there often are difficulties for individuals who either are...