HYPOCRISY ALSO HAVING VISA TROUBLES FOR ENSIFERUM TOUR

Earlier, we blogged that Ex Deo, Maurizio Iacono of Kataklysm's Roman-themed side project, were forced to cancel most of their dates on the upcoming "Tour From Afar" supporting Ensiferum, Hypocrisy, Blackguard and Swashbuckle, due to visa troubles.

Well, it turns out Hypocrisy (above), whose A Taste of Extreme Divinity came out in the States today, are having visa issues of their own. One can only hope that this won't be a Blackenedfest-style fiasco. The band released the following statement:

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are forced to stay home until U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services process and authorize our working visas. This is the first time the band has faced a situation like this and it’s extremely frustrating, as well as depressing, since the last thing we want to do is disappoint our loyal fans who have waited years to see us live in the US. We filed for our visas with plenty of time, but as some probably don’t know, the US government has changed its rules when it comes to visas issued to artists so it’s become tougher. Even if we have already toured the US numerous times.

As it stands now, we are on stand-by mode and waiting to receive the green light. We hope it’s just a few days before that happens, in the meantime we want to apologize to all the fans that planned on going to see us tear shit up live. We will do our best to re-join the tour as soon as possible!

The tour is set to begin on November 6th at Jaxx in Springfield, VA. If you missed tour dates first time around, they are available after the jump.


Ensiferum w/ Hypocrisy, Blackguard

11/06/09 Jaxx – Springfield, VA*

11/07/09 Crocodile Rock Café – Allentown, PA*

11/08/09 Volume 11 – Raleigh, NC

11/09/09 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA

11/10/09 Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL

11/11/09 AKA Lounge – Orlando, FL (AntiPop Music Festival)

11/13/09 Meridian – Houston, TX

11/14/09 Emo’s – Austin, TX

11/15/09 Ridglea Theatre – Fort Worth (Dallas), TX

11/17/09 The Galaxy Theatre – Santa Ana, CA

11/18/09 The Key Club – Hollywood, CA

11/19/09 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA

11/20/09 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR

11/21/09 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA

11/22/09 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC – CANADA

11/23/09 The Warehouse – Calgary, AB – CANADA

11/24/09 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB – CANADA

11/25/09 The Exchange – Regina, SK – CANADA

11/27/09 The Zoo – Winnipeg, MB – CANADA

11/28/09 Station 4 – St. Paul, MN

11/29/09 House of Blues – Chicago, IL^

11/30/09 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH^

12/01/09 The Opera House – Toronto, ON – CANADA*^

12/02/09 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC – CANADA*^

12/03/09 Le Medley – Montreal, QC – CANADA*^

12/04/09 The Palladium – Worcester, MA*^

12/05/09 Irving Plaza – New York, NY*^

* - w/ Swashbuckle
^ - w/ Ex Deo