Bad Lieutenant Cancel Upcoming U.S. Dates

Nov 12, 2009 at 5:13 pm.

In another attack of the U.S. customs – Echo and the Bunnymen recently went through similar hardships – Bad Lieutenant will be unable to perform at their upcoming dated shows due to visa issues concerning frontman Bernard Sumner.

In a statement responding to the situation, Sumner had this to say: “We were all so very excited about coming to the States to play our new music for our American fans and are extremely disappointed that on this occasion, we won’t have the opportunity to do so. We plan to reschedule the Chicago and New York shows along with some additional U.S. dates in Spring 2010.”

That also ultimately means that the Pixies will have to find a new opener for their November 21st and 23rd shows in New York.