punk takes on Trump

[eFestivals]

... and loses.

Still quite amusing tho ... here's the press release about it....

-  Punk takes on Trump regime!  -Peter Bywaters questioned over mocking the president during German 'Presidential Tour 2016' -Refused entry into the US & sent back to UK.     Peter Bywaters, singer of legendary Punk Rock icons 'Peter and The Test Tube Babies' was refused entry  and then subsequently interrogated on  Friday 28th of July at  San Francisco  airport.  Instead of playing the following day at the Punk Invasion Festival in Santa Ana, Orange County, Bywaters was put on a plane back to London. During the course of his 6 hour interrogation at  the hands of  CBP ( Customs and Border Protection) officers, he was confronted with photos and videos of himself dressed as President Donald Trump from his last German Tour, PRESIDENTIAL TOUR  2016, where Bywaters was particularly  scathing about Trump and US-Politics in general.  Watch footage from that notorious tour here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VizTS3IMMpk His passport and phone were taken, he was finger printed, DNA swabbed , photographed and forced to make a sworn statement before being escorted to his seat on the plane. During the 11 hour flight home he was denied any alcohol. When he asked why, he was told that  “It is United Airlines policy to refuse alcohol to deportees on all of our flights.” Back in London Bywaters got his phone and passport back. Peter And The Test Tube Babies played the festival with the help of guest vocalists; Joey - Narcoleptic Youth, Ron - Lower Class Brats, Gabe - Oi Scouts and Mike - Blank 77. Bywaters states “A US-Tour or festival will never ever happen again!”  Peter and The Test Tube Babies new album 'That Shallot' will be released on September 15th via Nuclear Blast imprint label Arising Empire. It's the band's first new album since 2004. On September 1st,  they will release their new single 'Crap Californian Punk Band'  featuring Lars Frederiksen from Rancid. Catch Peter and The Test Tube Babies at Rebellion Festival in Blackpool today or at an upcoming UK show: Tour-dates as follows: Aug 3rd – Rebellion Festival, Blackpool   http://www.rebellionfestivals.com/tickets Sept 29th – Stoke, Venue 11  https://allevents.in/stoke-on-trent/peter-and-the-test-tube-babies-cretin-77-tear-up-terminal-rage-tickets-%C2%A310-advance/269955776797929 Sept 30th- North East Calling, Sunderland.  https://www.ents24.com/festival/north-east-calling/4913049 Oct 1st – Manchester. Venue TBC. Oct 6th – London, 100 Club  https://www.wegottickets.com/100club/event/384760 Oct 7th – The Great British Alternative Festival, Skegness  https://www.butlins.com/sw/BSearch.do?sessionId=28886FA9-00C8-4868-AC81-AC638BEB778F&extId=A141E740000015D4158CB4000000B8A&vacationLength=3-3&ship=SK&departureFrom.date=10%2F06%2F2017 Nov 4th – Midlands Calling - Wolverhampton, Wulfrun hall. https://www.ents24.com/festival/midlands-calling-2017/4954915 Nov 24th – Southampton, Talking Heads  http://www.seetickets.com/event/peter-the-test-tube-babies/talking-heads/1056623 Nov 25th – Ramsgate, Elephant & Castle   Dec 29th – Brighton, The Prince Albert   https://afterdark.co/events/brighton/the-prince-albert/peter-and-the-test-tube-babies--support Dec 30th – London, New Cross Inn   http://www.wegottickets.com/event/392894    PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES is: Peter Bywaters | vocals Derek "Del" Greening | guitar Nick Abnett | bass Sam Fuller | drums www.facebook.com/PeterAndTheTestTubeBabies | http://www.testtubebabies.co.uk | www.arising-empire.com

 

[Gnomicide]

I read about this earlier, the US authorities are saying he just had the wrong visa, good bit of publicity for them though. I saw them a few months back at North West Calling and was pleasantly surprised as to how good they were.