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All Axel Willner (aka the Field) wanted to do was come to America for a little bit, make everybody Go Sublime, and then peace out back to Sweden. But United States immigration officials had other ideas.

They didn't like the looks of Willner's new touring band, so they have barred the band members and all of their gear from entering the country. A gearless, bandless Field has been forced to cancel his entire tour, including tonight's stop at Skidmore College and his set at Coachella on Sunday. (We believe the tour's two Canadian shows have also been canceled.)

Thanks to Clay B from Skidmore for the heads up.

Willner offered this apology: "I'm truly sad to inform that my West Coast tour has been cancelled. My band didn't get into the country and I feel that I can't perform as interesting as I need to without them. Hopefully we'll be back on the East Coast pretty soon without any problems and do the new set up that I hope people will appreciate. My biggest apology goes out to all the people that were looking forward as much as us to attend the shows that were planned. Next time."

Not your fault, dude!

One hopes things get cleared up before Willner heads back over the pond for the Mutek festival in Montreal at the end of May. That East Coast tour that Willner mentioned is being lined up for June.

The Field's UK and European dates are still all on as scheduled.

The Field:

04-25 Saratoga Springs, NY - Skidmore College
04-27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
04-30 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
05-01 Portland, OR - Holocene
05-02 Seattle, WA - Nectar Lounge
05-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Open Studios
05-04 Victoria, British Columbia - Red Jacket Lounge
05-18 Minehead, England - Butlins Holiday Centre (Explosions in the Sky ATP)
05-31 Montreal, Quebec - Mutek Festival *
06-03 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
06-04 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
06-06 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B !
06-07 Allston, MA - Great Scott
06-13 Athens, Greece - Synch Festival
06-19-21 Barcelona, Spain - Sonar Festival
07-05 Stevenage, England - Wild in the Country Festival
07-25 Oulu, Finland - Qstock
08-09 London, England - Victoria Park (Field Day)

* with Carl Craig, Chloe, Nôze, Kode9, Quiet Village
! with Four Tet, the Glimmers, Young Knives