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Das Racist Denied Entry Into UK, Detained & Deported

12:08 p.m. · December 14, 2010 · by Andrew Martin

So you're trying to tell me, the United Kingdom, that you denied Das Racist from entering your country after they appeared on so many of our year-end lists?! OK, maybe Prefix-fame isn't enough for you guys to appreciate the guys enough to let them in, but did you have to detain them for eight hours? And then you shipped them back to Switzerland, thereby forcing Das Racist to cancel their show at the Cargo in London last night? Damn, that's cold.

Here's what the group wrote about the ordeal on their blog:

Yesterday, because of some sticklerism on the part of UK Customs regarding paperwork, we were denied entry, detained for 8+ hours in the airport, and deported back to Switzerland.

 

We were held in a room with books, prayer rug and compass, television and remote, and these horrible sandwiches (cheese and onion, egg and cress, etc.). Also, “digestive biscuits’ along with Walker’s crisps (Salt & Vinegar, Salt).

 

We were there with two Iranian men, a Brazilian woman who spoke only Arabic and an Indian man with a student visa who couldn’t speak a lick of English. Our people!

 

Sorry to everybody who was planning on coming to Cargo last night, it was a show and city we were all incredibly excited for and it was a shame yr govvy doesn’t like us! Because of our POLITICAL VIEWS! We’ll be back soon, maybe we’ll leave the airport next time.

You can see the detention papers at the Das Racistwebsite.

[Consequence of Sound]