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There was supposed to be a US tour in the summer of '87. The US record company failed spectacularly in the business of organising our work permits, visas and so forth. I saw some of the correspondence that they sent to the State Department. It would have embarrassed a teenager. Our people in London got on the case, but by the time the problems were sorted, several of the scheduled dates had already passed. It would have been financial suicide to come over for the few remaining dates. So why did the US record company, which had been so helpful in 1986, fail so miserably in 1987? Simple. The label head had sacked everybody at the label who knew what they were doing. He did this cover up the fact that he was asset-stripping the company and trousering all the cash for himself. Bloody shame.
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