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The Black Lips vs. India: 1-0
Dear fans,
Unfortunately, we have had to flee the country of India due to
having our whole tour canceled and having to escape being held by
police for indecent exposure during our most rawkus set in Chennai at
the Campus Rock Idol showcase.
After the fiasco, which the kids seemed to like, the financial
backers of the event were furious and threw us off the tour. They tried
to get security to restrain us until the Tamil police arrived. We
locked the door while they were kicking and banging on it. Meanwhile,
we slipped out the other emergency exit.
When we got to the hotel our tour guide informed us that the that
the Campus Rock Idols sponsors were pressing charges and that the
police would make their arrest. At that point our tour driver informed
us we would have to drive six hours to get to the next town and cross
state lines where we would be out of the Tamil authorities
jurisdiction, because apparently the jail in Chennai is no joke. Word
on the street said that it was teeming with tuberculosis, violence and
live maggots so instead of risking going there we fled the scene. The
drive ended up taking 10 hours because of a horrific accident on the
road. We were also informed that all of the shows on our tour had been
canceled effectively fucking all funds for the trip. This was a
cultural clashing shit storm.
When we got to the next hotel a mysterious man and someone who
worked for our Indian booking agency tried to run off with our
passports they got to the car when we caught them. That's when our
VBS.tv documentarian Rob went postal on them. We surrounded them until
they gave back our passports. After that we booked the first flight to
Berlin to instead work with another Indian, King Khan, on an upcoming
EP. We are flying out as soon as sunrise hits this far away land and we
have to have the US embassy's phone number on hand in case any more
troubleshit starts popping at the airport or something. We would like
to thank the four Hindi speaking tour guides, and Rana Ghose for
helping us get through these enormous trials and tribulations, and for
future reference we really enjoyed the people of India and we hope
western rock bands will be able to tour there in the future.
- The Black Lips
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