UK Orchestra Cancels American Tour Over Visa Costs

Britain’s Halle Orchestra has canceled an impending tour to the US because of the cost of visas. “Managers said yesterday they had cancelled the tour when they realised that the cost of arranging the visas, estimated at £45,000, would render the trip uneconomic. Other agents said rock musicians, also fed up with the process and expense, were refusing to visit the US to work.”