Jesu forced to cancel 9 dates of first-ever US tour

Man, your first US tour ever, and you have to cancel the first 9 dates of the tour due to inept US work permit policies. That sucks. According to Justin Broadrick's (Jesu) blog, they're unfortunately waiting for their US work permits to be approved before they can head over to the states to start touring. (Update: Pitchfork announced today: "Justin K. Broadrick and co. have just secured the visas and will make their U.S. debut on March 5 in Orlando.") That's good news for the folks whose cities they'll be visiting on and after that date, and just plain sucks for those whose dates were canceled. No replacement dates have been scheduled as of yet.

Jesu's revised tour schedule:

02-22 San Diego, CA - Casbah * (canceled)
02-23 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse * (canceled)
02-24 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad * (canceled)
02-26 Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory * (canceled)
02-27 Fort Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater * (canceled)
02-28 Austin, TX - Emo's Alternative Lounging * (canceled)
03-01 Houston, TX - Numbers * (canceled)
03-02 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon * (canceled)
03-03 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Lounge * (canceled)
03-05 Orlando, FL - The Social *
03-08 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *
03-09 Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall *
03-10 Richmond, VA - Alley Katz *
03-11 Washington, DC - 930 Club *
03-13 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts *
03-14 New York, NY - Irving Plaza *
03-15 Austin, TX - Emo's (SXSW)
03-16 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-17 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East (Downstairs) *#
03-18 Montreal, Quebec - Theatre National *#
03-19 Ottawa, Ontario - Barrymore's *#
03-20 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House *#
03-21 Detroit, MI - St Andrews Hall *#
03-22 Chicago, IL - Metro *#
03-25 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club *# 03-26 Iowa City, IA - The Picador *#
03-27 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre *#
03-28 Denver, CO - Marquis Theater *#
03-30 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *#
04-01 Boise, ID - The Big Easy *#
04-02 Spokane, WA - The Big Easy *#
04-03 Seattle, WA - Neumos *#
04-04 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre *#
04-06 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club *#
04-08 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre *#

* with Isis
# with Zozobra