Grant and I (QuickSilver) made a lightning visit to Canada at the end of September which was intended to be the start of a three week tour of North America taking in Michigan Illinois New York State Pennsylvania and Maryland as well as Ontario and Alberta. Sadly, although we toured almost identical gigs last year with a US work visa we were, this year deemed 'not culturally unique enough'(!?) - the major criterion for touring in the States - and the visa was denied without enough time left to appeal before we were due to fly out. Grant was, understandably, unwilling to risk working over there without the requisite work permit and so basically our tour was stuffed, we had to cancel the US gigs and could only apologise profusely to all the fans and venue organisers who were as upset and inconvenienced as we were. So I'm very sorry that you missed Grant's amazing CULTURALLY UNIQUE guitar technique and brilliant songs and hope you will get in touch with me at hilaryspencer@f2s.com to subscribe to QuickSilver's email list and we'll be glad to keep you informed of any developments in future. Hilary