"Thanks to the US this is a non-musical Thread " Absolute nonsense. This was not the fault of the US, but of some puling crybabies.

The orchestra objected to making a 200 mile trip to obtain visas? 200 miles? Less than a five hour drive? What'sa matta dem guys?

They could have driven to London the day before, stayed over one night and bright and early the next day begun the process. Even if they weren't finished until 5:00 PM, they could still have been home before midnight.

And you guys take this seriously? pttuuuii! I'll never again think of you as somehow superior to us.