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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Helen Pidd

German band may have been refused UK entry ‘because they have day jobs’

Members of Trigger Cut
The three-piece from Stuttgart were prevented from playing a seven-date tour of the UK. Photograph: Trigger Cut/Facebook

A German punk rock band that was refused entry to the UK because of “opaque and confusing” post-Brexit rules may have been turned away at the border because they are not full-time professional musicians and have day jobs, the Guardian has learned.

Trigger Cut, a three-piece from Stuttgart, should have been on a seven-date tour of the UK this week, but were refused entry by UK border guards at Calais last Thursday.

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