AP/ February 11, 2009, 5:08 PM

Snoop Dogg, "Diddy" Cancel British Tour

A truck plows through standing water on Ft. Caroline Road, just west of St. Johns Bluff Road, on Monday, May, 28, 2012 in Jacksonville, Fla. as Tropical Storm Beryl blew through town. (AP Photo/Florida Times-Union, Bruce Lipsky)

A truck plows through standing water on Ft. Caroline Road, just west of St. Johns Bluff Road, on Monday, May, 28, 2012 in Jacksonville, Fla. as Tropical Storm Beryl blew through town. (AP Photo/Florida Times-Union, Bruce Lipsky) / Bruce Lipsky

Snoop Dogg and Sean "Diddy" Combs were forced to scrap a tour of Britain after authorities denied Dogg a visa, according to a statement Tuesday.

The duo, currently on a European tour, had been expected to play five dates in Britain.

"With late notice of Snoop being denied a visa, time has ran out and it is too late reconfigure the show," the statement said.

Tour organizers had said the concerts, starting with one at London's Wembley Arena on Wednesday, would go ahead without Dogg.

British Home Office rules state that foreign citizens can be barred from entering the country if there were concerns about their presence.

In April 2006, Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, and five other men were arrested on charges of violent disorder and starting a brawl, and spent the night in jail after trouble flared when some in the rapper's party were denied entry to British Airways' first-class lounge at Heathrow Airport.

Seven officers received minor injuries mainly cuts and bruises and one suffered a fracture to the hand.

Dogg, 35, was previously barred from entering Britain in May 2006.
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dgshiner says:
See this is the very ish I am talking about other countries will denies American to come to their country but we let everyone in and then ontop of it feed them clothe them let them stage demonstrations and other various Bs!!!!! Also we put up with their BS, but when Americans are denied nobody give a care my question is why do we? And as for the violence they have not did anymore than any of the rest of their citizens or is it because these two are Black men??????
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