Singer Lily Allen has been banned from performing in the US after her work visa was revoked when she was stopped at Los Angeles airport.
The 22-year-old singer was detained at the airport for five hours over her arrest in London in March for an alleged clash with a photographer.
Allen had flown from Australia to the US to attend the MTV Video Music Awards launch in Las Vegas.
A spokesperson for the singer said: "Lily was questioned and her work visa was revoked. She was detained for five hours but not strip searched. Understandably she was upset by it."
Allen told the Daily Mirror that she was trying her best to get a new work visa for her US tour in September.
"I am trying everything I can to sort this out. It is my intention to play my American dates in September. This depends on the authorities granting me a new work visa."
"I want my fans to know that I will do everything I can to be back in America in September. I don't like letting my fans down and this is a situation that I am sure we can sort," she said.
Lily Allen's manager has responded to news that the star has been denied a US visa, calling the reports "rubbish".
Neale Easterby explained that the singer is in fact working in Las Vegas, and has not been denied a visa.
It was reported that Allen was strip searched during a stopover at Los Angeles, after which she was denied a US Visa, banning her from the country.
But Easterby told Billboard: "She's in Las Vegas right now. She will be there until Thursday shooting a video with Common and Kanye West for Common's track 'Drivin' Me Wild'."
Easterby went on to confirm that Allen would be back in the US next month for her scheduled tour dates.
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