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🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘May 18, 2025

LORD BUFFALO Drummer Detained By Customs & Border Patrol Allegedly Due To Violating Restraining Order

https://metalinjection.net/in-the-news/lord-buffalo-drummer-detained-by-customs-border-patrol-allegedly-due-to-violating-restraining-order

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LORD BUFFALO Drummer Detained By Customs & Border Patrol Allegedly Due To Violating Restraining Order - Metal Injection

It's reported that Lord Buffalo drummer's detainment was not due to his immigration status.

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Metal Insider May 16, 2025

Lord Buffalo drummer Yamal Said detained before European tour; band cancels dates amid uncertainty:

#LordBuffalo #TourCanceled #TexasRock

Link: https://metalinsider.net/news/lord-buffalo-drummer-yamal-said-detained-before-european-tour-band-cancels-dates-amid-uncertainty

Lord Buffalo drummer Yamal Said detained; tour canceled

Lord Buffalo's Yamal Said was forcibly removed from a flight to Europe by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at DFW International Airport earlier this week.

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Mark Taylor May 16, 2025

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️May 15, 2025

"Said has been an #Austin resident since the 1980s... employed ...at the #Texas School for the Blind... part of #LordBuffalo for the past 8 years.

The psychedelic sludge-blues quartet had been preparing for an eight-date #European tour... they were flying through #Dallas Fort Worth International Airport... when Said, who is a Mexican citizen with a green card, was "forcibly removed from our flight to Europe by Customs and Border Patrol.""
https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2025-05-14/lord-buffalo-drummer-yamal-said-a-legal-u-s-resident-detained-by-border-patrol/

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Lord Buffalo Drummer Yamal Said, a Legal U.S. Resident, Detained by Border Patrol

Band cancels tour to concentrate on bandmate's safety, freedom

McDonald_69 May 15, 2025

Yamal Said, drummer of the Austin, Texas-based rock band Lord Buffalo, was forcibly removed from a plane and detained by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on Monday while en route to the band's European tour.

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/lord-buffalo-drummer-detained-by-border-patrol-1236397990/

#USA #LordBuffalo #music

Lord Buffalo Drummer Detained by Border Patrol

Yamal Said, Lord Buffalo's drummer and a legal permanent U.S. resident, was removed from a plane by Border Patrol and has been detained for two days.

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Nonilex May 14, 2025

The drummer for #Austin, #Texas metal band #LordBuffalo, who is a #legal #GreenCard holder, was seized by #ICE off of a plane as the band was departing for a European tour. His current whereabouts are unknown.

#immigration #law #Trump #StateSponsoredAbduction
https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/05/14/lord-buffalo-forced-to-cancel-european-tour-after-u-s-border-police-detained-their-drummer/