Newfoundland-based singer/songwriter Allison Crowe and two of her bandmates didn’t realize they needed something called a Certificate Of Sponsorship in order to tour Britain, which ended up getting them deported home.

Crowe, guitarist Billy Woods and drummer Laurent Boucher were immediately submitted to questioning after they landed at Gatwick Airport, just south of London, England, on May 19. Their passports were taken and Crowe told CBC News they were locked in a holding cell for three hours.

“Then they fingerprinted and photographed us and three hours later, roughly, trucked us over in a paddywagon to another building. And that’s where we were kept for the remainder of the day, where we were interrogated and searched.”

They were released six hours later and required to return to Canada.