Chris Rudd has been set free after being locked up abroad for over a week in Vietnam. The Billboard charting artist had been banned from entering the United States while playing a few sold-out shows and visiting his girlfriend in Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore. The cause of the travel hold is related to the massive outbreak of the coronavirus even though Chris Rudd was not sick at all, he was forced to extend his trip overseas. The ban almost caused the rescheduling of a massive video shoot set for March 1, 2020, which will shut down an entire bar and lot to turn it into a music video film set.
Chris Rudd has had a very exciting last few months in music, topping number 1 on the I Tunes Reggae charts with his song “Special Love” from World Reggae Unleashed Vol 1, from the famous Amada Records. The same album is also playing on mainstream radio stations currently and will hit the billboard charts soon (stay tuned for a press release on that).
Upon returning home Chris Rudd hopes to get back to work on his craft and the filming of the video for the Reggae classic “Breathe”. The video is being directed by Weston “Ditch” Frey who is creator and partner in their film company “Tales From Venice Productions”. Chris still not sure what he will face upon returning which may include being quarantined for two weeks, but Chris will be happy to be back in the USA. Chris Rudd will release several singles in the next few months as he grows his fan base.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK HAS ARTIST LOCKED UP ABROAD!
Island, wanderlust reggae artist Chris Rudd has been banned from re-entering the United States due to the massive coronavirus outbreak. Chris is in Vietnam, with his girlfriend, recording new music and performing two sold-out shows when the virus struck Southeast Asia. Chris attempted to plan his flight home to the USA for the One Love reggae festival, where he was set to meet up with some of the headliners and be part Ditch’s backstage gifting suite, but his appearance there has been canceled. During the planning with the airline, they informed him that anyone from Asia is banned from entertaining the U.S. and if they do enter the U.S. they are forced into a mandatory, 14-day quarantine on a U.S. Military base. The operator also told him he cannot book a flight into the USA until mid-April 2020, which is over two months away.
Chris Rudd also had a major music video shoot set to go into production in early March which will have to be postponed. Read about the deadly global virus here
Chris Says: “It’s really bad everywhere in Asia. They are spraying people down, they have people everywhere in full hazmat suits, people are being taken to quarantines that aren’t even sick. It’s horrible. I am not sick and my girl isn’t either, yet I cannot return to my home in Venice Beach, California, United States. This is just like a real-life version of the movie “Outbreak”. I. Truly worried about what the next few days, weeks hold. I am literally locked up abroad.”
Chris was offered the option to fly back to the homeland, but then be directly taken to a military quarantine on a military base, for two weeks.
“We are doing everything we can to get Chris back home safely, we even looked into a private jet, but found that still when he landed he would be quarantined with people who may or may not have the virus. We will have to postpone the videos, and live appearances, etc until Chris can arrive without the interference of the U.S. Military,” says Ditch President of Hood And Associates.
Stay tuned for news updates on Chris Rudd on all media outlets or by following @ruddmusic35 or in the event of an Asia media blackout you can get updates from his record label at @hoodassociates on Instagram.
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