Según la sección de noticias del último número de The Wire, la cancelación de la gira de Konono No1 se debió a lo siguiente:

Congolese groups Konono No 1 and The Kasai Allstars (who have recently released a new album, In the 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And Ate The Head Of His Enemy) have been forced to cancel their European summer tour. As the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not currently issuing passports, the groups applied for and were granted diplomatic passports by the Congolese Ministry of Culture, but were then unable to attain the required visas in time.