The United Kingdom is showing no love to rap entertainer Snoop Doggy Dog. The UK leg of the P Diddy/Snoop Dogg tour has been cancelled due to the refusal to give Snoop a visa. The shows were called off after "credible behind the scenes efforts were made, to no avail, to reverse the decision," a tour spokesperson said.

Snoop Dogg had hoped the government would reconsider his visa, after he said he was promoting a message of non-violence to children and would make a donation to an anti-violence charity.

In an interview with MTV in Amsterdam, Snoop Dogg - whose real name is Calvin Broadus - expressed his frustration at the UK authorities' late decision to deny him a visa.

"They knew I was coming six, seven weeks ago, so they could have denied me access then," he said. "I cannot control my past - me being an ex-gang member, ex-drug dealer - but I know how to do what's right, how to turn my life around."

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