Not her fault. A lot of people make this mistake; a coworker of mine was driving down into the states (from Canada) to run a training course for a company. The customs officials asked him what his business was in the states, and the sentence he replied with happened to contain the word "work."

After ten hours of sitting in a room he was turned back, and we had to fly someone else down to teach the course. Moral: when you're asked why you're visiting a country, do NOT reply with anything that could be (intentionally) misinterpreted as "to find work."

More excited and naive really. Main reason was a holiday, going along to sing in a small pub was only an added bonus, non paid.

That's Stockholm Syndrome talking. You're standing up for evil. Be ashamed, and change your tune. Really.

Gracious no. I'm the last person to stand up for bully-boy customs officials. But in this case a professional singer is coming here to sing. Sorry, but I really, really think they are doing their job correctly for once.