Not ones to usually court controversy, “freak-hop” duo CocoRosie have announce via their MySpace page that they have been forced to cancel the rest of their tour dates as they have been arrested.

The message, which gives no further details, has now been removed, further adding to the confusion, but we have managed to salvage it for you. See if you can work it out:

Dear loves
we are so sorry to announce that we cannot play the rest of the us tour dates
the band got arrested, thats all i can say
we love you all
we are playing a free show in New York on may 19th
please come if you can
we are crying
say a prayer for our band
love
Sierra and Bianca
later…

Planned European dates are still to go ahead, including five UK shows. Dates below:

12 Jun: Komedia, Brighton
13 Jun: Trent University, Nottingham
14 Jun: The Anson Room, Bristol
15 Jun: The Arches, Glasgow
16 Jun: Academy 2, Manchester