Black Lips were apparently chased out of India by police after a particularly eventful performance in Chennai. The city is the fourth biggest city in the country and the band was playing at the Sir Mutha Venkata Subbarao Concert Hall when the incident occurred.

According to a report from the band, the reason for the controversy and tour cancellation was the band's "indecent exposure. " They explained it:

After the fiasco, which the kids seemed to like, the financial backers of the event were furious and threw us off the tour. They tried to get security to restrain us until the Tamil police arrived. We locked the door while they were kicking and banging on it. Meanwhile, we slipped out the other emergency exit.

When we got to the hotel our tour guide informed us that the that the Campus Rock Idols sponsors were pressing charges and that the police would make their arrest

At that point our tour driver informed us we would have to drive six hours to get to the next town and cross state lines where we would be out of the Tamil authorities jurisdiction, because apparently the jail in Chennai is no joke. Word on the street said that it was teeming with tuberculosis, violence and live maggots so instead of risking going there we fled the scene.