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In the high court last year, Mr Justice Simon dismissed Belhaj's claim, citing the "foreign act of state doctrine".

Lawyers for Straw and the government's security and intelligence agencies claim they should be protected by the so-called "foreign act of state doctrine".

These are early days, but many music fans are grateful that Vietnam is no longer stuck in a time when the band Air Supply was the only foreign act to visit.

Swedish Pop Duo Another foreign act trying to build an American following in advance of its first full-length album is Icona Pop, an exuberant electro-pop duo from Sweden.

Challenging the government's deployment of the foreign act of state doctrine, Kaufmann said the conduct of both British and foreign states was routinely used as evidence in both asylum and extradition cases both in the UK and overseas.

While in the past it may have been fashionable for countries to occasionally open the door to a foreign act, now we're all connected on Twitter, Facebook and social networks 24/7.

Cowell said: "We do attract more foreign acts and they are welcome.

But most of the foreign acts coming to the country remain a grab-bag of smaller, interesting acts, coaxed over by passionate expats.

Now they sign foreign acts and break them globally, sell records at gigs, and have capitalised on the growing niche demand for vinyl records.

"It takes a longer time and one needs to navigate through different departments," said Goh Ching Lee, director of Culture Link, a Singapore-based advisory firm looking to introduce foreign acts to China.

When they do visit these shores, their profile is roughly on a par with other foreign acts who are punted as "The Russian Britney" but who only really play to expats in London theatres.