Found this on Yahoo.jp for what it's worth. And of course google translated it but I'll leave the link as well.
X JAPAN, SUGIZO not going to visit the US festival of this month too difficult to apply for visa "Bet on opportunity until the end"
X JAPAN · SUGIZO (right end), possibility of not going to festival in the US
It is highly likely that X JAPAN guitarist · SUGIZO will not be able to appear in the large-scale rice festival "Coachella Music and Arts Festival" that the band will participate in on the 14th (local time) I understood that on the 6th. SUGIZO and leader YOSHIKI explained on the same day, according to the interview of ORICON NEWS, the circumstances of the situation to the fans because processing of visa application is difficult.
10th and 11th out of sunglasses playing on the piano it is said to be the outpost of the same festival "Resurrection 10th anniversary celebration X JAPAN LIVE 2018 US Festival just before the event PREMIUM GIGS ~ YOSHIKI Night of resurrection ~ "Will be held at Tokyo · Zepp DiverCity. Yoshiki, who overcame last year's cervical spinal injury, played a full stage drum revival, was supposed to get on California with five members.
Interview at the beginning "Suspected that there is a possibility that Coachella will not be in time for a visa application in the absence of processing," SUGIZO said. Although the procedure will proceed until the date of departure from 12th to 13th, the possibility that the appearance on the 14th will not be over has increased.
It is said that Yoshiki had grasped this problem the day before, and we will hold an urgent meeting on the 7th today to discuss countermeasures with other members. Regarding the stage where SUGIZO can not appear, YOSHIKI said, "Because performance is not a twin guitar, I think that the worst will be supporting guitarists."
SUGIZO for the fans waiting at the site "I myself have not given up yet on the way to the United States, so I am trying to bet on the opportunity to the end, but since the only part of the visa problem is that this thing does not progress so much ..." Explicitly explain the situation. "In the case of asking for a support guitar at the worst possible time, if you think positively, I think that there is also a part saying" I can see a special X JAPAN that can only be seen on that day ", so I'm happy if you can positively consider it. Well, I will do my best as a current X JAPAN. "
Meanwhile, YOSHIKI bitterly smiles "It is lightly panicking" to this problem that occurred as much as he could with his body for returning to the drum. "Since SUGIZO's existence is really big, if you come to support, you will need a huge amount of work to tell (support members) the fine nuance of his performance.The maximum is also cooperating with SUGIZO as much as possible I want to receive it. "
Also, when you ask about the state of recovery of the anxious body, "It is not in a state that you can hit the drum perfectly yet, so it's harder than thinking how far you can drive yourself in the past few days. I can not do any rhythm by moving it, so it's like I'm doing a completely different musical instrument, "he confessed. Still, "In terms of the stage overseas, Coachella is the biggest opportunity given to the band, so if it does it is going to raise a whirlwind in the field," he said, looking at the big stage in the world with undestroyed words.
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180406-00000384-oric-ent