Superstar R. Kelly, who is presently out on bail, appeared in court in Chicago on Monday (April 14) to ask a judge for permission to travel to Barstow, California for 12 days to shoot a new video. The singer was ordered to pay another $250,000 in bail in addition to the $750,000 already posted in order to leave the jurisdiction.

Kelly will leave Chicago on April 27 and is tentatively scheduled to shoot the video for "Snake" from May 1-4. The singer must check in daily with authorities in Chicago while away.

Kelly is currently awaiting trial in Illinois's Cook County on 21 counts of child pornography, with the charges relating to a videotape that allegedly shows the singer engaged in sex acts with a minor. He also faces child-pornography charges pending against him in Florida, stemming from photographs authorities say they found on his digital camera.

The singer is due back in court on May 29