Australian musician Keli Holiday has been forced to cancel the final show of his US tour after being denied entry at the Canadian border. Holiday, who performs solo and as part of electronic duo Peking Duk, said he was detained for an entire day despite having proper visa documentation.
In a social media post on Tuesday, Holiday explained: “Unfortunately I’m not going to make it to tonight’s show at Baby’s All Right in NYC. I have spent all day detained at the Canadian border and denied entry back into the U.S. despite having the proper visa documentation in place.” He had already performed in Los Angeles and Toronto before the planned New York finale.
A representative for Holiday confirmed he has returned to Australia, but declined further comment. The incident follows his girlfriend Abbie Chatfield’s apology for an old social media post about Donald Trump. Chatfield, a TV star and podcast host, had shared a video in July 2025 about Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Chatfield described the video as “a (very bad) joke” and said she deleted it as soon as she saw how it was being interpreted. She added that her boyfriend “hadn’t even seen this video”. The post came amid heightened US scrutiny of foreign visitors’ social media, with new rules requiring applicants to provide all handles used in the past five years.
