Australian Musician Keli Holiday Barred from US, Cuts North America Tour Short

An Australian musician cut short his North America tour after US officials banned him from re-entering the country, leading his girlfriend to apologize for an online post about Donald Trump.

Keli Holiday, whose real name is Adam Hyde and who performs as one half of the electronic duo Peking Duk, had completed several shows in the US before traveling to Toronto, Canada.

Last Friday, he attempted to return for a gig in New York but was detained at the border despite having the proper visa documentation, Holiday said.

On Tuesday, his partner, TV host Abbie Chatfield, apologized for a July 2025 post critical of Trump, noting that Holiday had not been aware of it.

"I have spent all day detained at the Canadian border and denied entry back into the US despite having the proper visa documentation in place," he wrote on social media. "I'm still trying to get clarity on the situation myself."

Chatfield said she wanted to apologize for a video she posted last year following online speculation that it might have caused Holiday's ban.

In the video, she had discussed Luigi Mangione, the US man who allegedly shot dead Brian Thompson, head of UnitedHealthcare, in December 2024.

Mangione faces state and federal trials later this year for the alleged murder.

"A video that I posted a year ago has come back to haunt me, essentially," Chatfield said on Tuesday, soon after Holiday returned home to Australia.

Chatfield said her old video had been misinterpreted and that she had not called for any political violence against Donald Trump.

"I also want to make it clear Adam hadn't even seen this video, so any vitriol toward him is unwarranted," she said in the 10-minute video.