Thousands of Australians who bought tickets to Candace Owens’ cancelled tour reportedly will not receive refunds, while the conservative commentator says she is also down “hundreds of thousands” of dollars following the failed event.
Owens’ planned 2024 Australian tour was first delayed and then cancelled after the Australian Government refused to grant her a visa.
At the time, Immigration Minister Tony Burke said Owens had the “capacity to incite discord”.
Owens challenged the decision in the High Court but lost in October.
According to The Guardian, Owens’ Australian promoter, Rocksman, promised refunds to ticket holders in 2025 before the company folded in December.
One of the tour’s sponsors, Turning Point Australia head Joel Jammal, told the publication he believed around 15,000 tickets had been sold, with prices ranging from $95 to $1,500.
If accurate, that would mean the tour brought in at least $1.4 million.
However, Rocksman’s liquidator reportedly found the company collapsed with just 21 cents in its bank account and no insurance.
As a result, refunds for the cancelled tour are not possible for Owens, Australian ticket holders, or other creditors, according to the liquidator’s statutory report to creditors, filed with ASIC in March and reported by The Guardian.
Owens says she is also owed money
A spokesperson for Owens said the commentator is also owed “hundreds of thousands” following the cancelled Australian tour.
“Candace’s team ended up paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills, as well as providing numerous loans to Rocksman to make refunds [but] it became apparent that their assurances were meaningless,” the spokesperson said.
“Right up until the last day [before the liquidation], they were still promising us that refunds were just around the corner.”
“Australia is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else”
Owens has more than five million subscribers on YouTube and has become one of the most prominent right-wing commentators in the United States.
In recent years, she has publicly fallen out with Donald Trump and has also been sued for defamation by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, after repeatedly alleging that Brigitte Macron is secretly a trans woman.
Owens has frequently targeted the transgender rights movement in her commentary, describing it as “actually Satanic”, “clinically insane”, and “one of the most dangerous” things ever.
In 2020, she went viral after suggesting the US military should “deploy” and invade Australia to free the country from “suffering under a totalitarian regime” during the Covid pandemic.
In 2024, Immigration Minister Tony Burke refused Owens a visa on the grounds that her presence could incite discord and was not in Australia’s national interest.
“From downplaying the impact of the Holocaust through to claims that Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction,” Burke said at the time.
“Australia’s national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else.”
For thousands of Australian ticket holders, however, the fallout from the cancelled tour is not only political. It is now financial, with the promoter’s collapse leaving them unlikely to recover their money.
Candace Owens’ Cancelled Australian Tour Leaves Ticket Holders Without Refunds
Thousands of Australians who bought tickets to Candace Owens’ cancelled tour reportedly will not receive refunds, while the conservative commentator says she is also down “hundreds of thousands” of dollars following the failed event.
Owens’ planned 2024 Australian tour was first delayed and then cancelled after the Australian Government refused to grant her a visa.
At the time, Immigration Minister Tony Burke said Owens had the “capacity to incite discord”.
Owens challenged the decision in the High Court but lost in October.
According to The Guardian, Owens’ Australian promoter, Rocksman, promised refunds to ticket holders in 2025 before the company folded in December.
One of the tour’s sponsors, Turning Point Australia head Joel Jammal, told the publication he believed around 15,000 tickets had been sold, with prices ranging from $95 to $1,500.
If accurate, that would mean the tour brought in at least $1.4 million.
However, Rocksman’s liquidator reportedly found the company collapsed with just 21 cents in its bank account and no insurance.
As a result, refunds for the cancelled tour are not possible for Owens, Australian ticket holders, or other creditors, according to the liquidator’s statutory report to creditors, filed with ASIC in March and reported by The Guardian.
Owens says she is also owed money
A spokesperson for Owens said the commentator is also owed “hundreds of thousands” following the cancelled Australian tour.
“Candace’s team ended up paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills, as well as providing numerous loans to Rocksman to make refunds [but] it became apparent that their assurances were meaningless,” the spokesperson said.
“Right up until the last day [before the liquidation], they were still promising us that refunds were just around the corner.”
“Australia is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else”
Owens has more than five million subscribers on YouTube and has become one of the most prominent right-wing commentators in the United States.
In recent years, she has publicly fallen out with Donald Trump and has also been sued for defamation by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, after repeatedly alleging that Brigitte Macron is secretly a trans woman.
Owens has frequently targeted the transgender rights movement in her commentary, describing it as “actually Satanic”, “clinically insane”, and “one of the most dangerous” things ever.
In 2020, she went viral after suggesting the US military should “deploy” and invade Australia to free the country from “suffering under a totalitarian regime” during the Covid pandemic.
In 2024, Immigration Minister Tony Burke refused Owens a visa on the grounds that her presence could incite discord and was not in Australia’s national interest.
“From downplaying the impact of the Holocaust through to claims that Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction,” Burke said at the time.
“Australia’s national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else.”
For thousands of Australian ticket holders, however, the fallout from the cancelled tour is not only political. It is now financial, with the promoter’s collapse leaving them unlikely to recover their money.
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