Aussie Musician Detained, Barred From US

An Australian musician says his US tour just hit a bureaucratic wall—and some are blaming his girlfriend's social media history. Adam Hyde, who performs under the name Keli Holiday as one half of electronic duo Peking Duk, says he was detained at the US-Canada border on Friday and blocked from re-entering the US for a New York show, despite holding what he described as valid visa paperwork. He wrote on social media that he spent all day in custody and is still trying to understand why he was turned away, per the BBC.

The mystery quickly fused with politics. On Tuesday, his partner, Australian podcaster and TV host Abbie Chatfield, issued a public apology for a video she posted in 2025 that discussed the murder case against Luigi Mangione. Chatfield says people had misinterpreted a "poorly aimed joke" as encouraging political violence against President Trump, though she denies mentioning him, per the Independent and 7News. She insists there is "no clear reason" for Hyde's ban, stressing that he'd never even seen the video. Hyde, who had performed in Los Angeles before traveling to Toronto for a gig last week, has since returned to Australia.