Candace Owens is in distress after the cancelled 2024 Australian tour has left around 15,000 ticket holders unlikely to get refunds. Tickets, priced between $95 and $1,500, generated a total of $1.4 million. However, the funds appear to have vanished after promoter Rocksman went into liquidation in December 2025, having exhausted all available money and leaving just 21 Australian cents in its bank account.
Podcast host Candace Owens is still feeling the financial hit of an aborted Australian tour
The 37-year-old conservative commentator’s Australian tour was put on hold and then cancelled after the Australian government refused to give her a visa. The Home Affairs Minister of Australia, Tony Burke, said Owens had the “capacity to incite discord”, as reported by The Guardian. The court said, “The minister found that there was a risk of … [Owens’] controversial views leading to increased hostility and violent or radical action.”
Many expected refunds after the visa denial, but instead were left facing uncertainty. Rocksman’s spokesperson said at that time, “The cancellation, combined with existing tax obligations, created a real risk that the company could enter an insolvent trading period if it continued operating without restructuring,” according to The Guardian.
The company’s liquidator, David Sampson, stated that refunds could not be issued because Rocksman lacked insurance for the tour cancellation and had already used up all available funds. According to Owens’ spokesperson, “Right up until the last day, they were still promising us that refunds were just around the corner,” stated the report by The Blast. “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 [before] it became apparent that their assurances were meaningless,” said the spokesperson of the political commentator,” wrote The Guardian.
The tour’s main sponsor, As Good As Gold, has also claimed it is owed money. The co-director, Jarrad Panes, said the promoter told them the company’s sponsorship would be refunded in 2025. Panes told The Guardian, “It’s like, what have you done with all of this money?”
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