No refunds for 15,000 Australian ticket holders after Candace Owens' tour cancelled

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

No refunds for 15,000 Australian ticket holders after Candace Owens’ tour cancelled

Rightwing commentator says she is hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket and claims she was misled by promoter Rocksman

Luca Ittimani
Sat 23 May 2026 21.00 BST
Last modified on Sat 23 May 2026 21.01 BST

None of the 15,000 ticket holders for conservative influencer Candace Owens’ cancelled Australian tour are expected to get their money back from the promoter, after it spent all its money then collapsed.

Owens herself says she is hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket and claims she was misled by the promoter, Rocksman, a company with links to the influential conservative lobby group Turning Point Australia.

Rocksman collapsed with just 21 Australian cents in its bank account and will never refund Owens, her Australian ticket holders or other creditors, according to its liquidator’s statutory report to creditors, filed with Asic and dated 3 March.

Owens is a rightwing commentator who has since had a public falling out with Donald Trump.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/24/candace-owens-tour-cancelled-australia-no-ticket-refunds-ntwnfb

[marble falls]

1. Now if I could only find my violin. I hope they both get soaked.

[SheltieLover]

4. Here you go...

[marble falls]

6. Maybe a cowbell, too?

[SheltieLover]

7. Best I can do...

[marble falls]

8. It'll do just fine.

[SheltieLover]

9. I favor the headphones as they block out the magat bs

[WestMichRad]

2. How very Trumpian of them.

[Faux pas]

3. Boo hoo

NOT.

[jrthin]

5. Couldn't happen to nicer people. Boo-effing-hoo.

[RockRaven]

10. My only wish would be that everyone named in that story lost money and is miserable

( Owens, the ticket buyers, TP Aus, and "Rocksman" that is) but the money had to go somewhere, so it seems unlikely.

[Mister Ed]

11. Wait, wut? You mean there are 15,000 Australians who would pay money to hear her speak?

That's really surprising.