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Australian musician Keli Holiday of Peking Duk banned from US, pushing girlfriend to apologise over Donald Trump post
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Australian musician Keli Holiday of Peking Duk banned from US, pushing girlfriend to apologise over Donald Trump post

NME·Max Pilley·20 days ago
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Keli Holiday of  Peking Duk  has been banned from the US, leading to an apology from his girlfriend over a post about  Donald Trump . The Australian musician, who is one half of the electro duo, was in the middle of a North American tour, but found himself detained at the US-Canada border on Friday (May 8) when trying to re-enter the States after a show in Toronto. Holiday – real name Adam Hyde – said he was held at the border despite having “the proper visa documentation”, writing on social media that he had “spent all day detained at the Canadian border and denied entry back into the US”. He has subsequently returned home to Australia. On Tuesday (May 12), Holiday’s partner, the podcaster and TV host Abbie Chatfield, posted an apology for a post from last summer that was critical of Trump after speculation that Holiday’s ban could be a result of the post. “A video that I posted a year ago has come back to haunt me, essentially,” Chatfield said.…

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