“We would much rather come to Australia when it isn’t surrounded in controversy. I love my fans there and hopefully I’ll be back soon. Don’t do drugs,” said Tyler in a newly released statement.
While it is unclear whether the cancellation is related to his visa application, the announcement comes after a long term campaign from women’s rights group Collective Shout petitioned to have the rapper denied entry to the country.
At the time of publication, Collective Shout’s letter to immigration minister Peter Dutton to bar Tyler from Australia for “advocating rape and extreme violence against women,” holds 2,114 signatures.
The controversial musician has previously been banned by the New Zealand government in a similar instance for reportedly posing “a threat or risk to public order or the public interest”.
