R. Kelly’s plans to tour Australia may have already hit a snag.
Shortly after the controversial singer, 52, announced plans to tour Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, the tweet teasing the shows was deleted.
Though the deleted tweet had no concrete info aside from the names of the three countries, the singer added “See y’all soon!”
While it’s unclear what the status of the tour is, it provoked anger and concern among fans and even politicians.
Because of allegations of sexual abuse surrounding the singer, Shayne Neumann, the Labor Party’s shadow minister for immigration and border protection in Australia, suggested his party would support Kelly being denied a visa, according to UK paper The Independent.
“Labor strongly supports the refusal or cancellation of visas of non-citizens on character or criminal grounds,” he said in a statement. “Labor would be seriously concerned if immigration minister David Coleman would allow an individual such as R Kelly into Australia.”
The country has previously denied visas to Chris Brown and Floyd Mayweather, the paper reported.
Although Kelly has long been trailed by allegations of sexual misconduct with younger women, the singer has become the focus of renewed scrutiny since the six-part docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” premiered on Lifetime in early January.
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