Despite receiving an official Notice of Intention to Consider Refusal of his visa yesterday, the singer still has every intention of touring Australia in December, posting the following statement to Instagram:
Ticketek Australia posted the same statement to their Facebook page, using it as means to conveniently promote ticket sales:
Tickets on sale now at 12 pm local time for Chris Brown One Hell Of A Nite Tour.Statement from Chris Brown and his…
Posted by Ticketek Australia on Sunday, 27 September 2015
UGGGGGGH.
It gets worse: despite beating Rihanna to a pulp in 2009 the high likelihood of Brown’s denied entry to Australia due to his domestic violence rap-sheet, people are still buying tickets… just in case he gets the green light.
Just got my One Hell Of A Nite tour tickets for Sydney @chrisbrown !!! This tour better not be cancelled!!
— Nicole (@nicolee_hanna) September 28, 2015
@nicolee_hanna @chrislegend11 @chrisbrown got my tickets hope its not cancelled
— crystale (@Jameelah2004Cry) September 28, 2015
Just bought my VIP tickets Wooo hopefully I’ll be seeing you in December @chrisbrown!!!!
— Sharni (@SharniLeeTB) September 28, 2015
Chris Brown better get his ass to Aust because I just go tickets HEHHEHEHEheHEHEEHh
— Jessica Lai (@jessalexandria1) September 28, 2015
Peter Dutton’s remaining silent, but GetUp! – who started the campaign to stop Chris Brown touring – are not.
“This campaign has nothing to do with pop music, but everything to do with how seriously we take men’s violence against women,” they tweeted. “It’s horrifying just how many men who have convictions of violence against women still enjoy a career in the entertainment industry.”
Image: Prince Williams via Getty Images.
