Bought gold bars to continue on to level 61 but it said purchase failed.

Hiya Nikki, this is a trending topic here on the site, but I guess you haven't seen that. I reported this already https://care.king.com/en/candy-crush-soda-saga/why-can-t-i-use-gold-bars-to-enter-a-new-land-in-candy-crush-soda#entry_33504

Nikki I got a reply a couple of hours after contacting their support. I was told they had more players mentioning the same and that they informed their Candy Crush Soda Saga team in Sweden about this. That's all I got for the moment. I don't know if you know anybody in Sweden but one of my mates moved there for work, lucky him! It seems to be common in Sweden for companies to close before Christmas and to reopen the next year.