{"id":940139,"date":"2026-10-25T07:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/940139\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T07:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:14:19","slug":"hilary-duff-sydney-2026-concert-review-hilary-made-a-promise-to-australian-millennials-did-she-deliver-during-her-sydney-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/940139\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilary Duff Sydney 2026 concert review: Hilary made a promise to Australian millennials. Did she deliver during her Sydney show?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Review: On Saturday night, tens of thousands Aussie millennials<\/a> dusted off their butterfly clips and stayed out past 10pm for Hilary Duff<\/a>\u2019s first Sydney show in 18 years.<\/p>\n

We were promised a night<\/a> that would bring us back to our childhood. But for a sold-out concert named after Duff\u2019s 2026 album, Luck… or Something, did she oversell the nostalgia \u201cdream\u201d? <\/p>\n

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Hilary Duff returns to Australia for the first time in 18 years for The Lucky Me Tour. \u00a0@justin.ma.photography<\/p>\n

Duff opened with her hit single Wake Up and all of a sudden, it was 2005. <\/p>\n

Straight into So Yesterday (the track spent a mammoth 20 weeks on the ARIA Singles Chart in 2003), Duff, with the crowd, belted the teen heartbreak anthem released when she was just 15 years old. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou guys are so electric tonight!\u201d she cheered and paused, taking in 20,000 starry-eyed fans. \u201cI\u2019ve missed you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jumping from teen bop to the first song from her very mature 2026 album, Duff, 39, made one thing clear. She had grown up and so had we. <\/p>\n

You could see it in the montage of her three beautiful kids played out on the big screen, in the shift between her 2000s hits and songs released after 20 years. <\/p>\n

You could see it in the crowd, like me, happily singing along to tracks about marriage breakdowns and complicated family relationships. <\/p>\n

You could feel it when Duff kicked off her shoes, put on a baggy Furby tee and relaxed with the crowd \u2013 while sipping on a glass of Aussie \u201cSavvy B\u201d. <\/p>\n

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Hilary Duff, wearing a \u201990s Furby tee, kicks back with the crowd.\u00a0Nine\/Rosie Scott<\/p>\n

Jumping up and down, she made a sold-out arena full of strangers feel like for one night, we were catching up with friends we hadn\u2019t seen in years. <\/p>\n

Just like she had promised, feelings of childhood nostalgia came flooding back.<\/p>\n

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From 2001 to 2026. \u00a0Nine\/@justin.ma.photography<\/p>\n

Old Disney clips played, balloons fell from the sky and lyrics stored in the back of our memories resurfaced after two decades. <\/p>\n

It was more than nostalgia, though. <\/p>\n

It was a feeling that withstood generations, shared with young girls holding their millennial mums tight as Duff performed songs released well and truly before they were born. <\/p>\n

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Mums brought their daughters along for one magical night. \u00a0Nine\/Rosie Scott<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been here [in Australia] four times,\u201d Duff smiled as she spoke into the microphone. \u201cAnd I really feel like I belong here.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here with my family for the first time… and in all serious talk, you guys made my album go number one here.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Hilary Duff takes in the Aussie crowd. \u00a0 @justin.ma.photography<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true, we did. Duff\u2019s sixth studio album, Luck\u2026 or Something, debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and Vinyl Chart after its release in February 2026. <\/p>\n

\u201cI took a big break, obviously, and I never really knew that this would all still be here for me,\u201d Duff went on. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I want to say thank you, for sticking it out with me for so many freakin\u2019 decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

The night ended with a celebration of past and present; performing Mature, her biggest hit from her 2026 album and What Dreams Are Made Of, the one song we waited 23 years to hear. <\/p>\n

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Butterfly clips and sequins were out in full display. \u00a0Nine\/Rosie Scott<\/p>\n

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Do I wish the whole night was 2000s hits? Sure. But the night truly was what dreams are made of.\u00a0Nine\/Rosie Scott<\/p>\n

As Duff took in the applauding crowd, she paused and held back tears. <\/p>\n

Moments earlier, she had summed up exactly what we were feeling. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo be up here with you at this stage in my life and your life because we\u2019re grown-ups now… And to revisit it all just for a few minutes with you. It\u2019s been so magical.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Review: On Saturday night, tens of thousands Aussie millennials dusted off their butterfly clips and stayed out past…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-940139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}