{"id":637295,"date":"2026-10-21T20:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T20:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/637295\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T20:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T20:50:09","slug":"hilary-duffs-auckland-support-act-panned-for-being-too-raunchy-for-young-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/637295\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilary Duff\u2019s Auckland support act panned for being too raunchy for young audience"},"content":{"rendered":"

One disappointed concertgoer shared a clip of the crowd\u2019s reaction to the set.<\/p>\n

The Herald has reached out to Monoga.my and Live Nation for comment.<\/p>\n

One woman described two dancers on stage \u201cdry-humping their way through the performance\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honestly surprised they didn\u2019t start scissoring in front of the entire audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another said the performance was \u201cso embarrassing\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are kids here … should of rather just played background music. [sic] This performance is shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat were you guys thinking,\u201d wrote another.<\/p>\n

Clips on TikTok show dancers in matching lace-trimmed dresses on either side of the decks.<\/p>\n

The dance pop selector seemed unfazed by the controversy, sharing several videos of much more appreciative show attendees on their own social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Hillary Duff and the warmup was slay,\u201d one captioned a clip.<\/p>\n

\u201c@monoga.my absolutely eating,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the latest issue to strike concerts in Auckland. On Wednesday, Lily Allen announced she had cancelled her show<\/a> hours before she was due to take the stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo my West End Girls in Auckland, I am so sorry to have to tell you that I have come down with a viral infection and am unable to perform tonight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really looking forward to seeing you all and am absolutely gutted to be letting you down. For those who travelled all the way here, please accept my apology. All tickets will be refunded and I hope to be able to come back to see you soon. Thank you so much for understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Olivia Dean\u2019s concert was delayed for more than 40 minutes<\/a> because of sound difficulties.<\/p>\n

After just three songs, the star had to exit to allow technicians to try to fix the glitches.<\/p>\n

But as the wait neared 40 minutes, the crowd started to grow restless.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m disappointed. She sounded fine for the first three songs, so I don\u2019t know why she\u2019s gone off,\u201d one concertgoer said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they cancel, I hope they refund everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like even if they go on with the show, it\u2019ll be rushed because of the curfew. It\u2019s such a disappointment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One disappointed concertgoer shared a clip of the crowd\u2019s reaction to the set. The Herald has reached out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1117,4619,51,2991,682,1061,18836,25759,161660,164780,156,2082,13800,183,111,139,69,10521,312477,29545,48943,18932,1886,6173,53839,3608,540,4741],"class_list":["post-637295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-accused","tag-act","tag-auckland","tag-audience","tag-being","tag-children","tag-club","tag-concert","tag-duff","tag-duffs","tag-entertainment","tag-for","tag-giving","tag-hilary","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-opening","tag-panned","tag-present","tag-raunchy","tag-strip","tag-support","tag-too","tag-vibes","tag-were","tag-where","tag-young"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}