Hilary Duff Says She Was "Truly Terrified" Returning to the Road
Hilary Duff says she felt "truly terrified" when she went back on tour, she told Billboard in an interview published on 3 November 2026. The conversation was part of Billboard's Takes Me Out series, in which Delisa Shannon met Duff at Loose Cannon café in Los Angeles. Billboard
The tour was called Small Rooms, Big Nerves, and it was her first in more than two decades. It visited London, Brooklyn, Toronto, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Duff also said she had stomach flu during her 24 January show in Toronto, and she kept performing.
The tour is tied to her album 'Luck… or Something', released in 2026. It is her first new album in more than a decade. In February, she talked about the record with her son Luca for Billboard Family, in an interview filmed in her studio. Billboard Family
Her shows have a setlist, the running order of songs a performer plays each night. A Ticketmaster guide to her 2026 Lucky Me world tour, published on 30 September, lists "Wake Up", "So Yesterday", "Roommates", "Weather for Tennis", "Play With Fire", "Breathe In. Breathe Out." and "Sparks" among the songs fans can expect. Ticketmaster
Duff has also added a rarity to the set: "The Math", a track from her 2003 album Metamorphosis. Her Lucky Me world tour has been extended into next year, 2027.
Before going on, Duff said she follows a short routine. It includes solo vocal warm-ups, deep squats, foot stomps and shoulder rolls. She also pictures a "pink bubble" around herself.
In the same interview, she recalled a prank from her late teens. She threw hot dogs at a house, and she dumped tuna cans on the lawn of a friend's boyfriend. Asked about a dream collaborator, she named Alanis Morissette.
For a tour that began with small rooms, the setlist now runs from the new album back to Metamorphosis. Those details matter to the people who buy tickets, and to the crews who set up each night. Every new date on the calendar means another stage to build and another team to pay.
