U.S. MUSICIAN AND ACTORÂ TYLER HILTONÂ ANNOUNCES LONG-AWAITED AUSTRALIAN RETURN IN 2025
Photo Credit: Ryan Forsythe
Set to bring his beloved catalogue of music, including this yearâs NO MANâS LAND EP, American singer-songwriter and actor Tyler Hilton will be back in Australia this summer.
Touring for the first time since 2017, Hiltonâs Australian return is long-anticipated, as much as it is an excellent opportunity for new waves of fans to connect with the artist through his acclaimed live show. Performing music from across his entire catalogue, including favourites featured in the iconic One Tree Hill series, Hilton is coming back to Australia packed with all the goods.
Releasing No Manâs Land in July, Hilton has been revelling in a new creative chapter of his career. In the years that have passed since his last Australian visit, Hilton has been kept busy with a variety of projects across music and film â including composition work for the Margot Robbie-produced film My Old Ass and writing his first childrenâs book, Daddy Live In Concert, due for release in 2025.
The release of No Manâs Land signalled a return to rich sonic form for Hilton and from it, the excitement for Hiltonâs eventual return to stages soon followed. For Australian fans, this tour is a way for Hilton to reconnect with his âfavourite place on Earthâ.
 âI have been DYING to get back to Oz since I came for the first time ever in â17. Meant to get right back then the pandemic happened and it took a sec for me to get everything back on track. I had no concept of Australia before I came. No real idea of the culture or what the cities looked like.. it just hadnât really spent much time in my brain. I landed in Sydney, hit Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Perth and my life was changed. I was like, âWhat is this magical place??â
The food! The people! The beaches! The coffee! I still drink flat whites as my daily drink to this day after that trip. I bought an acoustic guitar there from a local luthier to help commemorate my time there. I wanted to hold onto it so badly. Anyway, the point is, Iâm BEYOND excited to be returning and so thankful to still have a fan base there to justify the trip!!â  TYLER HILTON
Regarding his return to music via the No Manâs Land project, Hilton is open about how creating this record reignited a passion for his artistry and importantly, his connection to the performance aspect of the craft.
Re-emerging from the period of pandemic-induced downtime, as well as time spent on other projects and simply enjoying family life, Hilton has a hunger for being in front of audiences sharing in music together once more.
âI remembered how important playing live was to my soul and my artistry, and how hard it was to replicate anything close to that musically in a studio setting. Not to mention reconnecting with the fans.. who I missed so much during the pandemic!
Once I started I didnât want to stop and figured I should let that energy carry me around the world for the first time in a long time to reconnect, sing old songs, and share some new ones. This is truly a tour unlike any other Iâve ever done. Iâve never missed the fans more or appreciated them more fully.â TYLER HILTON
For a whole generation of fans, Hiltonâs notoriety is timeless â his role as Chris Keller on the iconic teen sports drama One Tree Hill enshrined his position within the legacy of 2000s US television; while his accolades as a performer have continued to grow.
Whether it was portraying a young Elvis Presley in the Academy Award winning film Walk The Line (a film Hilton also featured on the soundtrack of); appearing in Taylor Swiftâs iconic âTeardrops On My Guitarâ music video; or going on to achieve two Top 40 Billboard Singles and touring with the likes of Swift, Keith Urban, John Mayer and more, Tyler Hilton has maintained a strong following and presence between the worlds of film and music.
Tylerâs tour marks the first shows in Australia for the leading independent concert and entertainment production company MRG LIVE which is based in Canada. The MRG Group has offices and venues in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Victoria and New York; operates 9 venues and 10 hospitality properties. The company produces over 500 concerts a year with a wide range performers and is expanding its activity to Australia under the leadership of Josh Lane who had previously been an agent in Australia for over 10 years and is now based in Toronto working MRG on developing an Australian-North American talent pipeline for the company.
PRAISE
âHis talent for creating moments of shared vulnerability and joy with his listeners is undeniable.â
MELODIC MAGAZINE
â…carefully crafted arrangements and considered song structures, the record is an intimate piece of AmericanaâŠâ
XSNOISE
ââŠtantalizing wisps of velvety momentum, harmonic fluency, and the marvelously textured surfaces of Tyler Hiltonâs dulcet voice.â
POPDUST
TYLER HILTON AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES
Tickets via www.mrglive.com
MRG Presale:Â 9am AEDT, Wednesday 13 November
General Onsale:Â 9am AEDT, Thursday 14 November
Thursday 6 February Leftyâs Music Hall Brisbane Tickets
Friday 7 February Maryâs Underground Sydney Tickets
Saturday 8 February Northcote Social Club Melbourne Tickets
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