American singer-songwriter and actor Tyler Hilton returns to Australia this week, his first shows here since 2017.
The 'When The Stars Go Blue' and 'Missing You' songwriter will headline concerts in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, with the run of shows to feature Hilton performing material across his entire back catalogue as well as from his recent EP release, 'No Man's Land'.Fans can also expect to hear the hits Tyler penned for 'One Tree Hill', where he portrayed the arrogant Chris Keller, a recurring character who joined the main cast for the series' ninth, and final season.
"I have been DYING to get back to Oz since I came for the first time ever in '17," shares Tyler. "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 hadn't 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, 'what is this magical place?'.
"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, I'm BEYOND excited to be returning and so thankful to still have a fan base there to justify the trip!"
Here, Tyler shares his love for all things Aussie, with his five favourite Australian slang words. Top bloke ain't he!
Bogan
I love this term to describe a truly indescribable person. You have to see a bogan to know a bogan. A hippie? A Bohemian? A hick? No, not quite, but you're in the neighbourhood.Top Shiela
A hot chick! What a great way to describe one too! As is, "ah yea, no she's a real top shiela isn't she?".Boot
Trunk of your car. My Australian tour manager last tour was always telling us to just "chuck it in the boot," haha love that. Way better word than trunk!Brekkie
Breakfast! What a playful, approachable word for the first meal of the day! Breakfast? Ew! Brekkie? Yay, be right down!How you going?
How you doing? Haha sounds so funny to me, so wrong, but so cool at the same time. Like confidently saying words together that are borderline incongruous. How you going? Uh. . . by car? Haha love it.Tyler Hilton 2025 Tour Dates
Thu 6 Feb - Lefty's Music Hall (Brisbane)Fri 7 Feb - Mary's Underground (Sydney)
Sat 8 Feb - Northcote Social Club (Melbourne)* sold out
