Hilary Duff touches down in London ahead of her nostalgic concert amid Ashley Tisdale's 'toxic mom group' drama

Hilary Duff has officially touched down in London ahead of her nostalgic concert amid Ashley Tisdale's 'toxic mom group' drama.

The former Disney Channel star, 38, is currently in the midst of a comeback thanks to her new single Mature, which some believe to be a thinly-veiled swipe at Leonardo DiCaprio.

And amid her comeback, Hilary is playing a string of four concerts, kicking off with a date at London's O2 Shepherd Bush Empire before heading back across the pond to perform in Toronto, New York City, and Los Angeles.

The sold-out gig takes place on Sunday - and will be her first live gig in 10 years.

Ahead of the gig, Hilary looked radiant as she touched down at Heathrow Airport on Saturday evening.

She sported a huge longline black coat as she wrapped up for the chilly January UK weather paired with black and white Adidas trainers.

In addition to releasing a new album, Hilary is also preparing for her own Las Vegas residency and is working on a docuseries about her return to music with concert film director Sam Wrench. 

Announcing the album, Hilary steamed up social media feeds in November to promote her music comeback.

She took to Instagram to share a sexy new snap along with the announcement that her sixth studio album - titled luck ... or something - will be released in February 2026. 

The sultry photo showed Hilary laying on the carpet wearing black thigh-high stockings.

Hilary captioned the image: 'my new album luck ... or something is out on feb 20th [sparkle emoji] so much love, late night anxiety and a little chaos went into making this album - hoping you see yourself in here the way I have [mirror ball and cherry emojis] I love you and excited is the largest understatement. psssst ... you can pre-order it now!'

It was accompanied with the announcement that there will be a 'mature edition' vinyl on sale with two re-records of old tracks Wake Up and So Yesterday.

Hilary's fellow Disney alum Ashley Tisdale recently wrote an article for The Cut titled 'Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group.'

The group consists of a number of stars including Hilary and Mandy Moore. Meghan Trainor has been rumoured to also be a part of the group - but she recently insisted that she is not in it.

Hilary had created the group and the friends will often message each other, go on vacations, have shared play dates and attend baby classes together.

Ashley claimed in the article that she had felt 'frozen out' by the group during her postpartum period.

While the High School Musical actress did not list any names in the story, fans were quick to point out that she unfollowed both Hilary and Mandy on Instagram around the time of the article's release.

Ashley wrote that she had been left out from some gatherings and added, 'All of a sudden I was in high school again, feeling totally lost as to what I was doing "wrong" to be left out.'

She continued, 'I texted to the group after being left out from yet another group hang: "This is too high school for me and I don't want to take part in it anymore."

'To be clear I have never considered the moms to be bad people (maybe one) but I do think our group dynamic stopped being healthy and positive - for me anyway.'

Ashley had posted about the group over the years, such as in 2022 when they enjoyed a girls trip with Hilary Meghan and others.

'Moms weekend away! I love being surrounded by these ladies. What an amazing group of women to journey through this mom-hood together! So grateful for this trip.' she had shared at the time.

Hilary's husband recently stepped in to defend her as he called out 'self obsessed and tone deaf' Ashley.

On Instagram, he shared a fake headline which read 'When You're the Most Self Obsessed Tone Deaf Person on Earth, Other Moms Tend to Shift Focus to Their Actual Toddlers.'

He then photoshopped his own head onto Ashley's body in a move to recreate an image shared by The Cut.