A man attending Hilary Duff's concert at London's O2 Arena was astonished to find himself standing just a few feet away from another pop star in the crowd. Berni, a concertgoer, captured the moment on TikTok after spotting Mollie King, best known as a member of The Saturdays and now a BBC radio presenter, in the stands.
First night of The Lucky Me Tour draws thousands
Hilary Duff performed the first show of her Lucky Me Tour at the O2 Arena in Greenwich on Thursday, September 10. The tour marks her first global headline tour in nearly two decades, supporting her sixth studio album, Luck... Or Something, released in February. The album is her first since 2015.
Thousands of fans gathered at the arena for the first of two London shows, with a second performance scheduled for Tuesday, September 15. The tour also includes stops in Manchester and Glasgow on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Fan spots Mollie King in the crowd
Berni took to TikTok to share clips he recorded after spotting Mollie King just a few rows away. "Look who I found at Hillary Duff's concert in London," Berni wrote in the video's overlay text, adding, "Miss Mollie King from The Saturdays."
Mollie wore an oversized leather jacket tied around her waist with her long blond hair down. During the concert, she removed the jacket to reveal a fitted black t-shirt with matching black bottoms.
Mollie King's BBC interview and Hilary's hiatus
Earlier that same day, Mollie had interviewed Hilary on BBC Radio 1, where the pop star discussed her 10-year hiatus from music. "I do have four kids, I've been doing that," Hilary said, referring to her focus on parenting her son and three daughters.
Alongside raising her children, Hilary has pursued an acting career, starring in sitcoms How I Met Your Father from 2022 to 2023 and Younger from 2015 to 2021. She explained her break from music, saying, "I just wasn't ready and I was kind of more focused on filming things and that felt a little safer in the moment that I was going through in my life to kind of play in someone else's sandbox and not be so forward-facing with what I'm talking about."
She added, "And after I had my youngest [in 2024], I just felt really ready to make a pop record."
A three-decade career
Hilary Duff has been in showbusiness for more than 30 years, debuting as a child actor in the 1990s and gaining widespread recognition as the title character in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire, which aired from 2001 to 2004. The current tour continues with her second London show on September 15, followed by further dates across the UK.
