Hilary Duff to Receive Outstanding Pop Tour of the Year Award at 2026 Billboard Live Music Summit

Hilary Duff will sit down for an exclusive conversation at the 2026 Billboard Live Music Summit, Billboard announced Wednesday (Sept. 30). And on the strength of her buzzy Lucky Me Tour — which was just extended through 2027 — the multiplatinum global superstar will receive Billboard’s Outstanding Pop Tour of the Year award as well.

Tickets are officially on sale for the Live Music Summit Presented by VENU, returning Tuesday, Nov. 10, to 1 Hotel West Hollywood. The event will bring together top executives, artists and innovators from across the live entertainment industry for panels, networking opportunities and a special awards ceremony.

“Billboard’s Live Music Summit will once again gather leading executives from every corner of the sector, along with major touring artists, for an event dedicated to those defining the concert business today,” said Jason Lipshutz, Billboard‘s co-chief content officer. “We cannot wait to assemble this powerful and forward-thinking group in Los Angeles this November.”

Duff returned to touring this year after nearly two decades off the road to launch her Lucky Me Tour, promoting her February album release Luck… Or Something. After overwhelming demand for tickets, Duff announced new dates through November 2027, kicking off in Madrid in May 2027 and wrapping in Anaheim, California, next November.

Both the summit and awards will be programmed by Billboard senior editor Eric Renner Brown. Tuesday’s event will also feature a networking lunch sponsored by AEG Presents, an evening cocktail hour, and an awards ceremony recognizing leaders and innovators in live entertainment.

This year, Billboard will also host a pre-summit opening reception on Monday, November 9, sponsored by THE·TEAM, exclusively for badge holders, with more details to be announced in coming weeks.

Sponsors for the 2026 Billboard Live Music Summit include VENU, AEG Presents, Moody Center, Tacoma Dome, THE·TEAM and Allegiant Stadium.

Last fall, the Billboard Live Music Summit took over the 1 Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2025. The day was highlighted by the Legend of Live Keynote panel with Usher, honored following his blockbuster Past Present Future Tour, which ran for 83 international concerts from 2024 to 2025. Latin superstar Rauw Alejandro also sat down for a Spotlight Conversation about his rise to 2025’s Cosa Nuestra Tour, which grossed $91.7 million across spring and summer legs in North America and Europe before heading to South America and Mexico.