Petition Statement (English)

Hilary Duff's Official Italian Team, on behalf of all european fans, has decided to make a petition to ask Hilary's Label, Hollywood Records, not to repeat the approach that was taken with the release of the first single extracted from Dignity, in releasing Hilary's forthcoming single, Reach Out.

Play with Fire was in fact only released in USA & Canada & Australia and not in Europe. The song, would have most certainly been successful on the european market, if it had been released. The Euro market is often excluded from Hilary's music projects, fans would like to point out the previously mentioned non-released Play with Fire, the cancelled European Leg of the Dignity World Tour.

Hilary fans haven't seen or heard any new music material since June 2007, when Stranger, second single off Dignity in Europe and third in USA, was released. After waiting a long time for the Dignity World Tour that was first postponed (due to Hilary's filming schedules) and then cancelled, we have been waiting for new music up to now.
The track Reach Out , next single anticipating the release of HD's fifth studio album, has been recorded in fall 2007, and is about to be released now in US & Canada but, as far as we know from official statements from Hilary Duff or Hollywood Records , not in Europe.

This situation is very much like the one faced in August 2006 with the release of Play with Fire.

We are not implicating anything against HR, because things can still be changed, we are simply inviting the label to release the single in Europe as well. There is no doubt that European fans are very active and that the release here would have an important commercial success, as Most Wanted, Wake Up, Beat of My Heart, Fly and With Love have had in the past.
There is proof that most of the fan movements to support Hilary, begin in Europe.

So European fans would like to be in some way "rewarded" with the release of Reach Out in Europe, since previous occasions to "reward" us (like the release of the Dignity Tour DVD) have been missed. We are aware that these decisions are influenced strongly by commercial agreements, but due to the success (commercial & critical) that Hilary's music has in Italy, the single wouldn't be a flop, but instead it would most probably become a hit, considering the following the artist and her music have here.

European fans hope this petition will be useful and that HR will keep them in mind, so that they will not be cut out of future releases.

Sincerely,
Hilary Duff's Official Italian Team