The title of his 2001 show, "Go You Big Red Fire Engine", was coined during a 1999 performance in Melbourne. He has been nominated for three consecutive Edinburgh Comedy Awards for his 2001, 20 solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. He has travelled widely, performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Montreal Just For Laughs festival. In 1997 he premiered "Stand Up and Deliver", the first of 10 solo shows, all of which have toured internationally. He did breakfast radio on SAFM in Adelaide besides stand-up gigs, and by the mid-1990s he decided to focus on live comedy. Hills first appearance in comedy scene was in 1989 at the Sydney Comedy Store. In 2002, he scored a minor hit in Australia with his single "Working Class Anthem", in which he sang the lyrics of the Australian National Anthem to the tune of " Working Class Man", a song by Scottish-born Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes. He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Montreal Just for Laughs festival, earning three consecutive Edinburgh Award nominations for his Edinburgh shows in 2001, 20.
He has been nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award, the Gold Logie Award and numerous BAFTA TV Awards.īorn in Loftus, Sydney, he began performing as a stand-up comedian in 1989 at the age of 19, and since 1997 has produced ten solo shows which have toured internationally. In the United Kingdom, he has hosted the talk show The Last Leg since 2012. In Australia, he hosted the music quiz show Spicks and Specks from 2005–11 and again from 2021, and the talk show Adam Hills Tonight from 2011-13. Adam Hills (born 10 July 1970) is an Australian comedian and radio and television presenter.