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Billie Eilish 'Hit Me Hard And Soft' Tour Canadian Tickets Go On Sale, Missy Elliott Adds Second Toronto Show

Partynextdoor, slipknot, jim cuddy and frank turner also announced upcoming canadian concerts this week..

As of today, May 3, Canadian fans can get their hands on tickets to Billie Eilish's upcoming Hit Me Hard and Soft tour.

Announced earlier this week , the tour accompanies the pop star's new record of the same name, out May 17. The tour kicks off in Quebec City at the Centre Videotron on Sept. 29, before two nights at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and, later, a stop in Vancouver. Tickets are available here .

Missy Elliott fans can also now secure their spot in the crowd at the her first ever headlining tour, Out Of This World. The star just added a second date in Toronto, on Aug. 20 at Scotiabank Arena due to popular demand, where she'll be accompanied by Busta Rhymes, Ciara, and super-producer Timbaland. Elliott is also coming to Vancouver on July 4 and Montreal on Aug. 17. Grab tickets to see the Supa Dupa Fly rapper before they're gone.

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Toronto R&B artist and Billboard Canada cover star PartyNextDoor also announced new dates this week. Supporting his latest LP, PartyNextDoor 4 , the Sorry I'm Outside Tour is coming to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Montreal this summer (presumably, a Toronto date is yet to be announced). Tickets are available now here .

English singer-songwriter Frank Turner is making plans to come across the pond this fall, with six new Canadian dates on the horizon.

Canadian folk musician and Blue Rodeo singer Jim Cuddy is getting back in the saddle to promote a new solo album, All The World Fades Away , performing from the Maritimes to the west coast this summer and fall.

Heavy metal heroes Slipknot, meanwhile, are celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band with a single Canadian date at Scotiabank Arena on August 17. Tickets are on sale now.

Will Butler on Writing the Tony-Nominated Music for ‘Stereophonic’: ‘It Was Like a Thousand-Piece Puzzle With 200 Pieces Missing’

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The cast of "Stereophonic"

The former Arcade Fire member has two nominations for his stunning songs, written for a fictional (but very believable) rock band onstage.

Will Butler’s first meeting with playwright David Adjmi was fairly open-ended: a friend had told Butler that Adjmi — a fan of Arcade Fire, the band Butler was in at the time — was working on a play about a band and that Butler could “write the music or just consult or whatever.”

But from their first sit-down at a diner near New York’s theatre district, Adjmi’s vision was “instantly recognizable” to Butler: “Like, oh, it’s a demo — it’s like a transcendental thing that they can never recapture. You have things falling apart because the headphones sound bad, you have people yelling at each other over music but it’s because of how their dad treated them,” he recalls with a laugh.

A decade after Butler first sent his song demos to Adjmi, their collaboration, Stereophonic , is the most Tony-nominated production not just of 2024, but of all time. A true musical-play hybrid, Stereophonic immerses the audience in a fictional band’s recording process in 1976, as they make the pivotal album that will launch them to superstardom. Snippets of takes along with stunning full songs punctuate the band’s alternately hilarious and gutting drama in and outside the booth, playing out over around three intimate hours. Incredibly, the actors who sing and play their own instruments as a very credible rock band onstage were at best proficient before Stereophonic rehearsals began.

Though the fictional band and narrative have drawn comparisons to Fleetwood Mac and its storied process of making its classic 1977 Rumours album, Stereophonic (which was just extended through January 5, 2025 at the Golden Theatre) never feels like a retread of rock history. That’s a testament to Adjmi’s writing and the cast’s talent and chemistry — but also in large part to Butler’s songs, which blend a genuine ‘70s rock sound with his own unique sensibility into songs that sound like anything but pastiche. (The original cast album, including songs both in the show and heard only partially in it, is out now on Sony Masterworks Broadway.)

Butler, who parted ways with Arcade Fire in late 2021 and now performs in Will Butler + Sister Squares, is himself up for two Tony Awards on June 16 — for best original score and best orchestrations — and is finding fertile new creative ground (and demand for his composing skills) in the theater world. He spoke to Billboard about the singular “jigsaw puzzle” of Stereophonic and creating a believable band onstage.

Did David give you any specific guidelines for what he wanted the music in Stereophonic to be like — or did you have total free rein to write some songs and see how they turned out?

Total free rein. And then once the script existed, it was like… a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle with 200 pieces missing [ Laughs ], and figuring out fitting those pieces in. There were a number of songs, like this one on the album called “In Your Arms,” that David really loved and that felt like the band, but didn’t make sense in any of the scenes. We’re showing these moments of music — and they all have to have a purpose, they all have to emerge from the characters at the right time and in the right way, and it still has to feel a little bit mystical.

Your music is so evocative of great bands of the ‘70s yet never feels like it’s copying that style; it really feels timeless. How did you arrive at that kind of balance?

I mean, I kind of lucked into not really knowing the great rock and great pop groups of that period of the ‘70s. Like, I just didn’t really know Tom Petty besides the hits, I didn’t really know Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, early Bruce Springsteen — I didn’t really know all these touchstones for David. But I knew the stuff around it and I knew where it was leading. Like, Bruce Springsteen wasn’t listening to Bruce Springsteen; Bruce Springsteen grew up listening to ‘50s groups and then in the ‘70s he was going to Suicide shows in like, tiny basement clubs in New York. And I was like, “Oh, well, I know ‘50s girl groups, and I know Wall of Sound and I know Suicide. So instead of copying Bruce Springsteen, why don’t I just pretend like I’m Bruce Springsteen, and listen to Suicide, and listen to girl groups and like, see what happens?” [ Laughs. ]

That’s crazy! “Masquerade” especially feels like it could be a perfect Fleetwood Mac song…

I get it, because there’s this speed up in the second half, but I was kind of just ripping off an Arcade Fire move. Like, I thought people were gonna call me out for ripping off Arcade Fire.

Even with the direct influences being so loose, were there certain sonic elements that you wanted all the songs to share?

I knew I wanted really tight, beautiful harmonies, especially for [singer] Diana and [singer and guitarist] Peter. When you hear two people in harmony you’re like, “Oh, this is why they’re together, this is why this is compelling.” And then when you add a third voice to it you realize why they’re a band just intrinsically. There’s so many different kinds of ‘70s harmony — there’s the Eagles, The Byrds, Richard and Linda Hamilton, Fleetwood Mac — but they all have this beautiful harmony, particularly if you’re in California [where Stereophonic takes place]. And then Peter is a guitar player, so there had to be some guitar riffs in the show.

How involved were you in the casting process?

I was there for the whole ride. And wow, I truly hated being behind the table and judging them — what a horrible thing for a musician to do. We wanted to cast people that were expert musicians and amazing actors and were right for the roles, but I was very cavalier about the musician aspect — where I was like, anyone can be in a band, we don’t need technical wizards, they just need to be musical and have some sort of charisma and it’ll work out. We did know we needed a drummer, we knew we couldn’t teach drums in a short amount of time. But everyone else we just wanted to have a baseline [level of ability]. They needed to have the right personality, to be able to learn music, and they needed to be able to dance a little bit. And it was a little heavier lift than I thought, but in the end my naïve self was right. Another part of it is that [actors] Tom [Pecinka] and Juliana [Canfield] and Sarah [Pidgeon] are just such beautiful singers — they sang so well together day one, like unmannered, beautiful, idiosyncratic and they blended perfectly. That was incredibly moving. When they were just running through the songs, there was such deep emotion there that I was like, okay, we’ll be fine.

In theater, it can be so obvious when someone is fake-playing an instrument — and these actors aren’t just proficient players, they totally embody what someone playing their instrument would be like. What was it like to witness them evolving like that? It was really wild. Sarah Pidgeon, who doesn’t play an instrument — I mean, she plays a tambourine, she plays it great — but even standing at a microphone took her about eight weeks to feel. It was really interesting to watch someone learn how to stand at a microphone in a way that just feels natural. It feels like she’s supposed to be there and supposed to be singing. Tom Pecinka didn’t have a ton of guitar, but when he first put on a guitar in the audition room, I was like, “Oh, I actually can’t tell if he’s a good guitar player or a bad guitar player.” He looks the part, and his physicality was so natural.

A lot of it is also really great directing, the building of the band and the orchestrations. We spent a lot of time in practice rooms, me and Justin Craig, the music director, building a vibe as much as anything else. I had [the cast] open for a show of mine in the fall, and I think the physicality of playing one club show kind of gave them a sense of how powerful they were.

We hear many little snippets of songs before we hear full versions, and we don’t hear full versions of all of them. How did you and David decide how that would play out?

Honestly, we didn’t talk about it that much, because it just felt so naturally right to both of us. It just felt to me like the process of making a record — someone plays a demo off a cassette, and you go work on it, and things fall apart, and finally you start to lose your mind and you’re cutting things that are good, and then you’re dong the final details and everyone’s losing their minds. The arc of the play honestly just felt so accurate to my life.

Some songs in the show, like “Bright,” we hear multiple different versions of as they’re being worked on. How did that writing process — creating partial songs — work?

The hard thing is just writing a really good song. When I was working on Everything Now with Arcade Fire, Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk was producing it, and he’s like a philosopher. He was saying how a great song can support infinite cover versions; like, a truly great song, the production is not the thing. And there’s nothing wrong with the production being the thing — but if it’s a great song, you can produce it 1000 different ways and you can have 100 different cover versions, and they all speak in some sense. So I was like, “Okay, I’ve just got to write this song, and if it’s good enough, then we can do it 100 different ways and it’ll be compelling.”

Having had this experience, are you interested in doing more theater work?

Yeah, me and David Adjmi are working on a more traditional musical, or I guess more of a rock opera or something. It’s early days, but it would be silly for us not to do something else — and I think it’d be really fun to make it. And I’m good friends with Lucas Hnath, who is such a brilliant playwright — we’ll slowly work on a couple things.

One of my own takeaways from the play was how, as a fan, it can be easy to romanticize and mythologize the internal drama of a famous band — but really, a band is made up of humans who are dealing with very human-sized joys and tragedies. As someone who has been in a much-adored big band and has probably had that projected on them as well, what is it like seeing how Stereophonic plays out?

I think there’s a folk sense that relationships predate art, where it’s like, “Oh, they had this stormy relationship, and they wrote a song about it.” And the play is really showing that it’s all just one mess — if you’re creating, if you’re collaborating with someone, the relationship is the art and you’re making it with the person and it’s just a human mess. It’s all fundamentally emerging from the same place, and oftentimes, that place is quite broken. I appreciate just how true [the show] feels. It just shows the tangled web of trying to make art with with four of your friends, which is really powerful.

I was in a band with my brother and his wife, and now I’m in a band with my own wife and her sister. So I’ve been in bands with these long, deep relationships. I consulted with David a bit on the technical side, but I didn’t tell him what it was like being in a band with family — and because he’s so observant or maybe just that he is a very good playwright, the humanity of it is very accurate to me. And it’s a credit to the humanity of the actors, too, because it’s one thing to read the words and it’s another thing to like, make them happen in real life and put real flesh and bones on it.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

Billie Eilish announces world tour, hitting 3 Canadian cities

Singer to visit quebec city, toronto and vancouver on international tour.

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Singer-songwriter superstar Billie Eilish is launching a massive concert tour — with both good and bad news for her Quebec fans.

The Grammy-winning musician will kick off her upcoming tour in Quebec City on Sept. 29 in support of her soon-to-released album  Hit Me Hard and Soft . 

But despite moving on to Toronto with shows on both Oct. 1 and 2, Eilish does not have any concerts scheduled for Quebec's most populous city, Montreal. 

After her upcoming dates in Toronto, the singer will move on to the United States, before returning to Vancouver on Dec. 3. From there, her tour will continue on to Australia and Europe for the summer of 2025.

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Eilish's last tour,  Happier Than Ever, saw planned dates in both Toronto and Montreal cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though Eilish did return to Montreal in late 2023 for the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival.

The news arrived via Instagram, where Eilish shared album artwork showing the pop singer floating in a body of water after being ejected from a door. In the caption, she wrote that she will not drop singles in advance of the release.

"I wanna give it to you all at once," she captioned the image. "I truly could not be more proud of this album."

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Eilish worked with her brother and longtime collaborator, Finneas, on Hit Me Hard and Soft . The pair recently took home their second Oscar for their big Barbie  ballad What Was I Made For?  In doing so, Eilish, 22, became the youngest person to have won two career Oscars.

Her new album will release on May 17, while tickets for the upcoming concert will go on sale May 3 on Ticketmaster. 

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Billie Eilish Announces Dates for Hit Me Hard and Soft 2024-2025 World Tour

The 10-month outing is slated to kick off in Quebec on Sept. 29.

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Billie Eilish announced the dates the world tour in support of her third album on Monday (April 29). The Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour is slated to kick off on Sept. 29 at the Centre Videotron in Quebec, Canada, and take the singer across North America through late December, with stops in Toronto, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Detroit, Newark, Boston and Pittsburgh before a three night-stint at Madison Square Garden (Oct. 16-18) and two nights at State Farm Arena in Atlanta (Nov. 2-3).

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The tour will feature a number of sustainability efforts, including the continuation of Eilish’s long-running partnership with environmental nonprofit Reverb, which has so far resulted in $1 million in donations to environmental, greenhouse-gas reduction and climate-justice projects, according to a release announcing the dates. On the upcoming tour, sustainability efforts will include reducing greenhouse-gas pollution, decreasing single-use plastic waste, supporting climate action and updating concession offerings to promote plant-based food options.

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Support + Feed will also continue its previous collaboration with Eilish and offer an expanded version of the Support+Feed Pledge aimed at inspiring fans to eat one plant-based meal a day for 30 days. Eilish’s fans are also encouraged to take public transportation and/or carpool to shows to reduce their carbon footprint, and to bring an empty reusable water bottle or donate to receive a custom RockNRefill Nalgene bottle they can fill up for free at water-refill stations at every venue. Eilish is also encouraging fans to fight the tremendous waste caused by fast fashion by dressing up for the gigs in thrifted, upcycled or borrowed clothes instead of buying new ones.

In an effort to keep tickets out of the hands of scalpers, the tour is using Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange, which will allow fans who purchase tickets for the North American tour they can’t attend to resell them to other fans at the original price; click here to find out more about this program.

Check out the dates for Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour 2024-2025:

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Billie Eilish bringing 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' tour to Vancouver

Vancouver will be one of just three Canadian stops on pop star Billie Eilish's upcoming world tour, it was announced Monday.

The "Hit Me Hard and Soft" tour will hit Rogers Arena on Dec. 3. The other Canadian dates on the tour are the kickoff show in Quebec City on Sept. 29 and back-to-back shows in Toronto on Oct. 1 and 2.

Presale begins Tuesday, and any remaining tickets will become available Friday on the singer's website.

Eilish's highly anticipated third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” will be released May 17.

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Eilish worked with her brother and longtime collaborator Finneas on “Hit Me Hard and Soft.” The pair recently took home their second Oscar for their big “Barbie” ballad “What Was I Made For?” In doing so, Eilish, 22, became the youngest person by far to have won two career Oscars.

A portion of North American ticket sales will be donated to REVERB, an environmental non-profit. Eilish is also encouraging her fans to take public transportation or carpool to her concerts, to bring reusable water bottles, and to "fight fast fashion by opting for thrifted, upcycled, or borrowed clothes instead of buying new clothing to wear to shows," according to a media release.

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Billie Eilish ‘s third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, is just under three weeks away from being released. The singer and songwriter — and current Rolling Stone cover star — has made clear that she won’t be releasing any singles from the record in advance, but she has announced an extensive global arena tour in support of the release.

The Hit Me Hard and Soft tour will mark Eilish’s first return to the road since the conclusion of the Happier Than Ever world tour, which ran for 88 shows from February 2022 through April 2023. This new run of shows will include 81 stops across North America, Australia, and Europe beginning in September 2024 and wrapping in July 2025.

The Australian leg will begin in February 2025, with stops in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Sydney. From there, Eilish will head over to Europe in April 2025 for performances in Stockholm, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona, London, Dublin, and more.

General sale for the Hit Me Hard and Soft tour will begin on Friday, May 3 via the official Billie Eilish website . The sale will include any tickets remaining following the conclusion of multiple pre-sales, most of which will begin on Tuesday, April 30.

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Billie Eilish announces 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' arena world tour

Billie Eilish is hitting the road.

The pop performer will embark on a worldwide arena tour this fall, kicking off in Quebec City in Canada on Sept. 29 and concluding in Dublin on July 27, 2025. She'll hit many major cities in North America in 2024 before heading to Australia and then Europe.

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Presale begins Tuesday, and any remaining tickets will become available Friday at billieeilish.com. A percentage of proceeds will benefit the environmental nonprofit REVERB.

Earlier this month, Eilish announced her highly anticipated third studio album, "Hit Me Hard and Soft," will be released May 17.

The news arrived via Instagram, where Eilish shared the album artwork showing the pop singer floating in a body of water after being ejected from a door. In the caption, she wrote that she will not drop singles in advance of the release.

"I wanna give it to you all at once," she captioned the image. "I truly could not be more proud of this album."

Eilish worked with her brother and longtime collaborator Finneas on "Hit Me Hard and Soft." The pair recently took home their second Oscar for their big "Barbie" ballad "What Was I Made For?" In doing so, Eilish, 22, became the youngest person by far to have won two career Oscars.

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BILLIE EILISH ANNOUNCES HAPPIER THAN EVER, THE WORLD TOUR

2022 ARENA DATES ANNOUNCED FOR NORTH AMERICA, UNITED KINGDOM AND EUROPE

NEW ALBUM, HAPPIER THAN EVER , SET FOR GLOBAL RELEASE, JULY 30

PRE-ORDER/ADD/SAVE HAPPIER THAN EVER "YOUR POWER" AUDIO  |  VIDEO  

21 MAY 2021 (TORONTO, ON) - Following the release of her latest single  ‘Your Power,’  and ahead of the  July 30  release of her forthcoming album ‘Happier Than Ever via Darkroom/Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada, the country's leading music company,  Billie Eilish  has announced the first leg of her  Happier Than Ever, The World Tour , set to commence in February 2022.

Starting February 3  in New Orleans, the 32-date North American arena run will be making stops across North America, before heading across the Atlantic for an 18-date arena tour across Europe and the United Kingdom, starting  June 3 . Remaining tickets will on-sale  Friday, May 28,  12pm local in the U.S and Canada, and 10am local in the United Kingdom and Europe. To ensure tickets get in to the hands of fans, the tour has partnered with  Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan  platform in North America. Fans can register now through  Sunday, May 23 at 11:59pm PT  HERE  for the  Verified Fan  presale. Registered fans who receive a code will have access to purchase tickets before the general public on  Wednesday, May 26 at 12pm local time  through  10pm local time.

The seven-time GRAMMY Award winning artist and songwriter has also confirmed she will be continuing her work with sustainability partner REVERB  for her Happier Than Ever, The World Tour, with the fan-facing  Billie Eilish Action Village  at each show which will focus on climate action and climate justice, hosting and supporting BIPOC and women-led environmental organizations as well as a comprehensive program via REVERB’s forthcoming  Music Climate Revolution campaign. In addition to reducing the tour’s environmental footprint, the initiative will support projects that directly and measurably eliminate greenhouse gases. These collective efforts will make the tour Climate Positive; eliminating significantly more emissions than the tour creates.

2021 has already been quite the year for 19-year-old Eilish whose latest single ‘ Your Power’  debuted at #10 on the  Billboard Hot 100 , logging more than  150 Million streams  in the first two weeks of release. Earlier this year, she took home two additional GRAMMY Awards;  Record of the Year  for  “everything i wanted,”  and  Best Song Written For Visual Media  for her  James Bond  song  “No Time To Die.”  In February, her groundbreaking documentary film,  ‘The World’s A Little Blurry’ --  directed by  R.J. Cutler  -- saw its Apple TV+ global release and received critical praise worldwide. Earlier this month, Billie Eilish made her book debut with  BILLIE EILISH , a stunning visual narrative journey through her life. Published by  Grand Central Publishing (GCP),  the book features hundreds of never-before-seen photos, and captures the essence of Billie inside and out, offering readers personal glimpses into her childhood, her life on tour, and more. Get your copy  HERE .

2022 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES* 02/03  - Smoothie King Center – New Orleans, LA 02/05 – State Farm Arena – Atlanta, GA 02/06 – Spectrum Center – Charlotte, NC 02/08 – PPG Paints Arena – Pittsburgh, PA 02/09 – Capital One Arena – Washington, DC 02/10 – Bryce Jordan Center – University Park, PA 02/12 – KeyBank Center – Buffalo, NY 02/13 – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA 02/15 – Centre Bell – Montreal, QC 02/16 – Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, ON 02/18 – Madison Square Garden – New York, NY 02/19 - Madison Square Garden – New York, NY 02/20 – TD Garden – Boston, MA 02/22 – Prudential Center – Newark, NJ 03/08 – Legacy Arena – Birmingham, AL 03/09 – Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN 03/11 – Yum! Center – Louisville, KY 03/12 – Little Caesars Arena – Detroit, MI 03/14 – United Center – Chicago, IL 03/15 – Xcel Center – St. Paul, MN 03/16 – CHI Health Center – Omaha, NE 03/19 – Ball Arena (formerly Pepsi Center) – Denver, CO 03/21 – Vivint Arena – Salt Lake City, UT 03/24 – Rogers Arena – Vancouver, BC 03/25 – Climate Pledge Arena – Seattle, WA 03/29 – Chase Center – San Francisco – CA 03/30 – Golden 1 Center – Sacramento, CA 04/01 – T-Mobile Arena – Las Vegas, NV 04/02 – Gila River Arena – Glendale, AZ 04/06 – The Forum – Los Angeles, CA 04/08 – The Forum – Los Angeles, CA 04/09 – The Forum – Los Angeles, CA 2022 EU/UK TOUR DATES June 3 – SSE Arena – Belfast, UK June 4 – 3Arena – Dublin, IE June 5 – 3Arena – Dublin, IE June 7 – AO Arena – Manchester, UK June 8 –  AO Arena – Manchester, UK June 10 – The O2 – London, UK June 11 – The O2 – London, UK June 12 – The O2 – London, UK June 14 – The SSE Hydro – Glasgow, UK June 15 – Utilita Arena – Birmingham, UK June 16 – The O2 – London, UK June 18 – Ziggo Dome – Amsterdam, NL June 19 – Festhalle – Frankfurt, DE June 21 – Lanxess Arena – Cologne, DE June 22 – Accor Arena – Paris, FR June 28 – Sportpaleis – Antwerp, BE June 30 – Mercedes-Benz Arena – Berlin, DE July 2 – Hallenstadion – Zurich, CH   * Members of the Verizon customer loyalty program, Verizon Up, will receive access to US dates on this tour. Limited quantities of Super Tickets will be available in 2022 for Verizon Up members to claim through the My Verizon app.

Happier Than Ever is out worldwide on July 30.  PRE-ORDER/ADD/SAVE  HERE     1. Getting Older 2. I Didn’t Change My Number 3. Billie Bossa Nova 4. my future 5. Oxytocin 6. GOLDWING 7. Lost Cause 8. Halley’s Comet 9. Not My Responsibility 10. OverHeated 11. Everybody Dies 12. Your Power 13. NDA 14. Therefore I Am 15. Happier Than Ever 16. Male Fantasy

Photo credit: Kelia Anne MacCluskey

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Billie Eilish announces Hit Me Hard And Soft concert tour: dates, cities, venues, ticket info...

Billie Eilish has announced she will be embarking on a worldwide concert tour starting in September 2024 , which will follow the release of her third studio album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” due to come out on 17 May.

The two-time Academy Award-winning singer will play 81 dates between 29 September this year and 27 July 2025, 34 of which will take place in North America.

Eilish will begin her tour, which will be named Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour, at Centre Vidéotron in Quebec on 29 September 2024, one of four concerts she will play in Canada (also Toronto and Vancouver).

The 22-year-old will put on 30 gigs on US soil, including three at Madison Square Garden in New York and another three at Kia Forum in Inglewood , which brings the American leg of her tour to a close on 17 December.

From there, Eilish will take a two-month break before heading to Australia and New Zealand for 12 dates in February 2025. She will finish up with 35 concerts in Europe , the last of which will take place in Dublin in July.

Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour - full schedule

North America (2024) 

• 09-29 Quebec City, Quebec - Centre Vidéotron
• 10-01 Toronto, Ontario - Scotiabank Arena
• 10-02 Toronto, Ontario - Scotiabank Arena
• 10-04 Baltimore, MD - CFG Bank Arena
• 10-05 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
• 10-07 Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena
• 10-09 Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
• 10-11 Boston, MA - TD Garden
• 10-13 Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena
• 10-16 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
• 10-17 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
• 10-18 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
• 11-02 Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena
• 11-03 Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena
• 11-06 Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
• 11-08 Cincinnati, OH - Heritage Bank Center
• 11-10 Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
• 11-11 Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
• 11-13 Chicago, IL - United Center
• 11-14 Chicago, IL - United Center
• 11-16 Kansas City, MO - T-Mobile Center
• 11-17 Omaha, NE - CHI Health Center Omaha
• 11-19 Denver, CO - Ball Arena
• 11-20 Denver, CO - Ball Arena
• 12-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rogers Arena
• 12-05 Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena
• 12-06 Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena
• 12-08 Portland, OR - Moda Center
• 12-10 San Jose, CA - SAP Center at San Jose
• 12-11 San Jose, CA - SAP Center at San Jose
• 12-13 Glendale, AZ - Desert Diamond Arena
• 12-15 Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum
• 12-16 Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum
• 12-17 Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum

Australia and New Zealand (2025)

• 02-18 Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
• 02-19 Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
• 02-21 Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
• 02-22 Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
• 02-24 Sydney, Australia - Qudos Bank Arena
• 02-25 Sydney, Australia - Qudos Bank Arena
• 02-27 Sydney, Australia - Qudos Bank Arena
• 02-28 Sydney, Australia - Qudos Bank Arena
• 02-04 Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena
• 02-05 Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena
• 02-07 Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena
• 02-08 Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena

Europe (2025)

04-23 Stockholm, Sweden - Avicii Arena

04-24 Stockholm, Sweden - Avicii Arena

• 04-26 Oslo, Norway - Telenor Arena
• 04-28 Copenhagen, Denmark - Royal Arena
• 04-29 Copenhagen, Denmark - Royal Arena
• 05-02 Hannover, Germany - ZAG Arena
• 05-04 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome
• 05-05 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome
• 05-07 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome
• 05-09 Berlin, Germany - Uber Arena
• 05-29 Cologne, Germany - Lanxess Arena
• 05-30 Cologne, Germany - Lanxess Arena
• 06-01 Prague, Czech Republic - O2 Arena
• 06-03 Krakow, Poland - Tauron Arena
• 06-04 Krakow, Poland - Tauron Arena
• 06-06 Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle
• 06-08 Bologna, Italy - Unipol Arena
• 06-10 Paris, France - Accor Arena
• 06-11 Paris, France - Accor Arena
• 06-14 Barcelona, Spain - Palau Sant Jordi
• 06-15 Barcelona, Spain - Palau Sant Jordi
• 07-07 Glasgow, Scotland - OVO Hydro
• 07-08 Glasgow, Scotland - OVO Hydro
• 07-10 London, England - The O2
• 07-11 London, England - The O2
• 07-13 London, England - The O2
• 07-14 London, England - The O2
• 07-16 London, England - The O2
• 07-17 London, England - The O2
• 07-19 Manchester, England - Co-op Live
• 07-20 Manchester, England - Co-op Live
• 07-22 Manchester, England - Co-op Live
• 07-23 Manchester, England - Co-op Live
• 07-26 Dublin, Ireland - 3Arena
• 07-27 Dublin, Ireland - 3Arena

How to get tickets for Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour

Tickets for the tour will officially go on sale to the general public on Friday (3 May), although pre-sale tickets will be available in “select markets” on Tuesday (30 April) and Wednesday (1 May).

You can find official ticket info on Eilish’s own website.

The “Bad Guy” songstress has revealed she will endeavour to make her world tour as sustainable as possible. Eilish will donate a percentage of profits from the tour to nonprofit Reverb, who undertake environmental and climate justice projects.

She has also partnered with the organisation to set up “eco-villages” at her gigs, where fans will be able to learn about sustainability. In addition, Concertgoers will be able to buy plant-based food options thanks to Eilish’s link up with Support+Feed, a company run by her mother, Maggie Baird.

The tour announcement comes less than a month before Eilish is scheduled to drop "Hit Me Hard and Soft," her follow-up to 2021's " Happier Than Ever ." The album will debut on May 17, and the "Bad Guy" singer has said that no singles will be released beforehand, as she wants fans to experience it in its entirety. Her debut album, "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?", was released in 2019.

Eilish previously announced she would use recyclable materials for physical copies of her album, and a portion of the proceeds from her North American ticket sales will go to the environmental non-profit Reverb. Eilish is also encouraging fans to take public transportation and carpool to her shows to reduce greenhouse gas pollution.

Billie Eilish opens up about lifelong battle with depression: 'I've never been a happy person'

Eilish is coming off winning her second Oscar for the "Barbie" song "What Was I Made For?" She and her 26-year-old brother, Finneas, made history as the youngest people to win two Oscars after having already snagged the best original song Academy Award for their James Bond theme "No Time to Die."

Billie Eilish to return with her third album, 'Hit Me Hard and Soft': All the details

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone , Eilish teased what fans can expect from the new album, telling the outlet, "I feel like this album is me. It's not a character. It feels like the 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' version of me. It feels like my youth and who I was as a kid."

How to get Billie Eilish 'Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour' tickets

Tickets for Eilish's "Hit Me Hard and Soft" tour will first be available via a pre-sale for American Express card members on Tuesday, April 30.

Additional pre-sales will continue throughout the week. The general on-sale is scheduled to start on Friday, May 3.

Billie Eilish 'Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour' dates

Eilish announced the following dates as part of her "Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour":

Sun Sep 29 – Québec, QC – Centre Videotron

Tue Oct 01 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena

Wed Oct 02 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena

Fri Oct 04 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena

Sat Oct 05 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center

Mon Oct 07 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena

Wed Oct 09 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center

Fri Oct 11 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

Sun Oct 13 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena

Wed Oct 16 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

Thu Oct 17 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

Fri Oct 18 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

Sat Nov 02 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena

Sun Nov 03 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena

Wed Nov 06 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

Fri Nov 08 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center

Sun Nov 10 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center

Mon Nov 11 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center

Wed Nov 13 – Chicago, IL – United Center

Thu Nov 14 – Chicago, IL – United Center

Sat Nov 16 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center

Sun Nov 17 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center Omaha

Tue Nov 19 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

Wed Nov 20 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena

Tue Dec 03 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena

Thu Dec 05 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

Fri Dec 06 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena

Sun Dec 08 – Portland, OR – Moda Center

Tue Dec 10 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center at San Jose

Wed Dec 11 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center at San Jose

Fri Dec 13 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena

Sun Dec 15 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum

Mon Dec 16 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum

Tue Dec 17 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum

Tue Feb 18, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Wed Feb 19, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Fri Feb 21, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Sat Feb 22, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Mon Feb 24, 2025 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena

Tue Feb 25, 2025 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena

Thu Feb 27, 2025 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena

Fri Feb 28, 2025 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena

Tue Mar 4, 2025 –Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena

Wed Mar 5, 2025 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena

Fri Mar 7, 2025 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena

Sat Mar 8, 2025 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena

Wed Apr 23, 2025 – Stockholm, Sweden – Avicii Arena

Thu Apr 24, 2025 – Stockholm, Sweden – Avicii Arena

Sat Apr 26, 2025 – Oslo, Norway – Telenor Arena

Mon Apr 28, 2025 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena

Tue Apr 29, 2025 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena

Fri May 2, 2025 – Hannover, Germany – ZAG Arena

Sun May 4, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome

Mon May 5, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome

Wed May 7, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome

Fri May 9, 2025 – Berlin, Germany – Uber Arena

Thu May 29, 2025 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena

Fri May 30, 2025 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena

Sun June 1, 2025 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena

Tue June 3, 2025 – Kraków, Poland – Tauron Arena

Wed June 4, 2025 – Kraków, Poland – Tauron Arena

Fri June 6, 2025 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle

Sun June 8, 2025 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena

Tue June 10, 2025 – Paris, France – Accor Arena

Wed June 11, 2025 – Paris, France – Accor Arena

Sat June 14, 2025 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi

Sun June 15, 2025 –Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi

Mon Jul 7, 2025 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro

Tue Jul 8, 2025 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro

Thu Jul 10, 2025 – London, UK – The O2

Fri Jul 11, 2025 –London, UK – The O2

Sun Jul 13, 2025 – London, UK – The O2

Mon Jul 14, 2025 – London, UK – The O2

Wed Jul 16, 2025 – London, UK – The O2

Thu Jul 17, 2025 – London, UK – The O2

Sat Jul 19, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live

Sun Jul 20, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live

Tue Jul 22, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live

Wed Jul 23, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live

Sat Jul 26, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena

Sun Jul 27, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena

Contributing: Melissa Ruggieri , USA TODAY

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Billie Eilish announces dates for 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' concert tour

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Billie Eilish Announces 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' World Tour Dates

The tour will kick off September 2024 and run through July 2025

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Billie Eilish is going "hard" with touring.

On Monday, April 29, the pop star, 22, revealed that she'll be hitting the road in support of her forthcoming album Hit Me Hard and Soft .

The arena dates, produced by Live Nation, will kick off in North America in September 2024, before continuing in Australia in February 2025. Then, she'll travel to Europe, the U.K., and Ireland starting in April until late July 2025, per a press release.

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Eilish will kick off her North American leg in Québec, Canada at Centre Videotron on Sunday, Sept. 29, making stops in Philadelphia at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday, Oct. 5 and in New York City at Madison Square Garden from Wednesday Oct. 16 to Friday Oct. 18, before wrapping a three-date stint in Inglewood, Calif. at the Kia Forum on Tuesday, Dec. 17.

The "Ocean Eyes" artist will then launch her Australian dates with four dates in Brisbane at Brisbane Entertainment Centre from Tuesday, Feb. 18 to Saturday, Feb.22, which she'll close out with a four-day stint in Melbourne at Rod Laver Arena from Tuesday, March 4 to Saturday, March 8.

Eilish's European dates will kick off in Stockholm with a two-date performance at Avicii Arena on Wednesday, April 23 and Thursday, April 24, before wrapping in Barcelona after a two-date stint at Palau Sant Jordi on Sunday, June 15.

On Monday, July 7, the nine-time Grammy winner will kick off her U.K. leg in Glasgow, Scotland at OVO Hydro, where she will play two dates. She'll conclude that part of the tour with two dates in Dublin at 3Arena on Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27. Tickets for Eilish's tour dates will be available via an American Express® presale on Tuesday, April 30, with additional presales running throughout the week. Presale start and end times will vary by location.

The remaining tickets will be available to the public via general onsale Friday, May 3 on  billieeilish.com . On-sale start times vary by market.

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Earlier this month, Eilish announced that her third album,  Hit Me Hard and Soft . will be released May 17.

Instead of a typical rollout with singles as she did for her previous two records, 2019's  When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?  and 2021's  Happier Than Ever , the "Bad Guy" performer will share the 10-track project all at once.

See the full list of tour dates below.

Sun Sep 29 – Québec, QC – Centre Videotron Tue Oct 01 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena Wed Oct 02 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena Fri Oct 04 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena Sat Oct 05 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center Mon Oct 07 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena Wed Oct 09 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center Fri Oct 11 – Boston, MA – TD Garden Sun Oct 13 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena Wed Oct 16 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Thu Oct 17 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Fri Oct 18 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Sat Nov 02 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena Sun Nov 03 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena Wed Nov 06 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena Fri Nov 08 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center Sun Nov 10 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center Mon Nov 11 – Saint Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center Wed Nov 13 – Chicago, IL – United Center Thu Nov 14 – Chicago, IL – United Center Sat Nov 16 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center Sun Nov 17 – Omaha, NE – CHI Health Center Omaha Tue Nov 19 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena Wed Nov 20 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena Tue Dec 03 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena Thu Dec 05 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena Fri Dec 06 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena Sun Dec 08 – Portland, OR – Moda Center Tue Dec 10 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center at San Jose Wed Dec 11 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center at San Jose Fri Dec 13 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena Sun Dec 15 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum Mon Dec 16 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum Tue Dec 17 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum Tue Feb 18, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre Wed Feb 19, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre Fri Feb 21, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre Sat Feb 22, 2025 – Brisbane, Australia – Brisbane Entertainment Centre Mon Feb 24, 2025 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena Tue Feb 25, 2025 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena Thu Feb 27, 2025 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena Fri Feb 28, 2025 – Sydney, Australia – Qudos Bank Arena Tue March 4, 2025 –Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena Wed March 5, 2025 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena Fri March 7, 2025 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena Sat March 8, 2025 – Melbourne, Australia – Rod Laver Arena Wed Apr 23, 2025 – Stockholm, Sweden – Avicii Arena Thu Apr 24, 2025 – Stockholm, Sweden – Avicii Arena Sat Apr 26, 2025 – Oslo, Norway – Telenor Arena Mon Apr 28, 2025 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena Tue Apr 29, 2025 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena Fri May 2, 2025 – Hannover, Germany – ZAG Arena Sun May 4, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome Mon May 5, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome Wed May 7, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome Fri May 9, 2025 – Berlin, Germany – Uber Arena Thu May 29, 2025 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena Fri May 30, 2025 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena Sun June 1, 2025 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena Tue June 3, 2025 – Kraków, Poland – Tauron Arena Wed June 4, 2025 – Kraków, Poland – Tauron Arena Fri June 6, 2025 – Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle Sun June 8, 2025 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena Tue June 10, 2025 – Paris, France – Accor Arena Wed June 11, 2025 – Paris, France – Accor Arena Sat June 14, 2025 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi Sun June 15, 2025 –Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi Mon July 7, 2025 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro Tue July 8, 2025 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro Thu July 10, 2025 – London, UK – The O2 Fri July 11, 2025 –London, UK – The O2 Sun July 13, 2025 – London, UK – The O2 Mon July 14, 2025 – London, UK – The O2 Wed July 16, 2025 – London, UK – The O2 Thu July 17, 2025 – London, UK – The O2 Sat July 19, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live Sun July 20, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live Tue July 22, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live Wed July 23, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live Sat July 26, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena Sun July 27, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena

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Billie Eilish Announces Huge International Tour

The outing for 'HIT ME HARD AND SOFT' begins in Canada

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BY Alex Hudson Published Apr 29, 2024

Billie Eilish is taking her album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT on a massive tour — and it kicks off right here in Canada.

The enormous outing begins in the fall with a few shows in Canada: Quebec City on September 29, then two nights in Toronto on October 1 and 2. Then, after a US leg, she will return to Canada on December 3 in Vancouver. In the new year, she will tour Australia, Europe, and the UK and Ireland. See the schedule below.

Following presales throughout this week, tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday (May 3).

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT is out May 17.

Billie Eilish 2024–2025 Tour Dates:

09/29/2024 Quebec, QC - Centre Videotron 10/01/2024 Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena 10/02/2024 Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena 10/04/2024 Baltimore, MD - CFG Bank Arena 10/05/2024 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center 10/07/2024 Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena 10/09/2024 Newark, NJ - Prudential Center 10/11/2024 Boston, MA - TD Garden 10/13/2024 Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena 10/16/2024 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 10/17/2024 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 10/18/2024 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 11/02/2024 Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena 11/03/2024 Atlanta, GA - State Farm Arena 11/06/2024 Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena 11/08/2024 Cincinnati, OH - Heritage Bank Center 11/10/2024 Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center 11/11/2024 Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center 11/13/2024 Chicago, IL - United Center 11/14/2024 Chicago, IL - United Center 11/16/2024 Kansas City, MO - T-Mobile Center 11/17/2024 Omaha, NE - CHI Health Center Omaha 11/19/2024 Denver, CO - Ball Arena 11/20/2024 Denver, CO - Ball Arena 12/03/2024 Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena 12/05/2024 Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena 12/06/2024 Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena 12/08/2024 Portland, OR - Moda Center 12/10/2024 San Jose, CA - SAP Center at San Jose 12/11/2024 San Jose, CA - SAP Center at San Jose 12/13/2024 Glendale, AZ - Desert Diamond Arena 12/15/2024 Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum 12/16/2024 Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum 12/17/2024 Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum 02/18/2025 Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Centre 02/19/2025 Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Centre 02/21/2025 Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Centre 02/22/2025 Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Centre 02/24/2025 Sydney, Australia - Qudos Bank Arena 02/25/2025 Sydney, Australia - Qudos Bank Arena 02/27/2025 Sydney, Australia - Qudos Bank Arena 02/28/2025 Sydney, Australia - Qudos Bank Arena 03/04/2025 Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena 03/05/2025 Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena 03/07/2025 Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena 03/08/2025 Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena 04/23/2025 Stockholm, Sweden - Avicii Arena 04/24/2025 Stockholm, Sweden - Avicii Arena 04/26/2025 Oslo, Norway - Telenor Arena 04/28/2025 Copenhagen, Denmark - Royal Arena 04/29/2025 Copenhagen, Denmark - Royal Arena 05/02/2025 Hannover, Germany - ZAG Arena 05/04/2025 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome 05/05/2025 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome 05/07/2025 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome 05/09/2025 Berlin, Germany - Uber Arena 05/29/2025 Cologne, Germany - Lanxess Arena 05/30/2025 Cologne, Germany - Lanxess Arena 06/01/2025 Prague, Czech Republic - O2 Arena 06/03/2025 Kraków, Poland - Tauron Arena 06/04/2025 Kraków, Poland - Tauron Arena 06/06/2025 Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle 06/08/2025 Bologna, Italy - Unipol Arena 06/10/2025 Paris, France - Accor Arena 06/11/2025 Paris, France - Accor Arena 06/14/2025 Barcelona, Spain - Palau Sant Jordi 06/15/2025 Barcelona, Spain - Palau Sant Jordi 07/07/2025 Glasgow, UK - OVO Hydro 07/08/2025 Glasgow, UK - OVO Hydro 07/10/2025 London, UK - The O2 07/11/2025 London, UK - The O2 07/13/2025 London, UK - The O2 07/14/2025 London, UK - The O2 07/16/2025 London, UK - The O2 07/17/2025 London, UK - The O2 07/19/2025 Manchester, UK - Co-op Live 07/20/2025 Manchester, UK - Co-op Live 07/22/2025 Manchester, UK - Co-op Live 07/23/2025 Manchester, UK - Co-op Live 07/26/2025 Dublin, Ireland - 3Arena 07/27/2025 Dublin, Ireland - 3Arena

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Lily Allen has explained her strong reaction after being sent the rider for pop star Billie Eilish, as part of her surprise appearance on Allen’s podcast Miss Me?

Allen co-hosts the show with her friend, TV presenter and radio personality Miquita Oliver.

In an episode that aired this week, the duo welcomed the 22-year-old “Bad Guy” singer as a rare special guest, as the podcast typically sees them discussing various topics one-on-one.

The follow-up episode involved Allen, 39, and Oliver, 40, debriefing on Eilish’s appearance, during which she opened up about how her friendships changed after she shot to global fame.

“She was very sweet, I thought, and very calm,” Allen said, going on to refer to Eilish’s entourage: “The energy around her, the same could not be said...”

Allen continued: “It was funny for me because I’ve never seen that side of it before. It was so weird. We talked about it a bit on the podcast last week but I really did cry when the rider came through, because I guess it was sort of triggering to be around somebody in a promo schedule.

“I’ve been there countless times in my life. It’s always been very stressful, but I had always felt quite unsupported in those situations for whatever reason, and so it was hard for me to see somebody being treated so well, I guess.. surrounded by people who really were looking out for her best interests and really did care.”

Allen, who previously said she was shocked by the backlash to her antics as a young pop star in the Noughties, admitted she was taken aback after the podcast, as Eilish’s team “wanted to make sure she was being represented in the right way”.

“I felt like, with me it was a free-for-all,” she said. “Like, ‘Great! She’s said some sensational s***, let’s farm it out and who cares about what the consequences are for her.’ So, it’s nice to see that things have changed, or at least she is being looked after her.”

Allen said she felt “oddly protective” of Eilish, who is a fan of her breakout hit “Smile”, which conflicted with her duelling roles as “an ex-pop star” and a podcast host.

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Eilish revealed that she lost all of her friends when she shot to global fame, aged 17, upon the release of her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.

“Literally all except one,” she said. “My best friend Zoe who I’ve been friends with since I was like two. She is still my girl.

“But she’s pretty much the only person that remained. I suddenly was famous and I couldn’t relate to anybody. It was tough. It was really hard.”

Eilish also spoke about the moment she realised that the people she thought were her friends were, in fact, her employees.

“I remember looking around the room [at my birthday party] and it was only people that I employ,” she said. “And all 15 years or more older than me. And then, one of my best friends, who worked with me, quit. Out of the blue and didn’t talk to me. And it was the worst thing that happened to me.”

“I had this realisation that, oh no, I might be actually alone for real,” she said. “So since then I’ve become very distant in that way from people that I work with and I have a very weird relationship to being friendly with people that I work with, because I’m very freaked out by loss and I have a lot of abandonment problems.”

Eilish said she has since worked “really hard” on her friendships, from rekindling old ones to making new friends. “About exactly a year ago, I reconnected with a bunch of old friends and now, I have so many friends,” she said.

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This is not a drill! Billie Eilish is Touring Australia

Our prayers have been answered. Shortly after announcing her highly anticipated third studio album Hit Me Hard And Soft , the one and only Billie Elish has announced details of her Australian tour. 

The 22-year-old last visited Aussie shores in 2022 and fans have been eagerly awaiting any news of the star returning. 

While her Australian tour dates are still a little while away, her  forthcoming album, Hit Me Hard And Soft  which was written by  Billie and FINNEAS , her brother and long-time collaborator, will be released on May 17 (pre-order/add/save  here ).

Interested in attending the upcoming tour yourself? Here’s everything you need to know about Billie Eilish’s Australian tour dates and presale information.

When is Billie Eilish coming to Australia in 2025?

Although details of the Aussie tour dates were released in April 2024, fans will have to wait a bit longer to see her live. Across February and March 2025, Billie Eilish will be performing in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour Dates Australia: 

• 18 February | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Buy Tickets
• 19 February | Brisbane Entertainment Centre| Buy Tickets
• 21 February | Brisbane Entertainment Centre| Buy Tickets
• 22 February | Brisbane Entertainment Centre| Buy Tickets
• 24 February | Sydney Quodos Bank Arena | Buy Tickets
• 25 February | Sydney Quodos Bank Arena| Buy Tickets
• 27 February | Sydney Quodos Bank Arena| Buy Tickets
• 28 February | Sydney Quodos Bank Arena| Buy Tickets
• 4 March | Melbourne Rod Laver Arena | Buy Tickets
• 5 March | Melbourne Rod Laver Arena | Buy Tickets
• 7 March | Melbourne Rod Laver Arena | Buy Tickets
• 8 March | Melbourne Rod Laver Arena | Buy Tickets

What are the prices of Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour tickets?

Billie Eilish’s Australian Tour is for all ages and there are a range of tickets available. 

• A Reserve Seating: $249.90
• General Admission: $199.90
• B Reserve Seating: $199.90
• C Reserve Seating: $159.90
• D Reserve Seating: $129.90
• Changemaker Ticket: $351.85

The ticket limit is 4 per customer. 

Where to buy tickets to Billie Eilish’s Australian Show

All tickets will be available to buy on  Ticketek , with tickets on sale to the public on Friday May 3. But, before then, fans have a few more chances to grab presale tickets. 

Amex Pre-Sale 

• Sydney : Wed 1 May, 12pm – Thu 2 May, 12pm *   (Local Time)
• Brisbane : Wed 1 May, 1pm – Thu 2 May, 1pm *   (Local Time)
• Melbourne : Wed 1 May, 2pm – Thu 2 May, 2pm *   (Local Time)

Album Pre-Sale 

Live Nation, Frontier Touring and Vodafone Pre-Sale

• Sydney : Thu 2 May, 1pm – Fri 3 May, 12pm *   (Local Time)
• Brisbane :Thu 2 May, 2pm – Fri 3 May, 1pm *   (Local Time)
• Melbourne : Thu 2 May, 3pm – Fri 3 May, 2pm *   (Local Time)

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• Sydney : Fri 3 May, 1pm (Local Time)
• Brisbane : Fri 3 May, 2pm (Local Time)
• Melbourne : Fri 3 May, 3pm (Local Time)

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Lily Allen reveals she found Billie Eilish’s rider requests ‘triggering’: ‘I cried’

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Billie Eilish recently went on Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver’s podcast Miss Me? and sent the pair a ‘very intense’ rider ahead of her appearance.

Lily Allen said on the next episode of the podcast: ‘I really did cry when the rider came through.’

Lily’s reaction to the rider was more emotional than Miquita’s, who shared on Good Morning Britain that the rider was ‘very intense’ and revealed the one big demand she had.

She explained that she found Billie’s rider ‘triggering’ because it reminded her of her time as a popstar on a very tight promo schedule.

The Smile singer said of Billie: ‘She was very sweet, I thought, and very calm. The energy around her, the same could not be said…’

Lily continued: ‘It was funny for me because I’ve never seen that side of it before. It was so weird. We talked about it a bit on the podcast last week but I really did cry when the rider came through, because I guess it was sort of triggering to be around somebody in a promo schedule.

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‘I’ve been there countless times in my life. It’s always been very stressful, but I had always felt quite unsupported in those situations for whatever reason, and so it was hard for me to see somebody being treated so well, I guess.. surrounded by people who really were looking out for her best interests and really did care.

‘I felt like, with me it was a free-for-all,’ she continued. ‘Like, “Great! She’s said some sensational s***, let’s farm it out and who cares about what the consequences are for her.” So, it’s nice to see that things have changed, or at least she is being looked after.’

Billie, 22, has long been an outspoken vegan and environmental advocate, famously requesting all local vegan snacks ahead of her appearance at Glastonbury in 2022.

But it seems the singer has now taken things further with her veganism as her star continues to rise following the release of her newest album Hit Me Hard and Soft, which dropped in May.

Miquita revealed on Good Morning Britain that Billie’s rider had a lot of very specific instructions.

When asked by GMB host Ed Balls about the star’s rider prior to her podcast appearance, Miquita said, ‘Oh well, the rider was a trip I have to say. It was very intense.’

She went on to explain that it’s Billie’s veganism that makes her demands so large.

She continued: ‘But you know, there’s a lot that she needs because she’s a vegan so there was a lot about materials and what she would allow to be around her and not.’

Her statement seems to imply that the Bad Guy singer asks for all animal products to be removed from her presence entirely – including ‘materials’ like leather and other non-vegan items.

Miquita didn’t seem to have a problem with the demands, continuing: ‘Which is absolutely fine. You know she’s young and there’s like 25 people traveling with her, but she’s very much the calm within her storm and it’s admirable.’

Billie’s appearance on the podcast has already made headlines for the singer’s revelation that she had been badly ghosted by a past romantic prospect .

Ghosting – when someone inexplicably and suddenly cuts off all communication -is a common term in Gen Z culture, and it seems even Grammy winners aren’t immune to the hurtful phenomenon. 

She said: ‘I’ve been ghosted for sure.’ She continued to say that she found it, ‘literally unbelievable. To this day, [he] never texted me again.’

‘I was like, did you die? Did you literally die?,’ she said.

Eilish explained that she had made plans with the unnamed romantic prospect and then he simply never showed up or contacted her again. 

‘It was somebody that I’d also known for years and had a plan, the day of, on the phone, making a plan, this is my address, be there at 3pm – never heard from him again. Ever. I couldn’t believe it,’ she said. 

Soon, the singer discovered that he was dating someone else.

She described the hurtful revelation, saying: ‘And I was like “oh.” But I didn’t know people still did that. I genuinely didn’t know people did that.’

Metro.co.uk reached out to Billie’s reps for comment.

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