Watch Billie Eilish debut ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT’ tracks and rock through ‘Happier Than Ever’ as she kicks off world tour in Quebec
Billie Eilish kicked off her world tour last night in Quebec, Canada. Check out everything she played below.
The colossal tour follows the release of her third studio album ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ earlier this year. Eilish will play across North America until December 2024, before heading to Australia in February 2025 and Europe from April until July. Visit here to purchase US tickets, here for UK tickets, here for European tickets and here for Australian tickets – and see the full list of dates here.
Eilish opened the tour on Sunday (September 29) with the first-ever live performance of ‘CHIHIRO’, before launching into ‘LUNCH’, ‘NDA’ and ‘Therefore I Am’. Fans in the Centre Vidéotron Arena were also treated to the live debuts of ‘THE DINER’, and ‘BLUE’, as well as an electric guitar solo, performed by Eilish, on ‘Happier Than Ever’.
The 26-song set also saw her perform a handful of older hits, including ‘ocean eyes’ from her 2017 debut EP ‘Don’t Smile at Me’, and ”when the party’s over’ and ‘bad guy’ from her 2019 album ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?‘. The singer then wrapped up the show with ‘Birds Of A Feather’.
Check out the fan-recorded footage, and the full setlist, below:
Billie Eilish’s Quebec setlist was:
‘CHIHIRO’ (Live debut)
‘LUNCH’
‘NDA’
‘Therefore I Am’
WILDFLOWER (Extended)
‘when the party’s over’
‘THE DINER’ (Live debut)
‘ilomilo’
‘bad guy’
‘THE GREATEST’
‘Male Fantasy’ (Acoustic)
‘SKINNY’ (Acoustic)
‘TV’ (Acoustic)
‘bury a friend’
‘Oxytocin’ (Extended)
‘you should see me in a crown’
‘Guess remix’ (Charli XCX song)
‘everything i wanted’
‘BLUE’ (Live debut)
‘lovely’
‘idontwannabeyouanymore’
‘ocean eyes’
‘L’AMOUR DE MA VIE’
‘What Was I Made For?’
‘Happier Than Ever’
‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’
In preparation for the tour, the singer has partnered with Google Maps to help fans find sustainable transport and food options when they travel to her shows.
Eilish recently shared the music video for ‘Birds Of A Feather’. Directed by Aidan Zamiri, the supernatural-inspired video sees Eilish overtaken by invisible forces that drag her across the floor and up the walls.
In other news, she’ll be the musical guest on the October 19 episode of Saturday Night Live, alongside host Michael Keaton, and she also recently endorsed Kamala Harris in the US presidential race.
It also emerged this week that Eilish is now learning to “do home production without” her brother Finneas, who has produced all three of her albums to date.
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Laura Molloy
NME
