Happier Than Ever, The World Tour

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Happier Than Ever, The World Tour
Tour by Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever, The World Tour.png
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumHappier Than Ever
Start dateFebruary 3, 2022
End dateSeptember 30, 2022
Legs3
Billie Eilish concert chronology

The Happier Than Ever, The World Tour[1] is the ongoing sixth concert tour by American singer Billie Eilish, in support of her second studio album Happier Than Ever (2021).[2][3] The tour commenced on February 3, 2022, in New Orleans, Louisiana at Smoothie King Center and is set to conclude on September 30, 2022, in Perth, Australia at RAC Arena.

Background[]

On May 21, 2021 the tour was announced through a YouTube video posted to her official page. In the short clip, the artist sits alone in the auditorium, while in the end of the visual, camera points to Eilish's official website.[4] Subsequently, Eilish posted further announcements through other social media pages such as Twitter.[5] The tour uses Ticketmaster's Verified fan program in North America.[6] It initially consisted of 50 dates (32 in North America and 18 in Europe).[6][7] It has been reported that the tickets sold out quickly, thus more stops has been added in following months,[8] including the third leg taking place in Oceania.[9]

Concert synopsis[]

The show begins with strobing lights, white backdrops, whilst Eilish is catapulted from under the stage to perform "Bury a Friend", accompanyied by a drummer, Andrew Marshall, and her brother, Finneas, on guitar.[10][11] It was followed by "slinkier" and "hard-hitting" track "I Didn't Change My Number".[12][13] Next, she sung "NDA", while the stage projected a street and the monitors were displaying cars swerving, later transitioning to "Therefore I Am", when the screens turned red.[10] The singer proceeded with "hypnotic" rendition of "My Strange Addiction"[14] and "downshifted" version of "Idontwannabeyouanymore".[11] During "You Should See Me in a Crown" performance, Eilish instructed her fans to stay still "like Squid Game".[12]

"Billie Bossa Nova" performance was "turned into a libidinous rager" with backdrops projecting faceless, scantily clad dancing bodies.[13] According to the New York Times' Lindsay Zoladz, performance of "Goldwing" was a "kinetic call-and-response number."[13] Later, she follows with "quiter" song "Halley's Comet".[14] Next, Eilish performs "Oxytocin", which also included a fragment of "Copycat". The artist additionally asks fans to get as low as possible, so all of them can jump at once.[10][12] Next, she is joined by Finneas on the stage, while they play "Your Power" on guitars.[14] Her brother later returns to the keyboard, whereas Eilish sing "Male Fantasy" by herself.[11][12] It is followed by Not My Responsibility interlude, after which she sugues into "Overheated", during which she is on the crane.[11] After that, the singer performs a mash-up of her earlier songs "Bellyache", "Ocean Eyes", and "Bored".[12] She goes back to the stage, and plays "Getting Older" with home videos of the singer and her family being displayed on the backdrops.[10][12] For "All the Good Girls Go to Hell", screens present global warming effects on the Earth,[14] such as polar bears on melting ice caps, pollution, oil spills, and wildfires. During the song's chorus they turn from flames to complete red.[10]

Eilish starts an encore with "Everything I Wanted", which has been called "relatively breezy" by Keith Spera of The New Orleans Advocate.[11] She follows it with a performance of "Bad Guy", which sees her jumping around the stage, and confetti shot up from the ceiling.[10] "Happier Than Ever" is the concluding song of the show, where Finneas plays the electric guitar,[11] and Eilish headbanging during the second half of the song.[12]

Set list[]

This set list is representative of the show in Pittsburgh on February 8, 2022. It is not intended to represent all concerts for the tour.[15]

  1. "Bury a Friend"
  2. "I Didn't Change My Number"
  3. "NDA"
  4. "Therefore I Am"
  5. "My Strange Addiction"
  6. "Idontwannabeyouanymore"
  7. "Lovely"
  8. "You Should See Me in a Crown"
  9. "Billie Bossa Nova"
  10. "Goldwing"
  11. "Halley's Comet"
  12. "Oxytocin" (contains an excerpt from "Copycat")
  13. "Ilomilo"
  14. "Your Power" (with Finneas)
  15. "Male Fantasy"
  16. "Not My Responsibility" (interlude)
  17. "Overheated"
  18. "Bellyache"
  19. "Ocean Eyes"
  20. "Bored"
  21. "Getting Older"
  22. "Lost Cause"
  23. "When the Party's Over"
  24. "All the Good Girls Go to Hell"
  25. "Everything I Wanted"
  26. "Bad Guy"
  27. "Happier Than Ever"
  28. "Goodbye" (outro)

Tour dates[]

List of North American concerts
Date City Country Venue Opening Acts Attendance Revenue
February 3, 2022 New Orleans United States Smoothie King Center N/A — —
February 5, 2022 Atlanta State Farm Arena Tkay Maidza 11,486 / 11,486 (100%) $1,384,894
February 6, 2022 Charlotte Spectrum Center — —
February 8, 2022 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 12,297 / 12,402 (99%) $1,284,679
February 9, 2022 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena 13,073 / 13,367 (97%) $1,672,736
February 10, 2022 University Park Bryce Jordan Center — —
February 12, 2022 Buffalo KeyBank Center Dora Jar[a] — —
February 13, 2022 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center — —
February 15, 2022 Elmont UBS Arena — —
February 18, 2022 New York City Madison Square Garden — —
February 19, 2022
February 20, 2022 Boston TD Garden — —
February 22, 2022 Newark Prudential Center 12,511 / 12,511 (100%) $1,499,947
March 8, 2022 Birmingham Legacy Arena Duckwrth — —
March 9, 2022 Nashville Bridgestone Arena — —
March 11, 2022 Louisville KFC Yum! Center — —
March 12, 2022 Detroit Little Caesars Arena — —
March 14, 2022 Chicago United Center — —
March 15, 2022 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center — —
March 16, 2022 Omaha CHI Health Center Omaha — —
March 19, 2022 Denver Ball Arena — —
March 21, 2022 Salt Lake City Vivint Arena — —
March 24, 2022 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena — —
March 25, 2022 Seattle United States Climate Pledge Arena — —
March 26, 2022
March 29, 2022 San Francisco Chase Center — —
March 30, 2022 Sacramento Golden 1 Center — —
April 1, 2022 Paradise T-Mobile Arena — —
April 2, 2022 Glendale Gila River Arena — —
April 4, 2022[b]
April 6, 2022 Inglewood The Forum — —
April 8, 2022 N/A
April 9, 2022 Jessie Reyez
April 16, 2022[c] Indio Empire Polo Club N/A N/A N/A
April 23, 2022[c]
List of European concerts
Date City Country Venue Opening Acts Attendance Revenue
June 3, 2022 Belfast Northern Ireland The SSE Arena Jessie Reyez — —
June 4, 2022 Dublin Ireland 3Arena — —
June 5, 2022 Jungle
June 7, 2022 Manchester England AO Arena Jessie Reyez — —
June 8, 2022 Jungle
June 10, 2022 London The O2 Arena Jessie Reyez — —
June 11, 2022
June 12, 2022
June 14, 2022 Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro — —
June 15, 2022 Birmingham England Utilita Arena — —
June 16, 2022 London The O2 Arena Jungle — —
June 18, 2022 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome Jessie Reyez — —
June 19, 2022 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle — —
June 21, 2022 Cologne Lanxess Arena — —
June 22, 2022 Paris France Accor Arena — —
June 24, 2022[d] Pilton England Worthy Farm N/A N/A N/A
June 25, 2022 London The O2 Arena Arlo Parks — —
June 26, 2022 Girl in Red
June 28, 2022 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis Jessie Reyez — —
June 30, 2022 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena — —
July 2, 2022 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion — —
List of Oceanian concerts
Date City Country Venue Opening Acts Attendance Revenue
September 8, 2022 Auckland New Zealand Spark Arena N/A — —
September 9, 2022
September 10, 2022
September 13, 2022 Sydney Australia Qudos Bank Arena — —
September 14, 2022
September 15, 2022
September 17, 2022 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre — —
September 18, 2022
September 19, 2022
September 22, 2022 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena — —
September 23, 2022
September 24, 2022
September 26, 2022
September 29, 2022 Perth RAC Arena — —
September 30, 2022
Total — —

Postponed concerts[]

List of postponed concerts
Date City Country Venue Reason of postponement
February 15, 2022 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena COVID-19 pandemic in Canada[19]
February 16, 2022 Montreal Bell Centre

Notes[]

  1. ^ Originally, WILLOW was slated to open for Eilish however dropped out due to production limitations.[16]
  2. ^ The concert on April 4, 2022 in Glendale at the Gila River Arena was originally scheduled for April 3, 2022, however due to conflicts with the new 64th Annual Grammy Awards date the show was postponed.
  3. ^ a b The concerts on April 16 and April 23, 2022, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio are part of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.[17]
  4. ^ The show on June 24, 2022 in Pilton is part of Glastonbury Festival.[18]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Billie Eilish Announces 2022 Tour". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "BILLIE EILISH ANNOUNCES HAPPIER THAN EVER, THE WORLD TOUR". Live Nation Entertainment. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  4. ^ Mahadevan, Tara C. (May 21, 2021). "Billie Eilish Announces Happier Than Ever World Tour". Complex. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  5. ^ Jones, Damian (May 21, 2021). "Billie Eilish announces 'Happier Than Ever' 2022 world tour dates". NME. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Armstrong, Sam (May 21, 2021). "Billie Eilish Announces 'Happier Than Ever' World Tour". uDiscover Music. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  7. ^ Blistein, Jon (May 21, 2021). "Billie Eilish Plots 'Happier Than Ever' Worl Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  8. ^ "Extra date added for Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever tour due to huge demand". Manchester Evening News. May 28, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  9. ^ Cashmere, Paul (October 7, 2021). "Billie Eilish Reveals Big Tour For Australia and New Zealand". Noise11. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Clogher, Marisa (February 4, 2022). "Billie Eilish Kicks Off 'Happier Than Ever Tour' in New Orleans: Recap + Photos". Conseqence. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d e f Spera, Keith (February 4, 2022). "Billie Eilish launched her Happier Than Ever tour in New Orleans. Here's how it went". Nola.com. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g Spanos, Brittany (February 4, 2022). "Opening Night of the First Billie Eilish Tour in Two Years Was Everything Fans Hoped For (Plus Rain)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  13. ^ a b c Zoladz, Lindsay (February 20, 2022). "At Billie Eilish's Arena Show, the Only Spectacle Is Herself". The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  14. ^ a b c d DeLuca, Dan (February 14, 2022). "Billie Eilish finally makes it to the Wells Fargo Center | Review". Inquirer.com. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  15. ^ Mervis, Scott (February 8, 2022). "Review: Billie Eilish's Pittsburgh debut is a joyful display of her dark-edged pop". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 11, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ {{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/willow-smith-drops-out-billie-eilish-tour-1235028749/%7Ctitle=Willow Drops Out of Billie Eilish Tour Due to ‘Production Limitations’|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=February 12, 2022
  17. ^ "Coachella 2022 Full Lineup Announced". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  18. ^ "Billie Eilish Set to Headline Glastonbury Festival 2022". Variety. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  19. ^ "Billie Eilish postpones a number of 'Happier Than Ever' tour dates". nme.com. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
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