Billie Eilish followers shouldn’t anticipate three-hour live shows anytime within the close to future.
Following the discharge of her third studio album, Hit Me Arduous and Delicate, the Grammy and Oscar winner took to the music app Stationhead to reply fan questions reside.
When requested if she would ever carry out a three-hour-long present — just like what Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have completed for the Eras Tour and Renaissance World Tour, respectively — Eilish responded, “I’m not doing a three-hour present, that’s actually psychotic.”
“No person needs that,” she could possibly be heard saying in recordings posted on X, previously Twitter. “You guys don’t need that. I don’t need that. I don’t even need that as a fan. My favourite artist on the earth, I’m not attempting to listen to them for 3 hours.”
Whereas Eilish didn’t direct her feedback at a specific artist, some Swifties questioned if she was throwing shade on the “Fortnight” singer, who’s presently on the European leg of her Eras Tour that runs greater than three hours. Nonetheless, Eilish has beforehand praised Swift and Beyoncé for his or her capacity to carry out lengthy exhibits.
“I discover it actually laborious to play stadiums,” the “What Was I Made For?” singer informed the Los Angeles Occasions in October 2023. “Beyoncé and Taylor [Swift] are untouchable superstars; the truth that they’ll placed on a present that lengthy, and it’s full of so many unimaginable moments, is actually superb.”
Different artists have additionally been performing hours-long live shows for years, together with music legends akin to Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney. Final yr, on the Conan O’Brien Wants A Buddy podcast, The Beatles singer even mentioned he “blames” Springsteen for more and more lengthy stage instances that artists are anticipated to play right this moment, in comparison with again within the ’60s.
Eilish was additionally requested on the Stationhead app if she deliberate to incorporate each music from Hit Me Arduous and Delicate on the set listing for her upcoming world tour, which kicks off in September and wraps in July 2025. The “Lunch” singer mentioned that she “can’t try this” as a result of the present could be “like one million years lengthy” attributable to widespread tracks from her earlier albums that she plans to carry out.