Billie Eilish followers shouldn’t anticipate three-hour concert events anytime within the close to future.
Following the discharge of her third studio album, Hit Me Laborious and Mushy, the Grammy and Oscar winner took to the music app Stationhead to reply fan questions stay.
When requested if she would ever carry out a three-hour-long present — much like what Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have performed for the Eras Tour and Renaissance World Tour, respectively — Eilish responded, “I’m not doing a three-hour present, that’s actually psychotic.”
“No one desires that,” she may very well 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. Nevertheless, Eilish has beforehand praised Swift and Beyoncé for his or her means to carry out lengthy reveals.
“I discover it actually onerous 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 will placed on a present that lengthy, and it’s stuffed with so many unbelievable moments, is actually wonderful.”
Different artists have additionally been performing hours-long concert events for years, together with music legends comparable 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 in the present day, 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 Laborious and Mushy on the set checklist 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 1,000,000 years lengthy” attributable to standard tracks from her earlier albums that she plans to carry out.
