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| Billie Eilish tour dates announced for new album Hit Me Hard and Soft | Billie Eilish tour dates announced for new album Hit Me Hard and Soft |
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| Billie Eilish announced a world tour, starting in Canada in September | Billie Eilish announced a world tour, starting in Canada in September |
| Billie Eilish has announced an 81-date world tour starting later this year. | Billie Eilish has announced an 81-date world tour starting later this year. |
| The What Was I Made For singer confirmed dates in North America, Australia and Europe from September. | The What Was I Made For singer confirmed dates in North America, Australia and Europe from September. |
| Billie previously told music website Billboard her latest tour would be her most sustainable yet and she's partnered with an environmental group to organise it. | Billie previously told music website Billboard her latest tour would be her most sustainable yet and she's partnered with an environmental group to organise it. |
| Tickets for the tour - named after upcoming album Hit Me Hard And Soft - go on sale on 3 May. | Tickets for the tour - named after upcoming album Hit Me Hard And Soft - go on sale on 3 May. |
| Billie will start in Canada on 29 September before taking her show to the US in October. | Billie will start in Canada on 29 September before taking her show to the US in October. |
| She'll then head to Australia in February, arriving in Europe next April. | She'll then head to Australia in February, arriving in Europe next April. |
| The Oscar-winning singer has 12 UK dates, including two shows in Glasgow, six in London and four in Manchester. | The Oscar-winning singer has 12 UK dates, including two shows in Glasgow, six in London and four in Manchester. |
| Billie is a long-standing climate campaigner and she committed to making her last tour in 2022 "climate positive", meaning it would eliminate more emissions than it produced. | Billie is a long-standing climate campaigner and she committed to making her last tour in 2022 "climate positive", meaning it would eliminate more emissions than it produced. |
| She partnered with Reverb, a non-profit organisation that works to promote sustainability in the music industry, and will be working with them again on this tour. | She partnered with Reverb, a non-profit organisation that works to promote sustainability in the music industry, and will be working with them again on this tour. |
| Initiatives include reducing single-use plastics, offering plant-based food options and donating a portion of profits to funding climate projects. | Initiatives include reducing single-use plastics, offering plant-based food options and donating a portion of profits to funding climate projects. |
| Eilish to release new album using recycled vinyl | Eilish to release new album using recycled vinyl |
| Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and the album comeback | Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and the album comeback |
| Will 1975's carbon-removed gigs make a difference? | Will 1975's carbon-removed gigs make a difference? |
| In an interview earlier this month, Billie told Billboard she and her team were doing everything they could "to minimise waste in every aspect of my music". | In an interview earlier this month, Billie told Billboard she and her team were doing everything they could "to minimise waste in every aspect of my music". |
| "My parents have always kept me well informed and hyper-aware that every choice we make and every action we take has an impact somewhere or on someone, good or bad, and that has always stuck with me," she said. | "My parents have always kept me well informed and hyper-aware that every choice we make and every action we take has an impact somewhere or on someone, good or bad, and that has always stuck with me," she said. |
| "I can't just ignore what I know and go about my business and career and not do something. That's just not how I was raised, or how I want to live my life." | "I can't just ignore what I know and go about my business and career and not do something. That's just not how I was raised, or how I want to live my life." |
| For Hit Me Hard And Soft, which is set to be released on 17 May, Billie's also announced plans to limit the impact of physical copies. | For Hit Me Hard And Soft, which is set to be released on 17 May, Billie's also announced plans to limit the impact of physical copies. |
| This includes making vinyl copies out of recycled vinyl with the packaging and album sleeves also made from recycled materials. | This includes making vinyl copies out of recycled vinyl with the packaging and album sleeves also made from recycled materials. |
| The singer has announced she would not be releasing any singles in advance, saying she wants fans to hear the album "in one go". | The singer has announced she would not be releasing any singles in advance, saying she wants fans to hear the album "in one go". |
| The tour announcement came days after Billie revealed she'd followed in Lady Gaga's footsteps and been added to the line-up of Fortnite Festival - the rhythm-based game within the popular online shooter. | |
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