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 Comfortable, 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 carried out 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 might 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 this planet, I’m not making an attempt to listen to them for 3 hours.”
Whereas Eilish didn’t direct her feedback at a selected artist, some Swifties questioned if she was throwing shade on the “Fortnight” singer, who’s at present 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 exhibits.
“I discover it actually onerous to play stadiums,” the “What Was I Made For?” singer advised the Los Angeles Instances 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 live shows for years, together with music legends corresponding to Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney. Final yr, on the Conan O’Brien Wants A Good friend podcast, The Beatles singer even mentioned he “blames” Springsteen for more and more lengthy stage occasions 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 tune from Hit Me Arduous and Comfortable 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 do this” as a result of the present could be “like one million years lengthy” on account of widespread tracks from her earlier albums that she plans to carry out.