Happier Than Ever, The World Tour
Happier Than Ever, The World Tour is the ongoing sixth concert tour by American singer Billie Eilish, in support of her second studio album "Happier Than Ever" (2021). 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 at the end of the visual , the camera points to Eilish's official website. Subsequently, Eilish posted further announcements through other social media pages such as Twitter. The tour uses Ticketmaster's Verified fan program in North America. It initially consisted of 50 dates (32 in North America and 18 in Europe). Tickets sold out quickly, leading to the addition of more dates. A third leg, with locations in Oceania, was also added to the tour. 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. It was followed by "slinkier" and "hard-hitting" track "I Didn't Change My Number". 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. The singer proceeded with "hypnotic" rendition of "My Strange Addiction" and "downshifted" version of "Idontwannabeyouanymore". During "You Should See Me in a Crown" performance, Eilish instructed her fans to stay still "like "Squid Game"". "Billie Bossa Nova" performance was "turned into a libidinous rager" with backdrops projecting faceless, scantily clad dancing bodies . According to "the New York Times" Lindsay Zoladz, performance of "Goldwing" was a "kinetic call-and-response number." Later, she follows with "quiter" song "Halley's Comet". 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. Next, she is joined by Finneas on the stage, while they play "Your Power" on guitars. Her brother later returns to the keyboard, whereas Eilish sing "Male Fantasy" by herself. It is followed by "Not My Responsibility" interlude, after which she sugues into  Overheated, during which she is on the crane. After that, the singer performs a mash-up of her earlier songs "Bellyache", "Ocean Eyes", and "Bored". She goes back to the stage, and plays "Getting Older" with home videos of the singer and her family being displayed on the backdrops. For "All the Good Girls Go to Hell", screens present global warming effects on the Earth, 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. Eilish starts an encore with "Everything I Wanted", which has  been called "relatively breezy" by Keith Spera of "The New Orleans Advocate". She follows it with a performance of "Bad Guy", which sees her jumping around the stage, and confetti shot up from the ceiling. "Happier Than Ever" is the concluding song of the show, where Finneas plays the electric guitar, and Eilish headbangs during the second half of the song. 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.