Billie Eilish announces world tour for new album

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.

Billie previously told music website Billboard her third studio album 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.

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 has 12 UK dates, including two shows in Glasgow, six in London and four in Manchester.

For her last tour, Happier Than Ever, in 2022, Billie partnered with Reverb, a non-profit organisation that works to promote sustainability in the music industry.

Billie is a long-standing climate campaigner and she committed to making that tour "climate positive", meaning it would eliminate more emissions than it produced.

Initiatives included reducing single-use plastics, offering plant-based food options and donating a portion of profits to funding climate projects.

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.

"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.

The singer has announced she would not be releasing any singles in advance, saying she wants fans to hear the album "in one go".

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