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Billie Eilish extends world tour with more shows in US, including 4 in NC

Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour is making stops in Raleigh and Charlotte in October.
Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour is making stops in Raleigh and Charlotte in October.

It’s a Billie Eilish encore.

The 23-year-old singer-songwriter is extending the sold-out HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR with 23 more stops this year, including some in North Carolina.

Since fall of 2024, the Grammy award-winning artist has hit the stage with shows across the globe, from Germany and Spain to Italy and Ireland— with the extended leg of the tour continuing this fall in Japan and the U.S.

Lucky for local music fans, there will be four chances to catch Eilish in concert. She’ll be at Raleigh’s Lenovo Center on Oct. 16-17 at 7 p.m. before performing at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center on Oct. 19-20 at 7 p.m.

Extended tour dates for ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR’ produced by Live Nation.
Extended tour dates for ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR’ produced by Live Nation. Courtesy of Live Nation

Eilish is no stranger to the Carolinas. She brought her Happier Than Ever tour to Charlotte in 2022, along with the Where Do We Go? tour to Raleigh in 2020 (when she played with a pack of pups from Saving Grace dog rescue before the show!).

Before then, at just 16 years old, she opened for Florence + The Machine at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center in 2018.

If you want to grab a ticket for her upcoming shows, sales begin this week.

How to get tickets

Tickets for the extended tour dates will be available through the American Express presale on Tuesday, May 20 at 12 p.m. before general on-sale beginning Thursday, May 22 at 12 p.m. online at billieeilish.com.

In partnership with environmental nonprofit REVERB, Eilish’s tour has a focus on sustainability efforts, including reducing greenhouse gas pollution, decreasing single-use plastic waste and supporting climate action, according to Live Nation.

$1 from each ticket sold benefiting REVERB and 50% of the Changemaker ticket to the organization’s Climate Impact Fund and Support+Feed.

You can find more information online about the tour and ticket sales online at billieeilish.com.

This story was originally published May 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM with the headline "Billie Eilish extends world tour with more shows in US, including 4 in NC."

Chyna Blackmon
The Charlotte Observer
Chyna Blackmon was a service journalism reporter for The Charlotte Observer. A native of the Carolinas, she grew up in Columbia, SC, and graduated from Queens University of Charlotte. She’s also worked in local television news in Charlotte, NC, and Richmond, VA. Support my work with a digital subscription
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