Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour

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Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour
Tour by Billie Eilish
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Location
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
Associated album Hit Me Hard and Soft
Start dateSeptember 29, 2024 (2024-09-29)
End dateJuly 27, 2025 (2025-07-27)
No. of shows81
Billie Eilish concert chronology

Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour is the upcoming seventh headlining concert tour by American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish, in support of her third studio album Hit Me Hard and Soft (2024). [1] The tour was announced on April 29, 2024, and will start on September 29, 2024, at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, and will conclude on July 27, 2025, at the 3Arena in Dublin.

Contents

Tour dates

List of 2024 concerts [2]
Date (2024)CityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
September 29 Quebec City Canada Videotron Centre
October 1 Toronto Scotiabank Arena
October 2
October 4 Baltimore United States CFG Bank Arena
October 5 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
October 7 Detroit Little Caesars Arena
October 9 Newark Prudential Center
October 11 Boston TD Garden
October 13 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
October 16 New York City Madison Square Garden
October 17
October 18
November 2 Atlanta State Farm Arena
November 3
November 6 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
November 8 Cincinnati Heritage Bank Center
November 10 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
November 11
November 13 Chicago United Center
November 14
November 16 Kansas City T-Mobile Center
November 17 Omaha CHI Health Center
November 19 Denver Ball Arena
November 20
December 3 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena
December 5 Seattle United States Climate Pledge Arena
December 6
December 8 Portland Moda Center
December 10 San Jose SAP Center
December 11
December 13 Glendale Desert Diamond Arena
December 15 Inglewood [lower-alpha 1] Kia Forum
December 16
December 17
List of 2025 concerts [3]
Date (2025)CityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
February 18 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
February 19
February 21
February 22
February 24 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena
February 25
February 27
February 28
March 4 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
March 5
March 7
March 8
April 23 Stockholm Sweden Avicii Arena
April 24
April 26 Bærum [lower-alpha 2] Norway Telenor Arena
April 28 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
April 29
May 2 Hanover Germany ZAG-Arena
May 4 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
May 5
May 7
May 9 Berlin Germany Uber Arena
May 29 Cologne Lanxess Arena
May 30
June 1 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
June 3 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena
June 4
June 6 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
June 8 Bologna Italy Unipol Arena
June 10 Paris France Accor Arena
June 11
June 14 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
June 15
July 7 Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro
July 8
July 10 London England The O2 Arena
July 11
July 13
July 14
July 16
July 17
July 19 Manchester Co-op Live
July 20
July 22
July 23
July 26 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
July 27
Total

Notes

  1. Labelled as Los Angeles in promotional material.
  2. Labelled as Oslo in promotional material.

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