The Grammy-winning singer, 20, will perform alongside her brother and co-writer Finneas O'Connell. The US pop star made her Glastonbury debut in 2019 when she ...
Seeing the valley full of tents and flags and people, it’s exactly how it should be. There’s 100,000 people here and it’s just absolutely gorgeous. The US pop star made her Glastonbury debut in 2019 when she performed on the Other Stage and treated crowds to a string of tracks such as Bad Guy and You Should See Me In A Crown.
The hallowed fields of Worthy Farm, Somerset have sparked many emotions for punters and performers over five decades of Glastonbury Festival, but for Billie ...
So we’ll all have to have a Glasto knees-up in her honour: get stuck in, get pally with the group in the tents next to you, and if you’re a returning veteran, extend a welcome to the newcomers and the next generation coming through. Last year, I was a little complacent in my life and accepting of things that weren’t very fulfilling and I want to change that.” “Before that, I was one kind of person and wore a certain type of clothes and made a certain type of music… Thoughts on a third album have been fleeting, because “if I think too much about it I’ll freak myself out”. But Eilish knows how she wants it to feel: “I don’t want the next album to be a specific aesthetic, in the way that ‘Happier Than Ever’ was very one-style for a while. She says that she “had no idea who I was” around that time, but today, in baggy blue jeans and jet-black hair, she appears, ahem, happier than ever. She says that she’s in a “real transitional period in my personal life”, and that “I’m trying to find myself again. “I take my mom [Maggie Baird] everywhere, and she’s always asking people at festivals and shows ‘What are you guys doing to help the world?’ and making sure that people are thinking about it,” she says. “I’m going to have to prove myself, which is part of doing festivals and part of headlining them all over the world,” she says. “I have to prove it to myself, too. You plan your stuff many months in advance, and things move faster than you plan, and we’d plan all these shows to do and then the time would come and it felt like an underplay.” You’ll be on stage during a show and think, ‘This is the worst show I’ve ever done’, but the crowd could care less; they’re just happy to be there.” “It was a quite busy time in my life,” Eilish says, “but after the fact I realised how big a deal it was and was like, ‘Oh, shit!’” It was an intriguing show, too.
Billie Eilish house: The Bad Guy singer may still live at home with her parents, but she also owns a $2.3million home that she bought from Leona Lewis.
The singer has previously said that she still lives at home with her parents, despite her global success and amassing a net worth of $53million, according to Forbes. The property is even where Billie recorded much of her debut album, as Finneas set up a makeshift recording studio in his bedroom. It is a dream home for Billie, who previously said that horses and equestrian riding are two of her "favourite things in the world", as it also has four stables, a tack room, arena and feed room for horses.
Billie Eilish has surprised even the most studious of fans by revealing that for her Coachella headline performance, she used a body double for part of her ...
However, you can catch a few glimpses of her lookalike in the video below. She added: “I dressed her up in a show look that I had worn before. The decoy could’ve ended up farcical like a lip-sync disaster, but like most things, Eilish pulled it off with aplomb.
The Bad Guy singer to make history as she headlines Glastonbury Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm, with Sir Paul McCartney to do the same.
Seeing the valley full of tents and flags and people, it’s exactly how it should be. I would say that that’s a good thing for the most part. ‘The rest of the evening should be dry, if we get any sunshine it will be around 19C but compared to today 24C it will be a cooler day.’ ‘There will be a few glimmers of sunshine by the early afternoon but then it looks like into the early evening there is a band of rain that is coming from the west so around 4pm there will be some showery rain that will push eastwards across Glastonbury – but it should clear around about 7pm. *cough* The festival will see the former Beatle return to top the Pyramid stage bill for the second time after a performance in 2004, which also marks exactly a week after celebrating his 80th birthday and 60 years of music making.
During a recent interview on The Matt Wilkinson Show, the singer revealed she used a “body double” briefly during her performance at the annual music and arts ...
And while she’s up there, I put on a big black coat and a traffic vest and a hood and just glasses.” “I dressed her up in a show look that I had worn before. Wade.”
Billie Eilish admits to using a body double during part of her performance at Coachella 2022 and says that absolutely no one knew until now.
And while she’s up there, I put on a big black coat and a traffic vest and a hood and just glasses." She told Wilkinson how they pulled off the prank right at the start of her festival set: "I dressed her up in a show look that I had worn before. "I put her up at the back of the stage and she stood there while the lights went on and everybody thought it was me.
The 'Bad Guy' singer admitted: 'The beginning of Coachella, I had a body double - one of my dancers for the show'
And it’s a big thing in my life that I feel I have never been physically desired by somebody," she continued. The 'Bury a Friend' singer stated: "The beginning of Coachella, I had a body double - one of my dancers for the show." But that doesn’t mean that I won’t wake up one day and decide to wear a tank top, which I have done before." And while she's up there, I put on a big black coat and a traffic vest and a hood and just glasses." She continued to describe how she went about employing a decoy: "I put her up at the back of the stage and she stood there while the lights went on and everybody thought it was me. Eilish added: "I dressed her up in a show look that I had worn before.
Irish-American pop star Billie Eilish is set to make history on Friday evening by becoming the youngest solo headliner in the history of the prestigious ...
In 2019, Eilish played the main stage at the Electric Picnic, a music festival held at the Stradbally Estate, in County Laois. Addressing a crowd of 57,000 gathered to see the teen pop sensation she shouted to the crowd: I know you could have," Eilish said at the end of her performance in 2019. That year, Eilish was moved from the John Peel Tent to the jam-packed Other Stage due to the phenomenal success of her hit song "Bad Guy" in the summer of 2019.
Maggie Baird, 63, praised the Bad Guy hitmaker, 20, and her producer brother and collaborator Finneas, 24, for their 'amazing' work, but acknowledged that ' ...
And it just became really really enjoyable,' she said. - ‘It stays mind-blowing’: Billie Eilish’s mum on her daughter making Glastonbury history 'I remember Kendrick headlined a festival I went to when I was 14, and I couldn't believe he was headlining this small festival because he was so huge. And they won't listen to me,' she said. ... You go to school and be prepared for a life-changing traumatic experience or dying. Glastonbury 2022 On the fence: The Los Angeles native went on to express that she was initially unsure about embracing her new status as a hitmaker I hope she thinks it's a good trade.' The Los Angeles native went on to express that she was initially unsure about embracing her new status as a hitmaker. The pop star explained that she always wanted to have children and that becoming a parent was one of her main goals in life during an interview with the Sunday Times Magazine this month. A source told the publication: 'She is one of the biggest stars on the planet and knows she can use her platform for good and to encourage change. Maggie also opened up about Billie's role in climate activism, with the young singer - who is vegan and was raised on a plant-based diet - to appear in a documentary executive produced by her mother.
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Friday at Glastonbury Festival marks the first day of main stage music with world class headliners, and the top-billed act this year is set to break a ...
The Met Office said “It’s going to be a fairly cloudy start to the morning. There is going to be a few showers around but on the light side generally, so a bit of a cloudy, damp start to the day but quite a warm start with temperatures around 16C.“ The 20-year-old American singer-songwriter performed at The Other stage in 2019 but this year will be her first time taking to the esteemed Pyramid.
In just a matter of hours, Billie Eilish will headline the 2022 Glastonbury Festival. And with two No. 1 albums, seven Grammys and more than 100 million ...
“With that in mind, I’m going to go even harder to prove to myself that I can do it and not to half-ass it… “Women have to have a million back-up dancers and a million costume changes and their hair done, and crazy costumes and stage set-up,” she said. “I have to prove it to myself, too.
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The 20-year-old will take the Pyramid Stage on Friday night, performing alongside her brother and co-writer Finneas O'Connell. In the lead up to Glastonbury ...
Speaking to The Guardian, she said: “It’s a very pinch-me moment. The singer’s mom, Maggie Baird, said of her daughter’s history making set: “Definitely amazing but very hard to process at the same time.” Billie Eilish is set to make history as the youngest-ever solo headliner at Glastonbury.
Eilish will be the festival's youngest ever solo headliner.
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Billie Eilish has broken so many records in her career, including her most recent feat of being Glastonbury's youngest-ever headliner.
Not to mention that she was the youngest-ever artist to record a James Bond theme song at all. Not stopping there, Eilish became the youngest artist ever to be nominated for all four major Grammy Awards in one year, and the only woman to sweep victory in all of those categories. Billie Eilish has made so many impressive strides in her career, and it’s clear that there are simply so many more on the horizon for her. Again, this was yet another instance of the artist smashing expectations and making history on her own accord. It’s a big deal for any artist to perform at Glastonbury, let alone as the youngest-ever headliner. At the same time, it can also be easy to forget just how young she is.
Billie Eilish is outraged by the internet caring more about the trial than the loss of women's abortion rights.
For the next one I want it to be current and to be whatever I’m feeling at the time.” I don’t want the next album to be a specific aesthetic, in the way that ‘Happier Than Ever’ was very one-style for a while. “I just wanted to go back to my roots: to put a little guitar song back out, and feel like how I used to,” she said.
Earlier this month, Billie Eilish debuted a new song, “TV,” live. One standout lyric is a clear reference to the media sensation surrounding the Johnny Depp ...
I was just missing that feeling and missed doing a song that no one had heard yet.” One standout lyric is a clear reference to the media sensation surrounding the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial amid news that the Supreme Court could potentially overturn Roe v. Wade: “The internet’s gone wild watching movie stars on trial / While they’re overturning Roe v.
Billie Eilish has broken so many records in her career, including her most recent feat of being Glastonbury's youngest-ever headliner.
Not to mention that she was the youngest-ever artist to record a James Bond theme song at all. Not stopping there, Eilish became the youngest artist ever to be nominated for all four major Grammy Awards in one year, and the only woman to sweep victory in all of those categories. Billie Eilish has made so many impressive strides in her career, and it’s clear that there are simply so many more on the horizon for her. Again, this was yet another instance of the artist smashing expectations and making history on her own accord. It’s a big deal for any artist to perform at Glastonbury, let alone as the youngest-ever headliner. At the same time, it can also be easy to forget just how young she is.
Billie Eilish shares she remembers thinking "I would never be able to headline anything" due to expectations put on female performers.
I find it very hard to process this life sometimes.” And it was all artists I liked, but it was just like, ‘When will women be involved?'”, Eilish continued. I will be going out and full-assing it,” she explained.
The 20-year-old calls the decision to end the constitutional right to abortion a "dark day".
"I think we're all reinventing the way the world works here at Glastonbury. Rediscovering community, kindness, common sense," he continued. "This is such an honour to be here, right now," she told them before playing When The Party's Over. "Thank you for letting me do this. The band had been left stranded in Los Angeles on Wednesday night after their flight home was cancelled. "Me and the lads have never been to Glastonbury before. Not as a punter. Not as a performer," he said during the set. "Now we are doing the whole lot in one day. President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a pre-recorded speech on The Other Stage before festival openers The Libertines, calling on the world to "spread the truth" over the invasion of Ukraine. "Spread the truth about Russia's war, help Ukrainians who are forced to flee their homes because of the war," he added. "We didn't know if we were going to make it today," she told the audience, "so this is very surreal and we're very emotional". "Oh boy, I love you so much," she told the crowd, which stretched right to the back of the field in front of the Pyramid Stage. "Today is a really, really dark day for women in the US," the 20-year-old said from the Pyramid Stage
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Two songs left, Eilish sadly announces, and the first one of those is Bad Guy – probably Eilish’s biggest banger, the track that made her a superstar. The entire floor is shaking here, it’s a monumental finale, and Eilish ends it by sprinting furiously around the Pyramid stage before collapsing to the floor. They’ve always seemed to blur the line between ice cool and pastich, and none more so tonight than when they break into a medley of Miserlou by Dick Dale and Apache by Incredible Bongo Band, like the Pulp Fiction band they were born to be. Park stage Time to psych out on the Park, where Khruangbin are prowling the stage like extras from a Robert Rodriguez film, matching black wigs and outfits gleaming. She comes out swinging, with most of her most energetic and swaggersome tunes upfront, striding across the West Holts stage in a hat and sunglasses, treating us to some of the bassiest sound I’ve heard so far at this festival. 2001 also showcases a Foals strength, which is properly understanding the propulsion of dance music: In Degrees, while sung out of tune in its early section, really gets at the relentlessness of techno. Despite the presence of her five-piece band, Little Simz looks quite alone up there, strutting that giant stage (except when she invites Cleo Sol up there for Woman and Selfish, both of which get the crowd swaying. The sliver of daylight between 2am and My Number, played one after another, is as thin as the precision lasers being fired around the site: they’re both similarly taut and white-funky, fussing around with pretty little circular guitar riffs. The turning point of the set comes during the brilliant Standing Ovation when Simz takes off her sunglasses and talks right to us about “The motivational speakers and the honest Black leaders, the divine healers, the every day low-paid believers, the overachievers in the shadow of the gatekeepers.” It gave me goosebumps. “I stepped out here and felt so welcome,” she says, calling out her family in the crowd. It gives the show a strange flow, getting slower as it goes along, and some of the interludes feel a bit laboured in this setting. “Allow me to pick up where I left off,” snarls Little Simz at the beginning of her menacing, enlivening banger Offence - but she’s come far since she first played Glastonbury. Her latest album, Sometimes I Might be Introvert - from which much of this set is drawn - was a giant pandemic hit.
Eilish has spoken about suffering from shin splints in the past.
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. It is so bad, even since I was little.” “My whole life I have been prone to injuries.
The 20-year-old calls the decision to end the constitutional right to abortion a "dark day".
"I think we're all reinventing the way the world works here at Glastonbury. Rediscovering community, kindness, common sense," he continued. "This is such an honour to be here, right now," she told them before playing When The Party's Over. "Thank you for letting me do this. The band had been left stranded in Los Angeles on Wednesday night after their flight home was cancelled. "Me and the lads have never been to Glastonbury before. Not as a punter. Not as a performer," he said during the set. "Now we are doing the whole lot in one day. President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a pre-recorded speech on The Other Stage before festival openers The Libertines, calling on the world to "spread the truth" over the invasion of Ukraine. "Spread the truth about Russia's war, help Ukrainians who are forced to flee their homes because of the war," he added. "We didn't know if we were going to make it today," she told the audience, "so this is very surreal and we're very emotional". "Oh boy, I love you so much," she told the crowd, which stretched right to the back of the field in front of the Pyramid Stage. "Today is a really, really dark day for women in the US," the 20-year-old said from the Pyramid Stage
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“Me and the boys have never been here before. Today, my friends, I am here on behalf of my father.” I want you to have a f****** tantrum”. Are you ready to have some fun?” Sam Fender took to the Pyramid Stage before Eilish to play a selection of his popular tracks, including Seventeen Going Under, to a crowd of excited fans waving flags and singing along. She stopped the show briefly after a tender rendition of her song Lovely to check in on each section of the crowd to see how they were doing.
Billie Eilish has spoken out against the overturning of Roe v. Wade during her Glastonbury headline set, calling it a "dark day for women".
“It’s heart-warming to see how much people care about it and think that this is going to be the best weekend of their lives.” “It’s about the concept of power and how we always need to remember not to abuse it,” Eilish said. Wade today (June 24), including Taylor Swift who tweeted: “I’m absolutely terrified that this is where we are – that after so many decades of people fighting for women’s rights to their own bodies, today’s decision has stripped us of that.”
Billie Eilish commented on today's (24 June) decision to overturn constitutional rights to abortion in the US, during her headline set at Glastonbury ...
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “All these irrelevant old motherf***ers trying to tell us what to do with our fucking bodies. “Who f***ing gives a f***? Women are losing rights for their bodies, so why are we talking about celebrities’ divorce trials?
The Pyramid stage's youngest ever headliner looks entirely at home, giving an imperious, hugely engaging performance.
By the time she ends with Happier Than Ever’s slowly-building title track – its furiously angry crescendo given an extra layer of theatricality by the sheer quantity of pyrotechnics exploding over the stage – her performance doesn’t just seem like a musical shift for Glastonbury, but a triumph as well. Whether that’s evidence that Glastonbury’s audience is skewing younger, or that Glastonbury is becoming more pop-facing in the artists it books, or that Eilish is considered of a slightly different stripe to her peers, is an interesting question. But in 2022, the appearance of Billie Eilish’s name at the top of the bill passed without comment.
The singer made a dramatic entrance by being raised from beneath the stage as the crowd of adoring fans chanted her name.
“Me and the boys have never been here before. Today, my friends, I am here on behalf of my father.” I want you to have a f****** tantrum”. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Are you ready to have some fun?” The US pop star made her Glastonbury debut in 2019 when she performed on the Other Stage and treated crowds to a string of tracks such as Bad Guy and You Should See Me In A Crown.
Amid political turmoil back home, the star proves her place as a Pyramid Stage headliner; the festival is in good hands.
Tonight’s show felt like proof that the future is here, and Glastonbury’s future remains rock-solid for the next half-century if they continue to trust their guts and push things forward. You can tell she’s holding back a smile when she sings the set’s clinching line, and the crowd scream it back: “I’d never treat me this shitty / You made me hate this city” These things feel trivial compared to the show’s big picture revelations: this is a 20-year-old woman discussing political decisions without fear; encouraging her crowd and contemporaries to live and embrace the moment, extending warmth and compassion to each every person in the field (“I want no judgement out there tonight”); being unapologetically herself, and owning the responsibility and power she holds over her crowd. That is no bad thing: this tour is a visual triumph, and the recreation of ‘NDA’’s video, and ‘Getting Older’’s touching montage of family home videos of her and brother and collaborator Finneas still resonate with each play. She joins fellow performers like IDLES and Phoebe Bridgers in using the sets to speak out about the ruling. Earlier today (June 24), the Supreme Court voted in favour of overturning Roe v Wade, the landmark ruling that provided the constitutional right to abortions in the US; the move paves the way for individual states to ban the procedure.
Billie Eilish has said it is a “really dark day for women in the US” during her history-making Glastonbury headline set after the Supreme Court ended the ...
“Me and the boys have never been here before. She added: “I am so honoured to be here among all of you and all the incredible artists and the history of this festival.” Near the end of her set she admitted she felt “so undeserving” of this opportunity as she thanked the festival and the fans for having her. Ahead of performing Everything I Wanted, she said: “So I think we all know that we really need to do a better job of protecting the planet that we all live on. “And today is a really, really dark day for women in the US. I’m just going to say that as I cannot bear to think about it any longer in this moment.” Seated alongside her brother and co-writer, Finneas O’Connell, she said: “The song we’re about to do is, I think, one of the favourites that we’ve written and it’s about the concept of power and how we need to always remember how not to abuse it.
This was thrilling proof that the youngest ever Pyramid Stage headliner was more than ready to make history.
I can’t bear to think about it in this moment.” It was heavy, but elegantly handled as she allowed the song to speak for her. During the transcendent “You Should See Me In A Crown” she led the crowd in a scream that went on so long that she ended up conducting it. These moments tended to be very still until she’d burst into movement, a bolt of electric energy as she slammed her feet into the stage, screamed into the mic, threw her body into backbends or seduced the audience by slinking down the walkway and dropping to the floor.
As Billie Eilish mania came to Glastonbury Festival, the Grammy-winning singer used her platform on the Pyramid Stage to criticise the US Supreme Court's ...
Eilish temporarily called one of her recent London shows to a halt after fans passed out due to the heat. Eilish told the crowd: "I'm so undeserving of this. and take a deep breath in and out". In 2020, she spoke about suffering suicidal thoughts and periods of depression in the early stages of her career. There was also a large sprinkling of older children - mainly girls - accompanied by parents. I can't bear to think about it."
Billie Eilish has delivered an electrifying opening to her Pyramid set at Glastonbury, becoming the festival's youngest solo headliner.
Today, my friends, I am here on behalf of my father.” “Me and the boys have never been here before. I want you to have a f****** tantrum”. Are you ready to have some fun?” The US pop star made her Glastonbury debut in 2019 when she performed on the Other Stage and treated crowds to a string of tracks such as Bad Guy and You Should See Me In A Crown. After singing Therefore I Am, she said: “Why hello there, how’s it going?
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The 20-year-old singer made history on Friday by becoming Glastonbury Festival's youngest ever solo headliner.
“Me and the boys have never been here before. She added: “I am so honoured to be here among all of you and all the incredible artists and the history of this festival.” Near the end of her set she admitted she felt “so undeserving” of this opportunity as she thanked the festival and the fans for having her. Ahead of performing Everything I Wanted, she said: “So I think we all know that we really need to do a better job of protecting the planet that we all live on. “And today is a really, really dark day for women in the US. I’m just going to say that as I cannot bear to think about it any longer in this moment.” Seated alongside her brother and co-writer, Finneas O’Connell, she said: “The song we’re about to do is, I think, one of the favourites that we’ve written and it’s about the concept of power and how we need to always remember how not to abuse it.
US pop star Billie Eilish said it was a "dark day" for American women as she became the youngest ever solo headliner at Britain's iconic Glastonbury music ...
"Thank you for letting me do it," she said. "Glastonbury is the greatest concentration of freedom these days and I ask you to share this feeling with everyone whose freedom is under attack," he said in a recorded message that drew cheers. Near the end of the set, she told the crowd she was "so undeserving" of headlining.
The Grammy-winning singer, 20, made a dramatic entrance on Friday night by being raised from beneath the stage as the crowd of adoring fans chanted her name.
“Me and the boys have never been here before. Today, my friends, I am here on behalf of my father.” I want you to have a f****** tantrum”. Are you ready to have some fun?” Sam Fender took to the Pyramid Stage before Eilish to play a selection of his popular tracks, including Seventeen Going Under, to a crowd of excited fans waving flags and singing along. She stopped the show briefly after a tender rendition of her song Lovely to check in on each section of the crowd to see how they were doing.
The singer made a dramatic entrance by being raised from beneath the stage as the crowd of adoring fans chanted her name.
“Me and the boys have never been here before. Today, my friends, I am here on behalf of my father.” I want you to have a f****** tantrum”. Are you ready to have some fun?” Sam Fender took to the Pyramid Stage before Eilish to play a selection of his popular tracks, including Seventeen Going Under, to a crowd of excited fans waving flags and singing along. She stopped the show briefly after a tender rendition of her song Lovely to check in on each section of the crowd to see how they were doing.
Glastonbury, known as the largest (and muddiest) greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world is back with more than 200000 fans and megastars ...
“Spread the truth about Russia’s war,” he said. “Who wants to say, ‘F—— the Supreme Court’? One, two, three...” Daring outfits, marriage proposals, celebrities, families and people of all ages were part of this year’s event despite travel disruptions due to rail strikes and flights cancellations.
Billie Eilish has expressed shock over her headlining spot at this year's Glastonbury, alongside Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar.
I love male performers, but they barely have to do shit to have a show that people like, and women are expected to have the biggest show. Wade – the 1973 court case that made abortion legal in the US – which was finalised hours before she took to the stage. According to NME’s review of the set, if you weren’t in attendance, “you fucked up big time”. I remember Kendrick headlined a festival I went to when I was 14, and I couldn’t believe he was headlining this small festival because he was so huge. With her set, Eilish became the festival’s youngest ever solo headliner, and the first born after 2000 to top the bill. “My name next to theirs and being on the same level as them…
Are you ready to have some fun?” asked Billie Eilish, in an endearingly creaky, fake British accent, before flashing a huge grin. It was early on during her ...
Though there were no unexpected covers or surprise guests (persistent rumours had been swirling on the ground that Harry Styles was going to show up), the new-minted Oscar winner leant into the occasion with lots of audience interaction (including an exhilarating mass jump during the bustling rhythms of Oxytocin and a cleansing, group ‘tantrum’ before the skittering, minimalist You Should See Me In A Crown). Billie Bossa Nova (from the more meditative and stripped-back 2021 album Happier Than Ever) was a strutting, gently R&B-inflected showcase for those spine-tingling vocals. It did not feel, earlier in the day, like this was a foregone conclusion.