Billie Eilish announces world tour, hitting 3 Canadian cities

Singer-songwriter superstar Billie Eilish is launching a massive concert tour with both good and bad news for her Quebec fans.

The Grammy-winning musician will kick off her upcoming tourin Quebec City on Sept. 29 in support of her soon-to-released albumHit Me Hard and Soft.

But despite moving on to Toronto with shows on both Oct. 1 and 2, Eilish does not have any concerts scheduled for Quebec's most populous city, Montreal.

After her upcoming dates in Toronto, the singer will move on to the United States, before returning to Vancouveron Dec. 3. From there, her tour will continueon to Australia and Europe for the summer of 2025.

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Eilish's last tour,Happier Than Ever, saw planned dates in both Toronto and Montreal cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thoughEilish did return to Montreal in late 2023 for the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival.

The news arrived via Instagram, where Eilish sharedalbum artwork showing the pop singer floating in a body of water after being ejected from a door. In the caption, she wrote that she will not drop singles in advance of the release.

"I wanna give it to you all at once," she captioned the image. "I truly could not be more proud of this album."

Eilish worked with her brother and longtime collaborator,Finneas, on Hit Me Hard and Soft.The pair recently took home their second Oscar for their big Barbieballad What Was I Made For?In doing so, Eilish, 22, became the youngest person to have won two career Oscars.

Her new album will release on May 17, whiletickets for the upcoming concert will go on sale May 3 on Ticketmaster.