Billie Eilish Faces Major Fan Backlash Over High Ticket Prices

Billie Eilish is reportedly struggling to promote out her six-night residency at London’s O2 area as a consequence of excessive ticket costs, with followers expressing frustration over the prices.

Regardless of the singer’s success along with her new album, quite a few seats stay obtainable, contrasting along with her sold-out 2019 tour. Eilish’s UK tour begins in July 2025.

Billie Eilish’s battle to promote out the O2 area comes after she criticized prolonged performances and continues her environmental advocacy along with her mother’s non-profit, Assist + Feed.

Eilish is seemingly discovering it troublesome to fill the seats at her six-night residency at London’s O2 area, with many followers attributing the low gross sales to excessive ticket costs.

In Might, the singer introduced that tickets have been obtainable for her 2025 “Hit Me Exhausting and Comfortable” tour, which incorporates six exhibits on the 20,000-seat venue.

Nonetheless, regardless of the success of her newest album within the UK and US charts, ticket gross sales have lagged. Quite a few seats are nonetheless up for grabs on the AXS web site, the O2’s official ticket companion.

Based on the Daily Mail, standing tickets begin at £145 [$187], whereas lower-tier seats are priced at a staggering £388 [$505] every, irritating her fan base.

One pissed off fan took to X [formerly Twitter] to precise their anger in a tweet that has gone viral.

They wrote, “I am glad Billie Eilish cannot promote out and even marginally fill any of her three dates on the O2 area as a result of the one method we’ll get cheaper ticket costs is by not shopping for vastly overpriced tickets. £234 being the most affordable ticket is ridiculous.”

The viral tweet about Eilish’s low ticket gross sales induced a flood of reactions from different followers of the singer.

One disheartened fan wrote, “It is disgusting truly I’d like to see Billie however these tickets costs stopped me in my tracks!!! Would not really feel like that way back I paid £25 to see Gaga on the O2, what the hell has occurred.”

“Completely ridiculous. Artists want to understand you are not going to promote out arenas within the UK charging the form of costs they cost within the US. Her tickets must be a max of £90,” one other particular person stated.

A 3rd particular person referred to as the state of affairs “mad,” writing, “I simply do not get the place they’re getting these costs from anymore. Slipknot have been charging £90 for standing… I’ve by no means paid greater than £65 for a ticket on the o2.”

One other fan fumed, “When did these artists go from ‘I am nothing with out my followers’ to performing like ‘my followers are nothing with out me’? It’s important to be on a complete different stage of vanity to suppose you are value that a lot of somebody’s hard-earned cash.”

The backlash over excessive ticket costs and poor gross sales is a stark distinction to Eilish’s 2019 “The place Do We Go?” Tour, the place overwhelming demand pressured organizers so as to add two further exhibits in London.

Eilish is about to start her UK tour in July 2025, with two exhibits in Glasgow, six in London, and 4 in Manchester.

Earlier this 12 months, the 22-year-old singer made a press release about prolonged performances whereas speaking about her exhibits.

“I am not doing a three-hour present, that is actually psychotic,” Eilish stated, per Page Six. “No one desires that. You guys don’t need that. I do not need that. I do not even need that as a fan. My favourite artist on the earth, I am not attempting to listen to them for 3 hours. That is far too lengthy.”

Many perceived the remark as a jab at pop star Taylor Swift, who’s at the moment on her “Eras Tour” and normally performs for prolonged hours.

Eilish’s comment additionally got here after she acquired heavy criticism relating to her feedback in a Billboard interview about artists being wasteful by releasing a number of variations of an album.

Once more, some followers felt the 22-year-old singer was throwing a jab at Swift, prompting her to launch a press release clarifying her feedback.

Throughout an look on the BBC podcast “Miss Me?” Eilish opened up in regards to the challenges of maintaining associates in her life after seeing fame at a younger age. Labeling the expertise as a “actually onerous” one, she disclosed that she misplaced all her associates as she “could not relate to anybody.”

Eilish first gained notoriety in 2015 along with her debut single, “Ocean Eyes,” and has since gone on to be among the many greatest names within the music trade, successful 9 Grammy Awards and two Oscar awards, amongst others.

“Nicely, I misplaced all of my associates after I bought well-known,” she advised hosts Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver, per the Daily Mail. “I all of the sudden was well-known, and I could not relate to anyone. It was powerful. It was actually onerous.”

The “Dangerous Man” crooner has seemingly managed to take care of contact along with her finest good friend, Zoe, and her workers, who’re additionally associates.

Eilish has now seen success in maintaining pleasant connections.

“Precisely a 12 months in the past, I reconnected with a bunch of outdated associates, and now, I’ve so many associates,” she shared. “I  have a crew now! I might actually cry about it. It has been the best factor that is occurred to me.”

She revealed that she was moved to tears when she just lately went with them to a celebration at Coachella.

“I used to be like, ‘Guys, I’ve associates and I simply love you guys a lot, and it has been so lengthy since I’ve had associates.’ I cried… and it is actually as a result of I even have friendship now once more,” she stated, per BBC.