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Billie Eilish 'Hit Me Hard And Soft' Tour Canadian Tickets Go On Sale, Missy Elliott Adds Second Toronto Show

PartyNextDoor, Slipknot, Jim Cuddy and Frank Turner also announced upcoming Canadian concerts this week.

Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
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As of today, May 3, Canadian fans can get their hands on tickets to Billie Eilish's upcoming Hit Me Hard and Soft tour.

Announced earlier this week, the tour accompanies the pop star's new record of the same name, out May 17. The tour kicks off in Quebec City at the Centre Videotron on Sept. 29, before two nights at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and, later, a stop in Vancouver. Tickets are available here.


Missy Elliott fans can also now secure their spot in the crowd at the her first ever headlining tour, Out Of This World. The star just added a second date in Toronto, on Aug. 20 at Scotiabank Arena due to popular demand, where she'll be accompanied by Busta Rhymes, Ciara, and super-producer Timbaland. Elliott is also coming to Vancouver on July 4 and Montreal on Aug. 17. Grab tickets to see the Supa Dupa Fly rapper before they're gone.

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Toronto R&B artist and Billboard Canada cover star PartyNextDoor also announced new dates this week. Supporting his latest LP, PartyNextDoor 4, the Sorry I'm Outside Tour is coming to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Montreal this summer (presumably, a Toronto date is yet to be announced). Tickets are available now here.

English singer-songwriter Frank Turner is making plans to come across the pond this fall, with six new Canadian dates on the horizon.

Canadian folk musician and Blue Rodeo singer Jim Cuddy is getting back in the saddle to promote a new solo album, All The World Fades Away, performing from the Maritimes to the west coast this summer and fall.

Heavy metal heroes Slipknot, meanwhile, are celebrating their 25th anniversary as a band with a single Canadian date at Scotiabank Arena on August 17. Tickets are on sale now.

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From left: Gracie Abrams and Aaron Dessner photographed by Wesley Mann on September 1, 2023 at Long Pond Studio near Hudson, NY.
Wesley Mann

From left: Gracie Abrams and Aaron Dessner photographed by Wesley Mann on September 1, 2023 at Long Pond Studio near Hudson, NY.

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Aaron Dessner Sets the Record Straight on Gracie Abrams’ ‘Death Wish’: It’s ‘Definitely Not’ About Taylor Swift

The producer also shared how he ended up performing with Noah Kahan over the weekend.

Aaron Dessner and Gracie Abrams have now made three albums together, with the pop star’s third studio effort, Daughter From Hell, arriving July 17. But one song in particular has stirred up a few misconceptions, and in a recent conversation with Billboard, the producer cleared them up.

Hopping on a Zoom call on Tuesday (July 21) — just days after joining Noah Kahan on stage in New York to perform one of The Great Divide songs he produced, a cameo that severe weather almost ruined — Dessner addressed confusion over the production and subject of “Death Wish,” one of the most talked-about tracks on Daughter From Hell. Some listeners have expressed surprise that the spritely album version sounds so different from the somber live piano version Abrams initially recorded and released amid her Secret of Us Tour, questioning why the duo would “change” the “original.” (Spoiler alert: They didn’t.)

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