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Evening Standard
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Elizabeth Gregory

Billie Eilish at the O2: How the musician reinvented what it means to be a pop star for the Gen Z generation

Billie Eilish performs during the first day of BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend (Owen Humphreys/PA)

(Picture: PA Archive)

Billie Eilish has always done things her own way. From speaking openly and directly to her fans about mental health and other personal issues, to carving out a now instantly recognisable style, to dressing as a pinup girl in British Vogue, Eilish has never done things that are predictable.

Her latest surprise is that an extended cut of her June 2022 Happier Than Ever O2 concert is screening at cinemas globally, for one night only, this evening. Eilish tweeted that, “due to overwhelming demand” 300 additional locations were added to the worldwide screening.

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