Billie Eilish Wants Fans to ‘Ditch the Car & Help the Planet’ When Going to Her NYC Shows: See Her Message
Attention, passengers: Billie Eilish is speaking. Ahead of her upcoming concerts at Madison Square Garden, the 22-year-old pop star has partnered with New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority to promote taking public transportation.
As announced Tuesday (Oct. 15) on social media, Eilish is working with the MTA to encourage fans to use eco-friendly methods of transportation on their way to her Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour showings at the famed NYC venue Oct. 16-18. “If you’re planning to see my concert this week, ditch the car and help the planet by riding the MTA to Madison Square Garden,” reads a message from the “Birds of a Feather” musician in a clip posted by the corporation, which Eilish retweeted.
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“You can take the subway or LIRR to @TheGarden—it’s the easiest, most eco-friendly way to get there,” the MTA added in its caption before teasing, “You might even hear Billie’s announcements in stations along the way.”
Eilish kicked off her latest trek Sept. 29 in Quebec, Canada, and has been steadily making her way through the East Coast in the U.S. in the two weeks since. The two-time Oscar winner is already a MSG veteran, having performed two nights at the arena in 2022 on her Happier Than Ever Tour.
The musician is also a longtime advocate for the fight against climate change, partnering with environmental organization REVERB and Support + Feed — which was founded by Eilish’s mother, Maggie Baird — on the Hit Me Hard and Soft trek. In March, Baird and the “Bad Guy” singer spoke to Billboard about their sustainability work, with Eilish calling it a “never-ending f–king fight.”
“As we all know, it’s pretty impossible to force someone to care,” she continued at the time. “All you can do is express and explain your beliefs, but a lot of people don’t really understand the severity of the climate [crisis]. And if they do, they’re like, ‘Well, what’s the point? We’re all going to die anyway.’ Believe me, I feel that way too. But ‘what’s the point’ goes both ways: ‘What’s the point? I can do whatever I want. We’re all going to die anyway.’ Or, ‘What’s the point? I might as well do the right thing while I’m here.’ That’s my view.”
See the MTA and Eilish’s announcement below.
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