Billie Eilish is on top of the world and she’s coming to Raleigh, plus 4 other acts
.JPG "Billie Eilish performs “When the Party is Over” at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)")
Two of the biggest heavyweights hit the Triangle this week. Good luck getting a ticket for Billie Eilish and/or Sebastian Maniscalco.
Eilish is arguably the most popular singer in the business, and Maniscalco has become a monster in his own right. But there are plenty of other shows worth catching this week.
Billie Eilish
The details: March 14, 7:30 p.m. PNC Arena, 1400 Edwards Mill Road, Raleigh. Ticket info at pncarena.com.
This is the show of the year, and it’s only March. Eilish, 18, is a fully formed pop recording artist. The star of the most recent Grammy Awards has purred and growled her way to the charts. In two years she went from obscurity to superstardom.
“Back then (2018) I thought it was the biggest I was ever gonna be,” Eilish told Vanity Fair. “I thought it was the most I was ever gonna be recognized, and it was the most anyone was gonna know me. It was the most money that I would have, the most clothes I’d have, the most shoes I’d have and what’s crazy (is) it wasn’t.”
Eilish is a commercial monster in terms of music sales when no one is buying tunes. The teen is selling out arenas and she’s loving it. “I like being famous,” Eilish said. “It’s very weird, but it’s very cool.”
Sebastian Maniscalco
The details: March 7-8, Times vary. Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St., Durham. Tickets start at $45. 919-680-2787 or dpacnc.com
Maniscalco has eclipsed ventriloquist Jeff Dunham as the most popular comic in the country. Maniscalco, who is on his “You Bother Me” tour, is a gifted physical comic, who delivers amusing stories.
Ilana Glazer
The details: March 6, 7 p.m. DPAC, Durham. Tickets start at $35. 919-680-2787 or dpacnc.com
There was no show quite like “Broad City.” The loopy Ilana Glazer was half of the quirky duo that made the provocative program must-see television. However, after a near-decade run, the entertaining show concluded, and Glazer, 32, is on her own and has struck out on her first solo tour.
“Thinking of myself as an individual entity when it comes to my work ... it’s just been hard,” Glazer told NPr’s “All Things Considered.” “You know, it was my whole twenties.”
O.A.R.
The details: March 6, 8 p.m., Carolina Theatre, 309 W. Morgan St., Durham. Tickets start at $49.50. 919-560-3030 or carolinatheatre.org
“When we were kids, we didn’t set out to get famous or be commercially successful,” O.A.R. vocalist Marc Roberge told The Las Vegas Review Journal in 2019. “I just wanted to be a traveling musician touring the world with my brothers.”
Mission accomplished! O.A.R. has a loyal fan base, which can’t get enough of its roots rock. O.A.R., which is touring behind its 12th album, “The Mighty,” is at its best while jamming.
Marc Broussard
The details: March 6, 8 p.m. Haw River Ballroom, 1711 Saxapahaw-Bethlehem Church Road, Saxapahaw. $20, 336-525-2314 or hawriverballroom.com
It’s a night of Bayou Soul with Broussard, who delivers a mix of blues, funk and pop. The singer-songwriter is an engaging live performer with endless energy.
This story was originally published March 4, 2020 at 8:00 AM.