Overheated: Billie Eilish and mother “proud” to platform change makers at London climate event

nme.com:

Billie Eilish saluted a collection of “amazing” collaborators as she brought her Overheated climate action event back to London yesterday (30 August).

Check out what went down below, along with our interview with Eilish’s mother Maggie Baird.At the end of a day of talks, Eilish joined speakers on stage – a range of activists, innovators and thought-leaders – and said: “This is so amazing.

I’m just really proud I get to be a helping hand at all.”Earlier in the event Eilish had joined her mother Maggie Baird to talk about her love of thrift shopping and sustainable fashion.A sold-out audience of 500 people and thousands of live viewers on Eilish’s YouTube watched a programme of talks themed around climate action.This was the second time Eilish and her collaborators have hosted Overheated in the capital, after the platform debuted during the singer’s run of shows at The O2 in June 2022 – a move that saw one of the world’s most popular indoor concert venues go vegan during the artist’s residency.Eilish has been a long-term advocate for climate action – supporting campaigns by groups including Music Declares Emergency and Reverb.

Earlier this year, Eilish appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine with a collection of climate organisers.Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace in west London was the venue this time.