Billie Eilish to Perform as Sally in Live Version of 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'

Billie Eilish has joined the cast of Disney's live-to-film concert experience of Tim Burton's 1993 classic film 'The Nightmare Before Christmas.'

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Billie Eilish has joined the cast of Disney’s live-to-film concert experience of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.

The 19-year-old pop star will perform “Sally’s Song” from the 1993 musical, with the film’s composer and original cast member Danny Elfman, set to reprise his role as Jack Skellington, aka King of the Pumpkin Patch. 

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Other special guests for the two-night event, which will take place at Los Angeles’ Banc Of California Stadium on October 29 and 31, include Weird Al” Yankovic  and Ken Page singing the roles of Lock and Oogie Boogie, respectively. The shows will contain a full orchestra led by acclaimed conductor John Mauceri

I’m absolutely thrilled to have Billie joining up with the nightmare crew!” Elfman said in a press announcement. “This will be a real treat (not a trick)!”

The October 29 show starts at 8 p.m. PDT, while the October 31 performance begins at 6:30 p.m. PDT. Tickets for the event are currently on sale via Ticketmaster and range from $39.50 to $179.50.

The news arrives just over two months after the release of Eilish’s sophomore LP, Happier Than Ever. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, moving 238,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in just its first week, securing Billie the fifth-largest week of 2021 by equivalent album units earned.

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