Dua Lipa on Tour
One listen to Dua Lipa's rich voice sitting atop all of that bright pop and body-moving beatwork and you already know: this English singer and songwriter is brimming with earned confidence. She's dominated stages everywhere from the esteemed Glastonbury Festival to Singapore's Formula One Grand Prix. Lipa's early days found her holding her own — typically strutting in front of a band and dancers — opening for stadium-worthy acts like Bruno Mars and Coldplay. But she also thrills enrapt audiences headlining her own arena runs, such as her 2020 Future Nostalgia Tour celebrating her disco-kissed but thoroughly modern album of the same name. Lipa's catalog comes to vivid life onstage as she performs a thrilling mix of A-list collaborations with her era's biggest DJs — Diplo, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Martin Garrix — and original songs that combine highly emotive verses, super catchy hooks and a modern yet timeless production that may set trends for years to come.
Dua Lipa in Concert
Dua Lipa was born in England to a father who was a lead singer in a Kosovar rock band and a mother who worked in tourism. Fittingly enough, while the family moved around a bit, music and performance were constants — she took classes at the Sylvia Young Theatre School as a child, and turned to YouTube as an outlet when the Lipas relocated to Kosovo, sharing covers of her favorite songs by P!nk, Nelly Furtado, Christina Aguilera and even Chance the Rapper. At 15, she felt destiny calling and got a flat with a friend in London, returning to Sylvia Young while (soon) picking up modeling and hostessing gigs in an effort to fund her growing studio habit and network with people in music. Lipa's faith paid dividends when she inked a deal with Warner Records in 2015 — the label was in need of a major female pop star and her demos showed that promise. Over the next couple of years and several singles, Lipa set records on UK and Euro charts until she crossed the pond with "New Rules," a deliciously clever and empowering song about hooking up. Her 2017 self-titled debut included that radio-conquering dance banger alongside romantically powered pop, hip-hop inflected grooves and one lovely ballad ("Homesick") featuring an uncredited appearance by Coldplay's Chris Martin. A series of one-off collaborations paved the way for her disco and "dancercise"-inspired sophomore 2020 album, Future Nostalgia, led by another international chart-topper, "Don't Start Now."