Dua Lipa

there's no more potently thrilling sound than that of a pop star whose time is now, as this stratospheric set proves.

I feel like so much has changed in it feels like so little time.” She’s right: as she floats over the crowd on a hovering stage, among planets and stars, singing the majestic Chic-style ‘Levitating’ before confetti-canons explode to ‘Don’t Start Now’, you’re struck that there’s no more potent thrilling sound than a pop star whose time is now. The album ‘Future Nostalgia’ saw Dua Lipa applauded for distilling decades of disco music into her own transcendent cocktail: tonight there are party-fuelling sonic hat-tips throughout. The dopamine levels barely let up throughout an all-killer set that sees Singin’ In The Rain-inspired umbrella-wielding routines accompany ‘New Rules’, while roller-skaters back ‘Cool’. After a costume change, the underwater-themed second segment sees her perform ‘We’re Good’ with a giant kitsch inflatable crab (a nod to the video) looming over her and vamp up and down the catwalk during a playful ‘Good In Bed’.

The singer, 26, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share some backstage snaps from before her Leeds show on Monday - posing in her dressing room mirror.

Change: During the show, it seems she also donned a sheer metallic outfit - as she reposted Instagram Stories from fans of her on stage During the show, it seems she also donned a sheer metallic outfit - as she reposted Instagram Stories from fans of her on stage. Beauty: Her dark chocolate tresses were pulled away from her face in a sleek half-ponytail, with the rest falling down her back as she blew a kiss

Two years since the release of the all-conquering album, its shining wares are still unbeatable.

And as the whole crowd erupts to a final joyful ‘Don’t Start Now’, it’s a mic drop on the sort of victory lap even some of the singer’s most successful peers can only dream of. Whoever ordered in the balloons for a mid-song drop needs to at least quadruple the numbers, but even the underwhelming sight of four and a half balls bobbing about sort of fits the retro tongue-in-cheek-ness of the show. If Taylor Swift has her giant snake, then surely the unlikely hero of tonight is the massive inflatable lobster that bobs surreally in the background of ‘We’re Good’ as a nod to its high concept video.

“I performed at Sunflower Lounge six years ago and now I'm here!”, said Dua Lipa to an adoring crowd on Easter Sunday - as she took to the stage for the ...

But as the crowd watched her perform songs such as ‘Good in Bed’; ‘Fever’; and ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ - a hit in reference to unwanted male harassment - it’s clear she has a better class of pop songs than her British - or maybe even American - peers. The crowd was hyped on Sunday, April 17, and for good reason. She first hinted at a tour in December 2019, but once Covid took hold the concert was postponed and rescheduled three times.