DUBLIN, IRELAND – JUNE 27: Dua Lipa performs onstage throughout her Radical Optimism tour at Aviva Stadium on June 27, 2025 in Dublin, Eire
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Dua Lipa continued to cowl regional classics as her Radical Optimism Tour rolls by way of the U.Ok. because the singer tackled Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” at her Dublin present Friday.
“Tonight, I’m honored to carry out a music by a late Irish legend,” Lipa stated earlier than launching into the Prince-penned single on the Aviva Stadium.
Lipa kicked off her U.Ok. tour final week at London’s Wembley Stadium by performing Jamiroquai’s “Virtual Insanity” with assist from that group’s singer Jay Kay. The next evening on the similar venue, she introduced out Charli XCX for a rendition of that singer’s “360.”
The tour then shifted to Liverpool, the place Lip carried out the Zutons’ “Valerie” — popularized by Amy Winehouse” — with the group’s singer Dave McCabe. The subsequent present, within the birthplace of the Beatles, Lipa coated the Fab 4’s “Hey Jude.”
Dua Lipa’s Australian and New Zealand tour — the place her regional covers pattern began — noticed the singer carry out the likes of AC/DC, Lorde, and Kylie Minogue, whereas additionally bringing out guests like Troye Sivan, Tame Impala, and Crowded House’s Neil Finn. The native covers have continued — although much less incessantly — because the tour headed to Europe, with Lipa covering Enrique Iglesias’ “Hero” in Madrid.
From Rolling Stone US.