{"id":288395,"date":"2025-10-09T05:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/288395\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T05:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:04:10","slug":"dua-lipa-dances-four-nights-away-in-la-leg-of-radical-optimism-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/288395\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa Dances Four Nights Away In LA Leg of “Radical Optimism” Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLast night Lionel Richie made a surprise appearance during night 3 of Dua Lipa<\/a>\u2018s \u201cRadical Optimism<\/a>\u201d Tour at LA\u2019s Kia Forum performing his Commodores-like-Caribbean sounding classic \u201cAll Night Long\u201d with the British singer. <\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s just one of many rotating classic ditties in her set list, Lipa paying consistent homage to \u201970s, disco and 80s sonic auras. During Lipa\u2019s Miami stop, it was Gloria Estefan\u2019s \u201cConga\u201d that she was doin\u2019. <\/p>\n

\n\tOn night one here in LA, which we attended, toward the end of Act II, in the wake of Act I hits \u201cTraining Season,\u201d \u201cBreak My Heart\u201d and \u201cLevitating,\u201d Lipa swapped her Jean Paul Gaultier silvery satiny Swarovski crystal embellished corset for a black lacy Valentino catsuit, and brought the band and back-up singers to a center platform for a rendition of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s 1977 song about fractured love, \u201cThe Chain.\u201d And with her mezzo soprano, Lipa shined. Tonight is the final night of the LA leg of her tour at Inglewood\u2019s Kia Forum.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s those moments in the \u201cRadical Optimism\u201d show that are winning: When Lipa stops, and slows down and we begin to further appreciate her vocal bandwidth.<\/p>\n

\n\tWas \u201cRadical Optimism\u201d entertaining? Without a doubt, and the sold-out diverse audience, filled with moms, little girls, older couples, and twentysomethings would agree. <\/p>\n

\n\tYes, Lipa has the boogie. <\/p>\n

\n\tHowever, she arrives in the wake of a string of pop princess and prince concerts, arguably going all the way back to March 2024 with Madonna\u2019s \u201cThe Celebration Tour,\u201d then December\u2019s Billie Eilish\u2019s \u201cHit Me Hard and Soft,\u201d followed by this summer\u2019s The Weeknd\u2019s \u201cAfter Hours Til Dawn,\u201d Lady Gaga\u2019s \u201cThe Mayhem Ball,\u201d and the upcoming Sabrina Carpenter \u201cShort n\u2019 Sweet Tour\u201d in LA next month.<\/p>\n

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\n\tMeaning, competition is stiff, and if you wanna stand out, ya gotta get a gimmick that sets yourself apart from the laser lights, digital image backdrops (Lipa opted to start the show with a rolling ocean which at a later point becomes an arctic landscapes), group dancing, and meet-and-greet with the audience seen in other extravaganzas. <\/p>\n

\n\tOften that means leaving the crowd awestruck and stumped in the mystique as they\u2019re bopping along. In other words, what is this artist truly trying to scream out to the masses at this point in time in their career? Read, Madonna brought a Fellini production design sensibility when regaling her canon in Celebration, Gaga brought her freakish gothic sense of Catholicism in all of her couture get-ups in Mayhem, and Weeknd left us to figure out the beautiful crossroads between Dune and Styx\u2019s Mr. Roboto.<\/p>\n

\n\tLipa is a straight shooter; all song and dance sans melodrama, the show reminiscent of Christina Aguilera\u2019s 2006-2008 Back to Basics Tour. It\u2019s the hits in a flash of orange, purple, and red. While Aguilera would belt her female anthems, the joy of Lipa remains her escapist tunes (Barbie\u2018s \u201cDance the Night Away\u201d) and advice songs to chicas about getting the upper hand on a guy (take your pick \u201cBreak My Heart\u201d, \u201cNew Rules\u201d and \u201cHoudini\u201d, the latter two part of her encore).<\/p>\n

\n\tThough she ends with \u201cHoudini\u201d, her overall encore felt too rushed, like we were out of time (the Saturday night concert though starting 20 minutes late was rather short wrapping by 10:45pm). Next to Gaga\u2019s 2 1\/2 hour Mayhem Ball, Lipa by comparison was Houdini. <\/p>\n

\n\tAgain, when Lipa ratchets a tune down, that\u2019s when she grooves in a build-up, i.e. her suspenseful crooning at the onset of \u201cTraining Season\u201d. Or the emotionally inducing crawl and then canasta rhythm speed-up of the Latina infused \u201cMaria,\u201d (right after \u201cThe Chain\u201d); her Gospel throat the star along with a single dancer sashaying in the background centerstage (by far the night\u2019s best number). Or more tear-inducing, when Lipa goes all a cappella toward the end of \u201cAnything for Love\u201d (all of these singles BTW from her \u201cRadical Optimism\u201d album).<\/p>\n

\n\tLipa can dance, there\u2019s no question about that, and she\u2019s constantly on the move, marching and strutting with her back-up dancers in tow. You can\u2019t say that about some of the most popular pop acts, i.e. Fergie and the Black Eye Peas were never known for their moves, even Gwen Stefani who might get credit for originating the jumping-in-one-place bop for No Doubt\u2019s \u201cJust a Girl\u201d; that dance acrobatic now owned by Eilish during \u201cBad Guy\u201d performances. Lipa does jump in one place, but she\u2019s la reina of hip-swinging as evidence in \u201cLevitating\u201d. However, let\u2019s say after the amazing cutting of the rug that Lipa pulls off in the Charm L\u2019Donna choregraphed \u201cHoudini\u201d and \u201cDance the Night\u201d videos (who also choregraphed the tour), we came with high hopes of the British performer pulling off some original Twyla Tharp and Bob Fosse moves.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere\u2019s plenty to be optimistic about in \u201cRadical Optimism.\u201d Remember, it\u2019s only the 30-year old\u2019s third headlining tour after 2017\u2019s Self-Titled tour and 2022\u2019s Future Nostalgia Tour. But training season is over, and it will be interesting to see Lipa\u2019s next iteration onstage, dancing the night away, keeping the party runnin\u2019, not one hair out of place. <\/p>\n

\n\tChoreographer:\u00a0<\/strong>Charm La\u2019Donna
Production Designer:<\/strong>\u00a0Matt Pitman of Pixelmappers
Tour Director:<\/strong>\u00a0Peter Abbott
Tour Creative Director:\u00a0<\/strong>David Black<\/p>\n

Set List <\/strong>(for night one)
Act I<\/strong>
\u201cTraining Season\u201d
\u201cEnd of an Era\u201d
\u201cBreak My Heart\u201d
\u201cOne Kiss\u201d<\/p>\n

Act II<\/strong>
\u201cWhatcha Doing\u201d
\u201cLevitating\u201d
\u201cThese Walls\u201d
Cover song \u2013 \u201cThe Chain\u201d by Fleetwood Mac
\u201cMaria\u201d<\/p>\n

Act III<\/strong>
\u201cPhysical\u201d
\u201cElectricity\u201d
\u201cHallucinate\u201d
\u201cIllusion\u201d<\/p>\n

Act IV<\/strong>
\u201cFalling Forever\u201d
\u201cHappy for You\u201d
\u201cLove Again\u201d
\u201cAnything for Love\u201d
\u201cBe the One\u201d<\/p>\n

Encore<\/strong>
\u201cNew Rules\u201d
\u201cDance the Night\u201d
\u201cDon\u2019t Start Now\u201d
\u201cHoudini\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last night Lionel Richie made a surprise appearance during night 3 of Dua Lipa\u2018s \u201cRadical Optimism\u201d Tour at…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":288396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2515,2961,224,5337,137000],"class_list":{"0":"post-288395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-dua-lipa","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-radical-optimism"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115342466406080012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}