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British singer Dua Lipa during her "Radical Optimism" concert at the Philippine Arena, November 13, 2024. Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News


British singer Dua Lipa during her "Radical Optimism" concert at the Philippine Arena, November 13, 2024.

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Dua Lipa

Josiah Eleazar Antonio

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1731517192434111424_dua lipa.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="British singer Dua Lipa during her " Radical="" concert="" at="" the="" Philippine="" November="" Josiah="" ABS-CBN=""/>British singer Dua Lipa during her &quot;Radical Optimism&quot; concert at the Philippine Arena, November 13, 2024. Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News</div>MANILA (UPDATED) — British singer Dua Lipa thrilled her Filipino fans through her &quot;Radical Optimism&quot; concert at the Philippine Arena on Wednesday.The concert was a showcase of Dua&#x27;s summer-themed album &quot;Radical Optimism,&quot; though she also provided a touch of her award-winning album &quot;Future Nostalgia,&quot; the hit released during the pandemic in 2020.&quot;I told you tonight&#x27;s gonna be crazy, I told you tonight&#x27;s gonna be loud. I&#x27;m so excited to be here tonight. It&#x27;s been a long time since I&#x27;ve been here in Manila. And I think that one thing that&#x27;s really important is no matter what&#x27;s happening outside of these four walls, tonight is just us,&quot; Dua said.&quot;You and me together. I wish we could just enjoy that and be together in the moment and no matter what&#x27;s happening outside it doesn&#x27;t matter because we&#x27;re here right and it&#x27;s us,&quot; she added.Dua started with &quot;Radical Optimism&quot; tracks &quot;Training Season&quot;, &quot;Illusion&quot;, &quot;End Of An Era, and &quot;Whatchadoin&#x27;&quot;, and &quot;These Walls&quot;.She also sang her hit songs like &quot;One Kiss&quot;, along with &quot;Future Nostalgia&quot; tracks &quot;Break My Heart&quot;, and &quot;Levitating&quot;.Speaking to the crowd, Dua shared her happiness at returning to the Philippines after six years, and looked back on her song &quot;Be The One&quot; from her self-titled debut album.&quot;Thank you so much. Thank you for your energy, thank you for being so loud all the time. This is so much fun. It&#x27;s been so long since I last been here, it&#x27;s been six years and to be welcomed so warmly means a lot. Thank you so much,&quot; Dua said.&quot;I feel like I get spoiled every time I come up on stage because I have to always pinch myself and say: &#x27;wow, this is my job&#x27;. I get up, sing songs and people sing with me and it&#x27;s really fun. You, guys, made this possible and I am lucky to get to do this with some people,&quot; she added.The English singer went on to sing tracks from the Grammy-winning album &quot;Future Nostalgia&quot; like &quot;Love Again&quot;, &quot;Pretty Please&quot;, and &quot;Hallucinate&quot;.Fans were in for a treat when Dua sang a new take on &quot;New Rules&quot; -- the song that catapulted her to fame.She went on to sing &quot;Electricity,&quot; the song that gave her a Grammy along with Best New Artist in the same year.Dua also grooved to her hit song &quot;Cold Heart,&quot; a track with Elton John and PNAU.It was an emotional end for the set as she belted heartwarming &quot;Radical Optimism&quot; tracks &quot;Anything For Love&quot; and &quot;Happy For You&quot;.The party closer started when Dua played her hits &quot;Physical&quot;, &quot;Dance The Night Away&quot;, &quot;Don&#x27;t Start Now,&quot; and left the celebration with &quot;Houdini.&quot;&quot;Manila, you guys were amazing, you guys were fun,&quot; she said as the night closed.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/11/7/look-dua-lipa-explores-singapore-s-hawker-center-1758">LOOK: Dua Lipa explores Singapore&#x27;s hawker center</a></div>Dua previously performed in Singapore, but skipped the Jakarta leg of her Asian tour on Saturday over safety issues at the Indonesia Arena.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/11/9/dua-lipa-cancels-indonesia-leg-of-tour-over-unsafe-staging-1704">READ: Dua Lipa cancels Indonesia leg of tour over unsafe staging</a></div>

British singer Dua Lipa thrilled her Filipino fans through her "Radical Optimism" concert at the Philippine Arena on Wednesday.

British singer Dua Lipa thrilled her Filipino fans through her "Radical Optimism" concert at the Philippine Arena on Wednesday.

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Dua Lipa treats fans to 'summer disco' party in 'Radical Optimism' concert

Josiah Eleazar Antonio,

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Published Nov 14, 2024 01:43 AM PHT

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