★★★★☆

After her debut album selling over 1 million copies and being crowned the most successful UK female artist of 2017, Dua Lipa is one of the most sought after live acts in the world today. On Thursday evening her carnival of sound and colour rolled into Glasgow to play in front of a sold out Hydro arena.

Embarking on her first arena tour, the pop princess had nothing to fear in making the step up in venue following the release of her self titled solo album. Her bouncy pop anthems, relatable lyrics and sleek dance routines made this an occasion not to be missed.

As the crowd began to build in anticipation, Dua Lipa took to the stage behind a white sheet draped in front, only showing her silhouette. The roar from the crowd filled the arena as she kicked off her set with her fourth single from the album, Blow Your Mind (Mwah). The sheet dropped to reveal the pop star clad in a Cruella Deville esq black and white coat, black joggers and an aqua blue bra as the performance began. The tempo remained high throughout the first half of her set as she fired out tunes such as the Caribbean sounding mash up of Dreams/No Lie, Lost in Your Light and debut single Be the One before slowing things down with the sexy Thinkin Bout’ You.

Throughout her set Lipa took breaks in between songs to thank the crowd and seemed genuinely overwhelmed by the reaction she was receiving. Still in awe at the audience, Dua Lipa closed out the main part of her set with chart toppers Scared to Be Lonely and Hotter than Hell’. She gave a warning to “all the fuckboys who have done you wrong” before taking a short break. Dua Lipa arrived back on stage shortly after leaving to another deafening ovation for the encore. She burst into fan favourite ‘IDGAF’ before ending the night with her most world renowned and successful song, ‘New Rules’.

At the moment there looks to be no stopping Dua Lipa. Who’s to say what the next few years will hold for this young star but if it’s anything like the last year, it won’t be long until she is discussed in the same light as the Beyonce’s and the Rihanna’s.

Review by Craig Burns (Burnsy)

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