Dua Lipa at Glastonbury review – headliners are rarely this hook-laden and hedonistic

Alexis Petridis - TheGuardian - 29/06
The British singer’s Friday night set underlines her claim to be one of the world’s great current pop stars, with a cast-iron hit always around the corner
Tightly choreographed … Dua Lipa headlining the Pyramid stage. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
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Tightly choreographed … Dua Lipa headlining the Pyramid stage. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
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Dua Lipa at Glastonbury review – headliners are rarely this hook-laden and hedonistic

Pyramid stageThe British singer’s Friday night set underlines her claim to be one of the world’s great current pop stars, with a cast-iron hit always around the corner

According to the most intriguing bit of her between-song chat, Dua Lipa’s headlining Glastonbury slot came about as a result of an act of childhood manifesting. The singer claims she wrote out her desire to top the bill on the Pyramid stage in detail, up to and including what night said event should take place on: a Friday, so she “could spend the rest of the weekend partying”. And now here we are: watching a slightly peculiar video of Dua Lipa signing her name and writing the words “GLASTO 24” on ...
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