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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Vicky Jessop

Dua Lipa at the Royal Albert Hall review: pure pop perfection

“What a dream it is to be in this room,” Dua Lipa declared at the start of her set at the Royal Albert Hall. “I’ve been looking forward to this for such a long time. It’s a show unlike any other I’ve done before.”

Which is quite an achievement, given how many career milestones she's ticked off. This has been Lipa’s year. She’s had a new album out. She’s played Glastonbury – to an audience of hundreds of thousands. She’s about to set off on a world tour. So what better way to celebrate than by playing the Royal Albert Hall for the first time – with a 53-piece backing orchestra to provide the music?

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