Dua Lipa pulled out all the stops over the past two nights (June 20-21) for her debut concerts at London’s giant Wembley Stadium, bringing out surprise guests Charli xcx on Saturday for “360” and Jamiroquai on Friday for their first live performance together of the latter’s 1996 hit “Virtual Insanity.”
“So, for this next song, I thought I’d bring a friend out. And let me tell you, she is the biggest brat,” Lipa said by way of introducing Charli. The pair shared vocals and showed off their dance moves while singing the smash hit on the smaller B-stage, harkening back to Lipa’s appearance on the BRAT remix album version of “Talk Talk.”
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Saturday night also boasted the first airing of “IDGAG” since 2020, following a similar bust-out the night before of “Hotter Than Hell” for the first time since 2019.
On Friday, Lipa hailed Jamiroquai’s Jay Kay as a “massive trailblazer for British music” before bringing him onstage. Decked out in purple pants, a frilly white shirt and a purple top hat, he beamed, “What a privilege and an honor to be onstage with you. Are we gonna do this?” Kay handled most of the first verse before Lipa joined him for the chorus, and she then sang the second verse as Kay added vocal ad-libs on top. Kay offered an extended vamp at the song’s conclusion before exiting with a “thanks, guys! See you later.”
One song earlier, Lipa introduced “Hotter Than Hell” to the 75,000-strong crowd as “the song that got me signed, and it’s the song that started everything. With weather like this, there’s only one song I could do.”
Throughout the Wembley concerts, the artist showed off several new looks, such as a silver custom Swarovski bodysuit, a white lace Valentino catsuit, a glittered Courreges bodysuit and matching gloves and a blue Balenciaga slip dress topped paired with a faux fur coat with a U.K. flag interior.
Lipa will begin a North American arena tour on Sept. 1 in Toronto. The dates come in support of her latest album, 2024’s Radical Optimism, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
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