Dua Lipa, the “Levitating” hitmaker — who is also rumored to be in talks to headline next year’s Glastonbury Festival — could be set to graduate from arenas to stadiums next summer following the success of her 2022 Future Nostalgia jaunt.
“Dua is going to be everywhere in 2024,” a source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column. ”Currently her team is looking at penciling in her first ever stadium shows next summer. Her 2022 “Future Nostalgia” tour had 12 arena shows in the UK, so a couple of massive stadium gigs are definitely possible. Her star has only grown since then. Right now no dates are confirmed and locked in, but it’s on the cards.”
The Grammy-winning pop star inspired a whole new generation with her seminal 2020 disco-pop LP Future Nostalgia. As her third album campaign gets underway, her team says they are aiming to “change pop culture” again.
“A successful Dua campaign is one that lasts a couple of years or more,” Warner’s Alex Burford recently told Music Week. “We want more diamond records. We want streams of two billion plus. We want her to be the most streamed artist in the world.”
“We went into the campaign thinking, ‘Judge us in two years,’ and we want to have huge culturally important moments in that time,” Burford added. “In the same way, Future Nostalgia defined a particular time and became a really important album. The goal is not to have success in any one week; the goal is to change pop culture.”
So far, Lipa has released the lead single “Houdini” from the LP, which sees the star go from disco-pop to electronic psychedelic pop. She recruited Kevin Parker of the psychedelic outfit Tame Impala to co-produce the upcoming record alongside rave and electronic pioneer Danny L. Harle.
Meanwhile, Lipa was thrilled to have bought back her publishing rights to her back catalog while encouraging young artists to get lawyered up.
“I think it’s just something I’ve always wanted — to be in control of my own music,” she said to Audacy. “To be able to have all the rights back to my songs feels really good. It’s my life’s work, so it’s good to be the person to say what happens with it.”
