Dua Lipa

Dua Lipa wins second copyright case over single Levitating

US judge dismisses claim by two disco songwriters, stating that finding in their favour would ‘completely foreclose’ evolution of song genre

Laura Snapes

28, Mar, 2025 @11:24 AM

Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism tour review – momentous show for a star who contains multitudes

Lipa’s voice is resonant and fit and she holds her own as a dancer; while there are lulls in energy between the show’s acts, they’re forgiven when she brings the hits

Eilish Gilligan

24, Mar, 2025 @2:08 AM

Charli xcx leads male-dominated Brit awards nominations – with first Beatles nod since 1977

Brat scores the British pop star five nominations, while male acts make up 53% of the overall field and mixed acts 12%

Laura Snapes

23, Jan, 2025 @5:30 PM

Dua Lipa’s pickle drink is latest twist in growing appreciation for ‘dirty’ cocktails

Brine from pickled onions, beetroot, pickles and even oysters is now a fixture on bar menus across the UK

Hannah Crosbie

23, Nov, 2024 @6:00 AM

Celebrities make ‘manifest’ appear as 2024 word of the year

Cambridge Dictionary opts for word now used as a verb meaning to will something into existence

Esther Addley

20, Nov, 2024 @5:00 AM

‘I’ve stumbled deep into alien territory’: our sportswriters and arts critics swap jobs

What would happen if our arts critics and sports writers swapped roles for a day? How does the English National Opera compare to the Premier League … or the NFL to a West End musical? Our experts found out last week

Louise Taylor, Barney Ronay, Jonathan Liew, Tanya Aldred, Robert Kitson, Lyndsey Winship, Arifa Akbar, Alexis Petridis and Flora Willson

04, Nov, 2024 @5:00 AM

Dua Lipa review – orchestral special boasts Elton John but tips into old-fashioned Eurovision

Accompanied by a 53-piece orchestra and 14-strong choir, the pop superstar forsakes many of her biggest hits to perform the entirety of her coolly received new album

Alexis Petridis

18, Oct, 2024 @10:21 AM

One lick is all it takes: can Dua Lipa conquer the world of ice-cream as well as pop?

The singer has already scooped up three Grammys and seven Brits. Now she’s branching out into frozen treats. But is the public ready for her olive oil and sea-salt sundae?

26, Aug, 2024 @1:41 PM

Sleaford Mods, the 1975, Fred Again: the songs that sum up each year of Tory government

Dave’s lament for the Grenfell atrocity, Dua Lipa’s bedroom disco for a locked-down nation, Kneecap’s Badenoch-riling rap, Elbow’s hymn for asylum seekers … here are the tracks that defined 14 years of Conservative rule

Dorian Lynskey

02, Jul, 2024 @4:00 AM

The big Glastonbury 2024 review: the Last Dinner Party justify the hype, Dua Lipa nails it and Coldplay go over the top

From K-poppers Seventeen to performance artist Marina Abramović, via Cyndi Lauper and Little Simz, it was one of the most diverse editions yet. But the real fireworks came with a band who have taken things to another level

Alexis Petridis

01, Jul, 2024 @4:00 AM

Coldplay’s record return lights up Pyramid at a Glastonbury of melodrama

Festival opens its arms with more diversity but rock royalty gets the crowd bouncing

Dorian Lynskey

30, Jun, 2024 @7:00 AM

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

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

Alexis Petridis

29, Jun, 2024 @12:14 AM