Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism Tour Lights Up NYC’s Madison Square Garden: 5 Best Moments

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The popular powerhouse dazzled during her 2nd of 4 nights astatine New York City's Madison Square Garden for her Radical Optimism Tour. Read astir the champion moments here.

9/19/2025

Dua Lipa performs onstage during her Radical Optimism circuit astatine Anfield connected June 25, 2025 successful Liverpool, England.

When it comes to popular stars who debuted successful the second fractional of the 2010s and genuinely solidified their positions astatine the apical of the 2020s, Dua Lipa arguably has the astir bulletproof catalog of them each — and she flaunted her endless watercourse of Top 40 smashes passim her Radical Optimism Tour.

On Thursday nighttime (Sept. 18), Lipa powered done her 2nd of 4 nights astatine The Garden, treating NYC to a coagulated popular showcase that displayed her vocal chops, megahits (“Don’t Start Now” was a peculiarly thrilling penultimate song), and idiosyncratic receptor for covers. In tribute to “true New York icons,” Lipa delivered a roaring screen of Blondie‘s “One Way oregon Another,” infusing her heavy dance-forward acceptable with a splash of stone and roll. Launched successful November 2024 successful enactment of its namesake album, which peaked astatine No. 2 connected the Billboard 200, the Radical Optimism Tour was dense connected the bombast (limitless confetti was the sanction of the game) and slick precocious ’80s-inspired choreography to marque up for what it lacked successful aesthetic coherence and continuity.

Meticulous blocking covered each portion of the signifier — including an elevated level reminiscent of the signifier of an infinity sign, a runway starring to a pseudo-B-stage that lit up successful flames during “Love Again,” and a floating level that carried her to the arena’s 100-level — and Lipa leaned connected her modeling inheritance to bid the signifier with her sultry beingness and laser focus. From heartwarmingly full-circle renditions of breakthrough hits similar 2015’s “Be the One” to newer standouts similar 2024’s “Maria,” Lipa’s 2nd of 4 nights astatine The Garden reminded the assemblage conscionable however prolific a popular hitmaker she’s go implicit the past decennary — adjacent if the Thursday nighttime unit was a spot tamer than usual. When she kept the absorption disconnected the ballads and churned retired bangers similar “One Kiss,” “Levitating,” “Houdini,” “Hallucinate” and “Physical,” Lipa had The Garden successful the thenar of her hands.

Here are the 5 champion moments of nighttime 2 of Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism Tour astatine Madison Square Garden.

A Dua Duo

There was a astonishment duo of Duas astatine Thursday night’s show, and we’re not talking astir the Duolingo owl. During a lengthy interlude successful which she chatted with fans connected the floor, Lipa bumped into an excited instrumentality besides named Dua. While the popular prima explained her sanction means “to love” successful Albanian, the instrumentality shared that her sanction means “a supplication to God” successful Arabic. The 2 past took a speedy selfie unneurotic arsenic the assemblage cheered for the astonishment duo. One circuit stop, 2 Duas!
Dua Takes connected Blondie

Blondie’s 1979 deed “One Way oregon Another” reached No. 24 connected the Hot 100 and near an indelible pop-rock legacy, truthful it’s lone close that 1 of Top 40’s spunkiest existent stars delivered her ain rotation connected the New York classic. Encircled by her set and inheritance singers astatine the mini B-stage adjacent the extremity of the main runway, Dua enactment connected her champion Debbie Harry wig and tore done the track, throwing the parents ...

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