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An Evening with Dua Lipa

2024 musical television special

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ131401167 ↗
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An Evening with Dua Lipa is a television special by English singer Dua Lipa. The programme aired on British broadcast network ITV1 on 8 December 2024. Consisting of solo performances and a duet with British singer Elton John, it was part of the promotion for Lipa's third studio album Radical Optimism (2024). The special was recorded on 17 October 2024 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England.

The programme also aired on American broadcast network CBS and simulcast through streaming service Paramount+, on 15 December 2024. Lipa was accompanied onstage by a 53-piece orchestra and musicians related to the singer, most notably the Heritage Orchestra. Before the programme's broadcast, Lipa released an accompanying live album on 6 December 2024 through Warner Records.

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On 13 March 2024. Dua Lipa unveiled her third studio album, titled Radical Optimism (2024), throughout social media. The project is inspired by Lipa's hometown, London, for its "confidence and freedom of 90s Britpop".

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