Dua Lipa dances the night away in pink satin mini dress as she shares more snaps from wild Wembley celebrations before tour heads to Anfield
And the celebrations continued after the shows, with Dua sharing more wild snaps of her partying.
As she prepares to take to the stage again for her Radical Optimism tour, this time at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium for two shows on Tuesday and Wednesday, Dua was in great spirits.
In behind the scenes snaps from Wembley, the Training Season singer looked gorgeous in a skimpy pink satin mini dress.
She accessorised with a bespoke hat emblazoned with the England Three Lions logo and the words: 'Dua Lipa Wembley Stadium 20th and 21st June 2025'.
Dua pulled out all the stops for her London gigs, bringing out special guests Jamiroquai on Friday and Charli XCX on Saturday.
Transforming the stadium into her own dance floor, Dua kicked off her concert with Training Season before pausing to say she was 'blown away,' and that it was 'surreal' to be performing at Wembley.
She said: 'This is so surreal and so crazy. It means the absolute world to me that you are here tonight.
'It feels really really special to be here tonight. It is 10 years since our first ever London show to about 350 people and I just dreamt of a night like this where I get to be in front of 70,000 people.'
After taking photos with the front row fans, Dua returned to the stage to perform These Walls before introducing the song that 'started everything'.
She said: 'I want to take it back to the beginning a little bit. This song really kind of changed my life.'
The singer added: 'This is the song that got me signed and it's the song that started everything and I feel like with weather like this, there is only one song that I could do. This is Hotter Than Hell.'
Towards the end of the concert, Lipa returned to the hit songs that prompted her rise to fame, including 2016's Be The One, and her 2017 break-up anthem New Rules.
She captioned the snaps 'guess joining the circus wasn't such a bad idea ANFIELD NIGHT 1 TONIGHT!!!! LET'S GOOOOOO BABY !!!!!'
Dua was initially set to play just one show at the London venue on Friday 20 June 2025, as part of her Radical Optimism tour.
But due to the phenomenal demand, the pop star stayed in the English capital for a second night to put on another performance.
Speaking in an interview with Vogue this month, Dua said: 'That's definitely been a massive dream, and it's going to be quite surreal. You know, stadiums: that seems pretty scary.
'Adrenaline is an incredible drug can hear people screaming before I'm even on.'
She added: 'That's when my heart starts racing. Moments before, I'm like: 'Oh, my God, we're doing this.' And I'm ready to go.'
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