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Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lana Del Rey at Wembley review: her voice is enthralling but the night is uneven
It's gone nine o'clock in Wembley Stadium and there is no sign of Lana Del Rey. True to form, the American singer is fashionably late to her own show — that London noise curfew be damned. Staff entertain the crowd by setting off Mexican waves. Nobody seems to mind that much. All the criticisms from her earlier shows hold true. This is not a multi-hour marathon a la Taylor or Beyoncé. Instead, there's a casual 90-hour run time with multiple breaks for dancers to perform dream ballets to an eerie hologram of Del Rey. One is a cover for a (barely noticeable) costume change, the other seemingly just because. Only 12 or so of her own songs are sung live; the rest are recordings or covers. But when she sings there is something alchemical, like she's pulling it from another dimension. Some lines do tail away, Del Rey staring with that blank-eyed look she has perfected. But this is all part of her Fifties-housewife-on-Quaaludes shtick. Then she turns around and has fun with it, embellishing her most famous lines with ease. She appears to have wisely dissolved her lip fillers, allowing for every pout, snarl and lip quiver to deliver on the jumbotron. Although compact, the set list has some excellent runs. Chemtrails Over The Country Club is followed by Ultraviolence, at which point the stage breaks out in blood-red strobing. Ride and then Video Games. Young and Beautiful, Summertime Sadness and Born to Die come in a flurry, followed by — in a fabulous surprise — Venice Bitch. As Del Rey herself pointed out, she hasn't sung that one live for years. The covers are all excellent choices, thematically on point and showcasing Del Rey's ability to make a song entirely her own. Her version of Tammy Wynette's Stand By Your Man is goosebump-raising. Addison Rae, who was a delight as the opening act, joins Del Rey on stage towards the end for a rendition of her hit Diet Pepsi. As for the staging, it's... a lot. Maybe it could best be described as a Southern Gothic twist on Miss Havisham. Del Rey enters through the front door of a peeling blue clapboard house, draping herself around a rickety porch in a yellowed lace dress. Dancers haunt the swampy stage in white dresses like an Americana Gisele. Del Rey - dressed in custom Valentino, designed by Creative Director Alessandro Michele - sits on a swing as though Fragonard painted her in Florida. There's a bridal prosession where flowers pop out of the stage in sync with Del Rey's steps, leading to a rose arch on a scissor lift. Every image is beautiful and strange, like a moodboard left out to get mildewed and stained. But often the staging felt over-busy, with Del Rey lost in the maelstrom. Did we really need the pole dancers shimmying up old-fashioned street lights, fans and feathers whirling and twirling, a piano that rose from the podium just to drip water. Her repertoire's themes of self-destructive love can stand alone. It doesn't need to be underscored to literally by setting fire to the house while singing about setting a house on fire. Unfortunately, the spectacle can feel like a cover for Del Rey's laconic performing style. It feels churlish to compare Del Rey to the other women artists currently tour. Perhaps seeing Charli xcx, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo alone in the past month has blown my tastebuds out for pop extravaganzas and feats of physical and emotional exertion. Del Rey's voice is so wondrous, her every micro expression so enthralling, that she could have performed alone on stage in a single spotlight and it would have been enough. But then, could they have charged so much for tickets? Lana Del Rey at Wembley Stadium, 4 July, tickets and infomation here.
News.com.au
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Katy Perry security alert as fan storms stage in Sydney
The American singer is currently in the midst of her The Lifetimes Tour and is performing in the Australian city over three nights. On Monday, the singer was startled when a fan broke onto the stage while she was singing her 2008 hit single Hot n Cold. Footage of the alarming moment has gone viral on social media and shows the star strumming her guitar on stage when a fan dressed in dark clothing suddenly appears at her side. After squealing in surprise, the singer moves away and begins to sing while two security guards attempt to wrangle the intruder away.
BreakingNews.ie
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BreakingNews.ie
Jason Derulo announces Dublin show as part of world tour
Jason Derulo has announced a Dublin date in his world tour. The American singer will play the 3Arena on February 9th next year. Advertisement The European leg of the The Last Dance World Tour will kick off on January 29th in Glasgow before heading to Birmingham, London, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester and then Dublin. Derulo will then take the tour to Brussels, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich and more across February and March. Tickets for the concert go on sale next Friday, May 23rd, at 9am.
