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Live from Mexico (2026)

Where the lyrics of Live from Mexico take you, and where it was really made.

The album was recorded over five days in December 2025, but its release followed a concert film that premiered on YouTube a day earlier.

Key places

Mexico City recordings at Estadio GNP Seguros (2026)

Recording site Estadio GNP Seguros — Performances from 1 to 5 December 2025 at this stadium were recorded for the album and the concert film. The stadium hosted the Latin American leg of the Radical Optimism Tour. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Dua Lipa - Live from Mexico: second live album by English singer Dua Lipa
• Recorded 1–5 December 2025 during the Radical Optimism Tour at Estadio GNP Seguros, Mexico City
• Documents the Latin American leg of the tour
• Features live renditions of songs from her first three studio albums
• Released digitally and on streaming platforms on 22 May 2026 through Warner Records
• CD and vinyl editions followed on 5 June 2026
• Concert film capturing the full performance premiered on YouTube on 21 May 2026

Background

• Her first live album was recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on 17 October 2024
• That album came from the ITV1 television special An Evening with Dua Lipa, promoting her third studio album Radical Optimism (2024)
• The live album included a sole guest appearance from Elton John and was released to positive reviews
• The Radical Optimism Tour (2024–2025) ran 81 shows in 41 cities
• The tour earned US$141.1 million and drew more than 1.2 million people from 59 reported dates
• Lipa announced the Mexico City performances on her social media on 14 May 2026

Recording

• Paul Dugdale recorded the Mexico City performances for the album and video releases
• The album contains the tour's full twenty-one song set list
• It includes a cover of 'Oye Mi Amor' by Maná featuring Fher Olvera
• Credits are adapted from the concert film's end credits

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

Disc 4

Disc 5

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born 22 August 1995 in London, to Kosovo Albanian parents.
• Influenced by her father, lead singer of Kosovar rock band Oda.
• Moved to Pristina after Kosovo declared independence in 2008.

Career

• Signed with Warner Bros. Records in 2014.
• Debut album Dua Lipa (2017) included UK number-one single "New Rules".
• Second album Future Nostalgia (2020) became her first UK number-one album.
• Third album Radical Optimism (2024) debuted atop the UK Albums Chart.
• Has won seven Brit Awards and three Grammy Awards.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars
• The review praised the accompanying band and the infectious performance energy from Lipa herself
• The album was issued digitally and on streaming platforms on 22 May 2026, through Warner Records
• Physical CD and vinyl editions followed on 5 June 2026
• The concert film premiered on YouTube on 21 May 2026, one day before the audio release
• The digital and streaming editions also include studio versions of the tracks performed on the album
• The album's concept is the complete live set of the Radical Optimism Tour's Mexico City concerts

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album's Mexico City recordings were announced by Lipa on social media on 14 May 2026, a week before the audio release.
• The 'One Medley' section interpolates Todd Terry's 1996 remix of 'Keep On Jumpin'' by Musique and 'Music Sounds Better with You' by Stardust.
• The album's first live predecessor, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, also came with an Elton John guest appearance.
• The concert film and the live album were released in separate formats on separate dates, with the film first.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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