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Live from the Royal Albert Hall (2024)
Where the lyrics of Live from the Royal Albert Hall take you, and where it was really made.
Dua Lipa's first live album started as a TV special: the October 2024 concert was filmed for broadcast and recorded for the album.
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Recording site: Royal Albert Hall (2024)
Recording site Royal Albert Hall — The concert that this live album was recorded at took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 17 October 2024. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Album story
Overview
- Live from the Royal Albert Hall: Dua Lipa's first live album
- Released 6 December 2024 through Warner Records
- Recorded from the concert held 17 October 2024 at the Royal Albert Hall, London
- Contains 20 tracks, including a cover of Cleo Sol's Sunshine
- Every track carries the Live from the Royal Albert Hall label
Background
- Promotes the third studio album Radical Optimism (2024)
- The concert was a one-night-only event, and phones and cameras were banned
- Tickets cost 55 to 86 pounds, limited to two per booking, sold through Ticketmaster
- The show opened with Houdini, the first single from Radical Optimism
- Announced in October 2024 by CBS and ITV as the basis of a television special
Recording
- The concert was filmed, and the same performance was recorded for the live album
- Heritage Orchestra conducted by Ben Foster, with a 53-piece orchestra
- Seven-piece band and fourteen choristers performed on stage
- Elton John was the album's sole guest, joining for the duet Cold Heart
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Overture | 1:46 |
| 2 | End of an Era | 3:59 |
| 3 | Houdini | 3:36 |
| 4 | Training Season | 3:40 |
| 5 | These Walls | 3:50 |
| 6 | Whatcha Doing | 3:58 |
| 7 | French Exit | 3:45 |
| 8 | Illusion | 3:57 |
| 9 | Falling Forever | 4:00 |
| 10 | Anything for Love | 3:09 |
| 11 | Maria | 3:45 |
| 12 | Happy for You | 4:23 |
| 13 | Love Again | 6:02 |
| 14 | Pretty Please | 3:25 |
| 15 | Levitating | 4:24 |
| 16 | Sunshine | 4:42 |
| 17 | Cold Heart | 5:28 |
| 18 | Be the One | 4:49 |
| 19 | Dance the Night | 4:07 |
| 20 | Don't Start Now | 4:25 |
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
- Released 6 December 2024 through Warner Records
- Dua Lipa's first live album, drawn from the concert of 17 October 2024
- The concert took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London
- The show was backed by the Heritage Orchestra, conducted by Ben Foster
- AllMusic gave the album a four-star review by Neil Z. Yeung
- Yeung praised Lipa's vocals as well as the arrangement of the songs
- Yeung compared the arrangements to the work of Mark Ronson
- The concert special aired on ITV1 on 8 December 2024
- The concert special was also broadcast on CBS on 15 December 2024, simulcast on Paramount+
- The album was positioned as the live document of the Radical Optimism promotion period
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The live album came from the same concert that was filmed for the television special.
- The album was released on 6 December 2024, two days before the special aired on ITV1.
- Elton John was the only guest, singing the duet Cold Heart with Lipa.
- The concert was announced by CBS and ITV on 23 October 2024.
- The concert's orchestra had 53 musicians, led by Ben Foster.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org
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