Dua Lipa Performs Soulful Cowl of AC/DC’s ‘Freeway to Hell’ at Melbourne Live performance

Dua Lipa is livin’ straightforward and and lovin’ free.

Throughout the first half of the opening night time of her Radical Optimism Tour on the Rod Laver Area in Melbourne, the “One Kiss” singer carried out a music related to Australia’s AC/DC.

“I had a enjoyable loopy thought. I assumed, ‘Why not do a brand new music each night time from an area artist from each place we’re in?’ ” Lipa, 29, addressed the viewers on the March 17 present. “Clearly, Australia has an abundance of fantastic musicians, so we thought we’d go actually massive from the very starting. If you understand it, sing it.”

Lipa then stunned the viewers with a soulful cowl of AC/DC’s 1979 music “Freeway to Hell.” She wore an edgy black lace ensemble with crimson shorts and danced across the stage with a furry scarf.

Fan movies confirmed the viewers becoming a member of in for the energizing refrain, praising Lipa’s expertise. “Fellow metallic queen,” one person wrote on X. One other stated, “Her voice is ideal for rock. 😍.” A 3rd fan chimed in, “rock album subsequent please 🙏 @DUALIPA.”

Others commented on a fan video shared to YouTube, totally impressed together with her vary. “She stunned me with how highly effective a rock tone her voice has,” one wrote. “She may genuinely make a profession out of it.”

“I do not suppose they realized how into it the gang was going to be,” one other stated. “The grins on their faces, particularly the drummer. Like he gained the wager. She actually belted it out good. Nice job everybody!”

“It is incredible!” a longtime fan stated. “She did an amazing job at retaining AC going. Who is aware of, she might need even [brought] on some new followers to their unbelievable music. That could be a good factor in my ebook.”

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Upon asserting her Radical Optimism album in March 2024, she spoke in regards to the first time she heard the phrase.

“A pair years in the past, a good friend launched me to the time period radical optimism. It’s an idea that resonated with me, and I turned extra curious as I began to play with it and weave it into my life,” Lipa stated in a press release. “It struck me – the thought of going by means of chaos gracefully and feeling like you may climate any storm.”

“On the similar time, I discovered myself wanting by means of the music historical past of psychedelia, journey hop, and Britpop,” she added. “It has all the time felt so confidently optimistic to me, and that honesty and angle is a sense I took into my recording classes.”

Per Louder Sound, Lipa’s album Radical Optimism was additionally impressed by rock, making it much more becoming that she sang an iconic rock music in the course of the tour’s opening night time.

The “Houdini” singer’s Radical Optimism Tour is making stops in Australia and New Zealand by means of March and April earlier than heading to Europe in Might and June. Lipa then travels to the US for a string of concert events in September and October.

Who Lipa covers subsequent of their dwelling metropolis alongside her Radical Optimism Tour stays to be seen.