Continuing her streak of covering local artists on her world tour
Dua Lipa has performed a Spanish cover of Enrique Iglesias’ iconic hit ‘Hero’ to kick off her European tour in Madrid – watch fan-shot footage of the cover below.
The ‘Houdini’ star has been making a habit of covering local music royalty during the Australia and New Zealand leg of her ‘Radical Optimism’ tour in recent months, and she’s seemingly committed to doing the same for her newly launched European run of shows.
On May 11, Dua Lipa took over the Movistar Arena in Madrid, Spain to perform the first of her European shows for the ‘Radical Optimism’ tour. Keeping in line with her recent streak of covering local icons, Lipa sang a cover of Enrique Iglesias’ ‘Hero’ in Spanish.
Watch the impressive cover below.
The following night, Dua Lipa honoured another local legend, performing a cover of Manu Chao’s ‘Me Gustas Tú’. She began her streak of covering local artists during her Australian and New Zealand tour in late March and April, where she covered songs like Kylie Minogue’s ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’, Natalie Imbruglia’s ‘Torn’, AC/DC’s ‘Highway To Hell’, Lorde’s ‘Royals’ and INXS’ ‘Never Tear Us Apart’.
During the tour, she was also joined onstage by the likes of Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, Troye Sivan, Vance Joy and Crowded House’s Neil Finn.
Last month, Dua Lipa announced the Latin American leg of the ‘Radical Optimism’ tour, kicking off on November 7 in Buenos Aires in Argentina, with stops in Chile, Brazil, Peru, Columbia and Mexico. You can view the full list of dates here.
Before that, she will be return to the UK for even more live shows this summer, kicking off the run with two huge concerts at London’s Wembley Stadium (June 20, 21) followed by two dates at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool on June 24 and 25. Find any remaining tickets here.
The tour is in support of her third studio album ‘Radical Optimism‘. In a three-star review of the LP, NME shared: “She’s since referred to that key group of collaborators as ‘the band’, highlighting a shared cohesiveness and understanding of the mood. Swooning opener ‘End Of An Era’ demonstrates that well, and ‘Anything For Love’, featuring studio chatter from the crew, suggests this album has been made with care and, you can tell, a lot of fun.”
Elsewhere, a lawsuit was recently dismissed that had accused her of copying her 2020 hit track ‘Levitating’ from two other songs. Back in 2022, the pop star was sued by songwriters L Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer who claimed that Lipa had plagiarised their songs – 1979’s ‘Wiggle And Giggle All Night’ and 1980’s ‘Don Diablo’.
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