British-Albanian pop star Dua Lipa is holding a concert in the Philippines later this year, she announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday, May 29.
“Wowowowww summer tour dates start in 1 week and I can’t wait!!!! So I thought why not add… MORE TOUR! Asia in November it’s been a long time coming and I can’t wait to be back!!!” she wrote in the caption of her Instagram carousel photos containing a schedule of her upcoming Asia tour.
The singer-songwriter is bringing her Radical Optimism Tour to the Philippines on Nov. 13 at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan.
The Asian leg of Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism Tour will commence in Singapore on Nov. 6, followed by Jakarta on Nov. 9. After Manila, the tour will continue in Tokyo, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok in November, wrapping up in Seoul in December.
The concert will be Dua Lipa’s return to Manila since her last performance at the Mall of Asia Arena in 2018. Known for her chart-topping hits such as “Don’t Start Now,” “New Rules,” and “Levitating,” Dua Lipa is expected to deliver a spectacular show.
The tour announcement comes on the heels of Dua releasing her third album, Radical Optimism, which went straight to No. 1 in 11 countries, including the UK where it became the biggest album debut from a UK artist in 2024 and garnered the highest week one sales from a UK female artist since 2021.
In the US, the album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, marking Dua’s biggest sales week yet. It was named a Critic’s Pick by The New York Times, who hailed it as “an album of nonstop ear candy,” along with Variety, who declared it is “a joyous blast of pop savvy.”
Additionally, The New Yorker praised, “the instrumentation is a gleaming and impenetrable expanse, and the main attraction is Lipa,” and Vogue raved it is “a summery, self-assured slice of pop brilliance…[and] catchy as hell.”
Tickets to Radical Optimism in Manila will be available through two sales phases. The Live Nation PH Presale begins on June 10 from 10:99 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Fans can register for a free membership at www.livenation.ph to access this presale. The General Sale starts on June 11 from 12:00 p.m., with tickets available via smtickets.com or at any SM Tickets outlet.
