Dua Lipa
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Dua Lipa welcomed Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong to the stage Sunday night at San Francisco’s Chase Center to perform the band’s 2004 hit “Wake Me Up When September Ends.”
“San Francisco, how you feeling?” Lipa asked before bringing Armstrong onstage. “Every night we do a different surprise song by a local artist, and I immediately thought about San Francisco and all the incredible music that has come out of here. I thought about one band in particular.… Join me in welcoming the incredible Billie Joe from Green Day!”
Sunday night marked the singer’s second show at Chase Center. On Saturday night, she paid tribute to another Bay Area artist with a cover of “Piece of My Heart,” made famous by Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin.
Dua Lipa has regularly performed covers during her Radical Optimism tour, sometimes bringing the artists out onstage with her. Last week, she was joined at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum by Gwen Stefani for a rendition of the No Doubt classic “Don’t Speak.” “I wanted to dive into one of my personal heroes. One of my favorite artists, and who I grew up listening to my whole life,” Lipa told the crowd. “Someone who’s influenced my music, my style, someone who I love as a performer, and someone who constantly keeps redefining herself and music. I just absolutely love her.”
She later told Rolling Stone, “I’ve loved Gwen my whole life. I’ve found her so inspiring. I’ve loved her music. I love her toughness. I love her voice. I love everything that she stood for. For me, it was a big childhood dream come true.”
There are two more shows left on Dua Lipa’s North American Radical Optimism run, both in Seattle. She will head to South America and Mexico through November and early December. Speaking to Rolling Stone, she confirmed she’s working with Mark Ronson on new music again, but declined to tease the era any further. “I love working with Mark,” she said. “I’m so inspired by him. We work really well together, so I’m really excited.”
From Rolling Stone US.
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