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Live performances

Grammys

• Telegraph India - moments from the event that grabbed our eyeballs, "Lipa opened the ceremony with a medley of her new songs Training Season and Houdini, amid raucous cheers from the audience.", "Rocking an all-black leather-and-mesh ensemble, paired with knee-high platform boots, Lipa danced around an enormous cage with a massive troop of professionals.", "gave a nod to Greta Gerwig-helmed Barbie, delivering a quick line from her Barbie song Dance the Night"
• Pitchfork - "After opening with a new song titled “Training Season,” the pop star broke into “Dance the Night” and transitioned to her Tame Impala–produced single “Houdini” while decked out in a black leather outfit and crawling on a metal jungle gym"
• Variety - "Lipa opened the 2024 Grammys with a new song titled “Training Season” before performing her recent, psychedelic-influenced single “Houdini.” In between the two songs, she delivered a quick line from her “Barbie” song “Dance the Night,” which was nominated for two Grammys. Clad in all black except for her red hair"
• Harper's Bazaar - "The pop star was the first performer for the evening ceremony, gracing the stage via a metal scaffold construction for a performance of her new songs “Training Season” and “Houdini”. Lipa commanded the audience at Crypto.com Arena with a massive crew of dancers, wearing a strappy leather-and-mesh number with knee-high platform boots for the high-energy performance."
• Rolling Stone - "Dua Lipa performed an electric mashup of “Dance the Night,” Houdini,” and the unreleased “Training Season” to open the 66th annual Grammys.", "Lipa started the night off on a brilliantly high note with the single’s debut, asking “Are you someone that I can give my heart to?” while dancing in, around, and on top of an industrial cage surrounded by the romantic contenders she’s swearing off as training season ends. Dressed in a black leather bodysuit studded with silver straps, Lipa galavanted around the stage, every step a power move. It’s clear she is indeed giving everything."
• Consequence - "Dancing in (and on) a scaffolding cube, Lipa opened her performance by offering the first taste of “Training Season,” which is officially released on February 11th. She then joined her dancers on center stage to perform “Houdini.”"
• BBC - "Dua Lipa bravely opened the show with a brand new song, the pneumatic Training Season, while gyrating on metal scaffolding"
• USA Today - Ranked 9/12, "The British pop sensation gave us everything Sunday night, opening the show with a red-hot, leather-and-latex-clad medley of hits “Dance the Night” and “Houdini,” along with teasing her sultry upcoming single “Training Session.” For any keyboard warriors still insisting that Lipa can’t dance, the singer put criticisms to bed with her athletic performance: hanging off a rotating cage and sliding across the floor against a dizzying backdrop of mirrors and pyrotechnics."
• Elle - "Lipa’s Grammys performance—which, I might add, included an exquisite dance break—set the tone for what just might be a riveting awards night.", medley
• The Fader - "Dua Lipa was the opening act at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, and to ring in the show, she played a brand new, unreleased song called "Training Season." The high-energy performance featured a massive silver scaffolding/jungle gym, which Lipa climbed before the entire apparatus was hoisted into the air by her dance troupe."
• People - "electrified the stage on Sunday as she debuted her new single "Training Season" during an electric opening medley. The musician hit the stage in a leather fit while surrounded by several dancers to open the show, before walking through the crowd and working her way into recent single "Houdini." The performance was complete with blue stage lights and plenty of group choreography throughout."
• Billboard - "The acrobatic first-half of the performance was ultra fitting for “Training Season,” Lipa’s new single that’s due Feb. 15. She dangled from a jungle gym that her muscular backup dancers occasionally tipped over. And with her flaming red hair and black leather ensemble, Lipa looked like a rock star sliding onto the floor for the finale."
• NME - "Dua Lipa has performed her upcoming single, ‘Training Season’, live for the first time.", "Opening the main ceremony, Lipa treated viewers to a medley that consisted of ‘Training Season’", "To kick off her performance, Dua Lipa clung onto a cage that was being carried and rotated by male dancers as she sang ‘Training Season’. Before transitioning to ‘Houdini’, Dua delivered one line from ‘Dance The Night’."
• Uproxx - "Dressed in leather, Lipa was joined by a fabulous group of sensual male dancers, leaving little to the imagination with their tight outfits. She then made a smooth transition with the previously released single, “Houdini,”"
• Parade - High: "To start the 2024 Grammys off on a high note, Dua Lipa performed her unreleased single "Training Season" along with a cube of scaffolding and leather-clad male dancers. She then strutted to the stage where she regaled fans with "Houdini" and performed some impressive choreo if I do say so myself."
• AS - Teased: "“I’m really, really excited about this performance,”", "“It’s intense,” “it’s strong,” “and it’s dancey,”, "She gave an electrifying performance that captivated the audience, balancing on a huge jungle gym and heading into the crowd while beginning her song “Houdini.” The performance featured a spinning contraption of mirrors which complements the song’s official video.", "The entire performance was on point, from her vocals, to her dancing, and even her outfit. Her moves were slick and sensual, also mirroring the “Houdini” video. At one point, she laid down and sang from the rotating mirrors, and the camera captured the dramatic moment from above. She definitely earned that standing ovation."
• AS - Three favourite live moments, Feb 2024, "From clinging to cages flying in the air to her titular ’80s-esque dance rhythms, Lipa proved why she is one of the premiere voices in pop today.", "Whenever Lipa performs, she makes sure every element is top-tier. Her background dancers are bar none, her visuals are endlessly enticing, and her choreography is hypnotizing."

Brits

• Bazaar - "Shortly after, she commanded the audience for an electric performance, and she dressed the part. The ensemble was daring, sultry, and powerful, consisting of tight black leather hot shorts with a lace-up fly, a matching cropped jacket that she wore open to reveal a black bra, and tall lace-up boots with a chunky block heel. She added layers of silver chain necklaces and glittery rings, while keeping her beauty look the same."
• Rolling Stone - "Backed by dancers and dressed in a cropped leather jacket and shorts, the singer delivered her song about looking for a romantic partner that gets it “’Cause training season’s over.” She strutted the catwalk as she sang and she and the dancers hit their marks on the upbeat choreography, which also included some of the dancers descending from above to perform some acrobatic moves. Towards the end of the exhilarating set, Dua Lipa was lifted into the air by a couple of the acrobats, before she landed back onstage to close out the song."
• Pitchfork - "Dua Lipa brought her new single “Training Season” to life at this year’s BRIT Awards. She opened the song singing alone onstage while dozens of dancers dressed in black leather lounged on the bleachers. After she marched down the runway with them in tow, Dua Lipa was surrounded by a new circle of levitating acrobats, who proceeded to to do Cirque du Soleil–style tricks in the air—at one point even lifting her up by the hands."
• W mag - "Dua also treated the audience to a performance of her latest song, “Training Season,” where she opted for a moto jacket and matching hot pants designed in—you guessed it—glossy leather fabric."
• Stereogum - she opened the show
• People - "served up some captivating choreography", "Lipa opened the BRITs with her hit single “Training Season,” with a different routine than the one she delivered at the Grammy Awards last month. She danced and sang in a black leather jacket, shorts and boots before dancers started floating around during verse two of the song. After Lipa belted out the bridge, two floating dancers grabbed her arms and lifted her off the ground, She proceeded to levitate in the air."
• Uproxx - "As the opening entertainment for the ceremony, Dua Lipa made sure to grab the attention of the crowded stadium of industry professionals and fellow entertainers. With her and her army of background dancers dressed in matching sleek black leather outfits, the bar of fierceness was already off the meters. Dua Lipa belts out the pop banger’s initial notes but wastes no time transitioning into a full-out choreographed break. If you weren’t impressed by the nonstop dancing, you can’t scuff at the performers’ in-air footwork. What about Dua Lipa’s live acrobatics (reminiscent of Miley Cyrus’ Endless Summer Vacation album cover)? The sheer endurance Dua Lipa showed on stage lets viewers know that she’s ready for her forthcoming music festival appearances and a tour if she chooses to announce one."

Live Lounge

• Clash - "The Live Lounge special was shot at the historic Maida Vale Studios, with host Clara Amfo chatting to Dua, before making way for a series of performances. The full tracklist includes ‘Illusion’, ‘Training Season’,"
• NME - "The pop star played a five-track set at the legendary Maida Vale Studios in London", "Lipa and her band showcased her singles ‘Training Season’"
• BBC - "Dua Lipa, returns to the Radio 1 Live Lounge performing new music, a classic and an incredible cover. Full track list includes: Illusion, Training Season"
• Dig! - "The singer has also shared a live version of recent single, Training Season – watch the London Sessions take on the track below."

Time 100

• Variety - "The evening concluded with a performance by Dua Lipa, another member of the Time’s class of 2024, who belted out “Training Season”"

Tour

• Uproxx - setlist, Act 1
• The Independent - "As a martial drum solo opens the show, leather-clad dancers fling themselves across a pair of metal bridges, like a Swat team sent undercover into a Seventies New York meatpacking district. In a chain-lined leather dress of her own, Lipa zips to centre stage as if propelled by the roller-skates favoured on her last arena tour, barrelling into a party-starting “Training Season”. Though the performance is tightly drilled – even the confetti deployment seems studied – passion rings through in moments of cheeky theatricality. Midway into the second verse, she flings back her head with revulsion at the inept exes she has made her muse."
• RBB24 - "Dua Lipa opened the spectacle with the danceable hit "Training Season" from her new album "Radical Optimism" and transformed the forest stage into a wet open-air disco. Surrounded by dancers doing push-ups, the 28-year-old presented a sophisticated performance."
• Muzika.hr - "but already the first sounds of the hit "Training Season" ", the audience was taken over by the euphoria of the charismatic young star who is in his prime."

Glastonbury

• BBC - "She took to the Pyramid Stage shortly after 10pm, opening with a flawless run of five songs: Training Season", "Each one had the breathless choreography of an award show performance – and the pace didn’t let up all night."
• Independent - "Dua Lipa performed her songs, including “Training Season”"
• "Starting the set, she walks out to a clip of Peter Fonda from the 1966 film The Wild Angels, expressing how he’s looking for ‘a good time’, before she breaks into recent single ‘Training Season’. The atmosphere created just moments into the set is undoubtedly one of Lipa’s biggest strengths, with the feel-good energy becoming the core of this career-defining moment. The crowd passionately sing back each word while pink flares colour the sky."
• The Independent - "As Dua Lipa performed songs including “Training Season”
• NME - "To begin her highly anticipated set, Dua Lipa got the show started with ‘Training Season’"
• DIY - "Kicking off with the darkly kinetic ‘Training Season’ (after a nod to Primal Scream’s ‘Loaded’ via their Wild Angels sample)"
• Rolling Stone - "It starts with her dancers anchored on the spot in a dystopian Running Man-esque montage, before the psych-tinged sounds of ‘Training Season’ – one of her latest album’s standouts – kicks things off with an almighty bang."

Nos Alive

• Uproxx - "the best recent songs (“Houdini,” “Training Season”) sounded perfectly in place with her modern classics"

Mad Cool

• NME - "Opening with ‘Training Season’, the 28-year-old offers nimble chatter as she slides and slinks around the stage, moving in sync with her troupe."
• The Independent - "Her moves are dynamic and slick as she grinds and squats with her entourage of dancers for her “Training Season” opening."