Dua Lipa's Glastonbury set was nearly excellent, however a collection of sound issues left some BBC viewers annoyed because the pop star carried out her headline set on Friday evening.
The One Kiss singer, 28, and her troupe of leather-clad dancers descended on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm, Somerset on Friday evening with a 200,000-strong viewers together with A-listers reminiscent of Lewis Capaldi, Cara Delevingne and Anya Taylor-Pleasure .
After storming the stage with newest single Coaching Season, Dua belted out a bunch of hits together with One Kiss, Levitating and Break My Coronary heart earlier than making a fast costume change.
She briefly greeted the viewers by dropping her first F-bomb of the night: 'Glastonbury, what the f**okay?'
Dua then took a couple of minutes to provide an emotional speech, recalling how she carried out in entrance of an viewers of ten individuals earlier than her profession took her to international stardom.
“Glastonbury, I stored fascinated with this second and what it will really feel wish to stroll on this stage. It's quite a bit, isn't it?' she stated.
The pop star shared how she pulled off the most important present of her profession so far, including: 'Oh man, it is a large dream come true for me. I wrote this second down, I dreamed of it, I longed for it, I labored for it. It feels so good to be right here with you.
'After I wrote it down, I used to be very particular. I wrote that I wish to headline the Pyramid Stage on Friday evening so I can social gathering at the very best place on earth for the subsequent two nights.”
Then it was time to introduce the primary shock visitor of the night: Tame Impala star Kevin Parker joined her for a efficiency of the group's track The Much less I Know The Higher.
At one level, Parker gave the impression to be having bother along with his microphone, which Dua Lipa laughed at.
Nonetheless, this didn’t go down nicely with BBC viewers, who observed this sound downside and complained about a number of different points.
@pecos_pest_ wrote on X: 'Can somebody please flip up Dua Lipa's mic? I can barely hear her! Yearly the noise is horrible!'
Sneakyget additionally struggled to listen to: 'A bit quantity on #DuaLipa's mic would assist.'
Others accused Dua of lip-syncing, with @Therasa78 tweeting: “I'm satisfied Dua is impersonating Lipa.”
@jameshutch78 AGREE: 'I is perhaps improper nevertheless it seems to be like Dua is emulating Lipa at #Glastonbury, it simply seems to be and sounds too polished to be reside. And you may't dance like that and keep excellent. It sort of defeats the concept of the competition when she emulates #DuaLipa.”
@MapleFiltered shared their principle, saying: 'The accusations of Dua Lipa impersonation is probably not helped by the printed. BBC on Sky appears to have lip sync points. I've simply switched again to Freeview and it's gone. Nonetheless not satisfied as a consequence of fully completely different mic sound for track v speaking however hey-ho!'
Nonetheless, many others stood by Dua and rushed to defend the singer, together with @txmhussxy who interjected: 'Individuals already accusing Dua Lipa of impersonating clearly have by no means seen actual expertise flip the mic on women.'
@pauljamesolider stated: '@DUALIPA sounds so good! The microphone is on. I really like the ambiance and the staging/seems to be/dance.'
@alistairbrs hit again saying, “No, Dua Lipa just isn’t impersonating. A lot of the primary vocals are clearly reside. She makes it a blast and everybody on stage seems to be like they’re having the time of their lives.”
Regardless, Dua typically crushed her efficiency, which was rounded out with a slew of her largest songs, together with New Guidelines, Fairly Please, Bodily and Houdini.
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It was definitely a strong first day of Glastonbury 2024, with the Sugababes inflicting sheer chaos as hundreds of followers tried to cram the West Holts stage to look at them carry out their catalogue of pop classics.
Pop icon Lulu, 75, additionally took to the stage and shared an lovely second together with her grandson who she introduced out, whereas conceptual artist Marina Abramović managed to silence the Pyramid Stage viewers for seven minutes in what initially appeared like an unimaginable problem.
The festivities proceed tomorrow with Coldplay headlining on Saturday evening, whereas R&B star SZA closes Glastonbury 2024 on Sunday night.
You possibly can watch protection of Glastonbury on the BBC.
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