Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia Tour

British singer-songwriter Dua Lipa has had an amazing few years that have catapulted her to international stardom. Although musically influenced by her Kosovan heritage and her attendance at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, Dua’s career began in modelling. However, she was soon to be discovered as a huge singing and song writing talent from her self-penned YouTube videos and she signed a record deal with Warner Bros in 2014. Her singles, including ‘Be the One’ and ‘New Rules’ soon raced to the top of the charts all over the world.

Dua Lipa’s first self-titled album was released in 2017 and has gone multi-platinum in all its formats. Her current album ‘Future Nostalgia’ has also gone platinum and has provided her with many top ten singles such as ‘Physical’, ‘Hallucinate’ and ‘Levitating’. Her music taps into the classic disco and dance tracks of the past whilst applying her own modern spin. The album provides fans with a cohesive selection of happy, upbeat tracks conveying a sense of fun, freedom and love.

Future Nostalgia has been met with widespread critical acclaim. It won Best Album at The Grammy Awards and the Brits in 2021, thus cementing Dua Lipa’s place as one of the best and most successful artists performing today.

To follow the success of the album, Dua Lipa has been planning her Future Nostalgia Tour for over two years. Originally intended to start in April 2021, the tour had to be postponed several times because of the ongoing pandemic. Thankfully, the world tour is now back on track commencing in Miami in February 2022. She will then continue to perform across the USA and Canada before hitting Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand.

Dua’s live performance of ‘Levitating’ on the American Music Awards in 2020 featured a highly choreographed piece filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, styled by Ceremony, London. Towards the end, Dua ascended upwards towards a ceiling full of stars. It was visually stunning and a must to be included in any future tour performances.

So for the world tour, in order to maximise the visual impact on a larger stage, Ceremony contacted the team at Glow Inflatables to provide a variety of appropriate inflatable shapes that could be flexibly suspended according to each venue’s specifications. These shapes would add to the illusion of weightlessness and have an intergalactic vibe, being fabricated in a variety of colours but with the emphasis on an impressive mirror finish.

In addition to the custom inflatables for ‘Levitating’, Glow were tasked with supplying a carefully observed replica of an enormous lobster. Lobsters are featured in the music video of Dua Lipa’s song ‘We’re Good’ in which a lobster is ultimately freed from a tank back into the sea. Concert-goers had the wow-moment of seeing the giant inflatable crustacean popping up as if by magic to join Dua on stage.

The team at Glow worked closely with Dua Lipa’s designers to ensure that the inflatable shapes for ‘Levitating’ perfectly matched their vision. Dozens of sparkling silver stars and fluffy clouds were created along with a few suns and moons in bright, contrasting shades of metallic red, blue and yellow. The stunning mirror-finish spheres were fabricated in a range of sizes up to four metres in diameter. These custom inflatable shapes are all suitable for suspending above a stage and can be adapted to the particular dimensions of the venue. The high quality, flame-retardant PVC shapes can be deflated, transported and reinflated easily without affecting the final high-quality visual effect.

The enormous inflatable lobster inspired by the video for ‘We’re Good’ was designed and manufactured by the team at Glow to the highest standard of anatomical accuracy. This life-like creature, measuring an impressive six metres long, was fabricated in metallic fire-rated red nylon. Glow provided the stage designers with a hand-operated air fan so that the lobster could be inflated by hand offstage in under thirty seconds. Fans will then be amazed as it makes its dramatic appearance with Dua Lipa by seemingly popping out from nowhere using a theatrical toaster lift.

Dua Lipa said that she is thrilled to be back on tour so that she can celebrate and dance once again with her fans. ‘I’m so excited that this fantasy is finally coming true’, she added.

Glow Inflatables is delighted to have played their part in making Dua’s dreams become a reality by supplying bespoke custom inflatables of the highest quality. Once again, it was a pleasure to work with a great team of professionals helping to bring a global tour to life. With our vision, passion and fast turnarounds, Glow Inflatables always exceed expectations and deliver high quality products for the global stage.