Dua Lipa has paid homage to rock legends Aerosmith while performing in Boston – check out her cover of ‘I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’ below.
On Tuesday (September 9), Dua Lipa took over the TD Garden in Boston for the first of two shows in the city as part of her ongoing ‘Radical Optimism’ tour. To celebrate the occasion, Dua Lipa paid tribute to Boston hometown heroes and rock icons Aerosmith.
Eight songs into her setlist, Dua and her band played a cover of Aerosmith’s hit song ‘I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’. Introducing the track, she explained to the audience: “This part of the show, every single night I’ve been doing a different song by a local artist from the city that I’m in. I’m very excited but I’m a little bit nervous about this next song.”
“It’s by a group formed in Boston obviously, but I feel like for any young kid that was armed with LimeWire when they were young, this was the first thing that they downloaded. It was the first big power ballad that you sing at the top of your lungs when you get the chance. It also has a movie to boot that makes you absolutely weep. This is Aerosmith’s ‘I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’”.
Lipa has been playing songs by local artists throughout the ‘Radical Optimism’ tour, often with high-profile guests, which recently included Jamiroquai in London’s Wembley Stadium for ‘Virtual Insanity’ on one night and Charli XCX for ‘360’ on another. She also played with Crowded House’s Neil Finn in Auckland, and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker in Sydney. She most recently performed ‘Ain’t Nobody’ with Chaka Khan in Chicago.
Her two Wembley shows in June later became the subject of a mini-documentary titled Dua Lipa – The Beat Before (Wembley Stadium), which chronicled behind-the-scenes footage and fan vox-pops from the gigs.
In other Dua Lipa-related news, she officially confirmed her engagement to actor Callum Turner in June after months of fan speculation. Speaking to British Vogue for a new cover story, she said: “Yeah, we’re engaged. It’s very exciting. This decision to grow old together, to see a life and just, I don’t know, be best friends forever—it’s a really special feeling.”
She was also granted Kosovan citizenship in August, being hailed by the country’s president as “one of the most iconic cultural figures in our country’s history”. Lipa was also one of the celebrities to hit out at British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s response to their open letter that called for the end of “UK complicity” in Gaza.
“Prime Minister, you’ve built your career as a human rights lawyer, defending the powerless and challenging injustice,” the response read. “In years to come, when you are asked whether you have done enough, what will you say?”
