Dua Lipa has been slammed by Glastonbury viewers after they claimed she was miming her first headline set at the festival.
The English-Albanian singer, 28, headlined the Pyramid Stage at the iconic festival for the first time as day one’s main event.
Dua looked sensational as she donned a leather studded bodysuit for the performance at Worthy Farm, wowing many fans with her performance.
However not everyone was impressed, as many Glastonbury viewers took to social media to share their theories that the star was miming at certain points throughout the 1 hour 45 minute set.
Those watching the show described the possibility of the One Kiss hitmaker not singing live as ‘terrible’ as they slammed her for doing so at such a big gig.
Dua Lipa has been slammed by Glastonbury viewers as they have claimed that she is miming her first headline set at the festival on Friday
The English-Albanian singer, 28, is headlining the iconic festival at Worthy Farm for the first time as the main event for day one
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, they wrote: ‘It’s a shame #DuaLipa can’t sing live. Don’t turn up to glasto and mime. Rubbish,’;
‘Worst miming you’ll ever see #DuaLipa,’; ‘Is Dua Lipa miming or? How can it sound like miming and a mic not being loud enough at the same time,’;
‘Anyone watching Glasto? Just whacked it on and Dua Lipa looks like she’s definitely miming almost every word..,’;
‘If you’re headlining glasto on a main stage you should at least sing 90% live. This is terrible from dua. All miming,’;
‘Dua Lipa is 100% miming isn’t she,; ‘Dua Lipa miming at Glastonbury. whats the point?’
Others, however, were captivated by Dua’s performance. They wrote: ‘Dua Lipa is actually too good. God I wish I was there .’
‘Smashed it dua lipa’ and ‘Dua Lipa’s been pretty good actually. I only know One Kiss, but her voice is better than I’d thought it would be. Look forward to seeing her in the Sunday afternoon legend slot in about 25 years time’.
‘This Dua Lipa and Kevin Parker collab is magical’ and ‘smashed it Dua Lipa’.
Dua looked sensational as she donned a leather studded bodysuit for the performance, wowing many fans with her performance
However not everyone was impressed, as many Glastonbury viewers took to social media to share their theories that the star was miming
Earlier in the day, Dua was pictured enjoying a low-key pub lunch with her family as she prepared to take to the stage for her headline show at the Glastonbury Festival on Friday.
Ahead of her show, Dua was spotted sitting down for lunch at THE PIG pub in Bath, with her mother Anesa, father Dukagjin, and her boyfriend Callum Turner.
Dua said she has dreamed about headlining Glastonbury Festival ‘my whole life’ as she kicked off the Pyramid stage slot.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, they wrote: ‘It’s a shame #DuaLipa can’t sing live. Don’t turn up to glasto and mime. Rubbish,’
Those watching the show described the possibility of the One Kiss hitmaker not singing live as ‘terrible’
Viewers slammed her for doing so at such a big gig
Dua pulled out all the stops as she danced through the songs
Ahead of her show, Dua was spotted sitting down for lunch at THE PIG pub in Bath, with her mother Anesa, father Dukagjin, and her boyfriend Callum Turner
Dua said she has dreamed about headlining Glastonbury Festival ‘my whole life’ as she kicked off the Pyramid stage slot
Others, however, were captivated by Dua’s performance. ‘dua lipa is actually too good. God I wish I was there’
The pop superstar opened her first headline performance at the British festival with impressive choreography to her hit track Training Season from her third studio album, Radical Optimism, which released earlier this year
Dua later changed into a sexy leather look as she stormed the stage
The singer worked the crowd as she danced her heart out – but some questioned if she was miming
Dua appeared in her element as she soaked up the atmosphere
The pop superstar opened her first headline performance at the British festival with impressive choreography to her hit track Training Season from her third studio album, Radical Optimism, which released earlier this year.
She told the crowd: ‘I can’t believe this, I’ve dreamed about this my whole life.
‘And I can’t believe I’m right up here, right here, with you guys, I am so happy to be here with you guys tonight.’
During her performance, the audience could be heard singing loudly along to the words of her 2018 track One Kiss with Calvin Harris.
Meanwhile, during her 2020 hit track Levitating, the singer asked the crowd if they were ready ‘to go to the moon’.
Dua Lipa, who took home the Brit Award for best pop act in March, treated revellers to a selection of her hit songs, including Illusion and Break My Heart.
It comes after Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis said the pop star was ‘born’ to headline the festival.
She told BBC Radio 2’s The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show there will be ‘no big surprises’ at this year’s event, but she did say Coldplay’s Saturday headline slot will be a ‘huge moment’.
She told the crowd: ‘I can’t believe this, I’ve dreamed about this my whole life
‘And I can’t believe I’m right up here, right here, with you guys, I am so happy to be here with you guys tonight,’ she said
During her performance, the audience could be heard singing loudly along to the words of her 2018 track One Kiss with Calvin Harris
Meanwhile, during her 2020 hit track Levitating, the singer asked the crowd if they were ready ‘to go to the moon’
Dua Lipa, who took home the Brit Award for best pop act in March, treated revellers to a selection of her hit songs, including Illusion and Break My Heart
Dua later changed in a slinky silver number and black lace bra
Dua put on an energetic performance throughout the set
The songstress sang with Tame Impala
The songstress was joined by a number of backing dancers for the headline set
Dua appeared in her element as she took to the stage in a series of costumes
For one look she flashed her toned abs in a white crop top and sparkly hotpants
While some questioned if Dua was miming, the songstress provided live vocals throughout her set as well as energertic dance routines
A number of backing dances worked their way around Dua in the 1 hour 45 minute set
While some fans predicted Calvin Harris might have made a surprise appearance, the DJ was nowhere to be seen
At one point Dua stood on the back of a backing dancer
The racy leather outfit showed off Dua’s arm tattoos as she flung her arms in the air
American R&B singer SZA will headline on Sunday, while country star Shania Twain will play the coveted Legends slot.
Earlier, Emily defended the festival line-up amid criticism that there is a lack of rock bands, saying: ‘I think the line-up reflects what’s happening in the music world at the moment – there aren’t a lot of new rock acts to choose from, if I’m honest.
‘Hopefully that will emerge again, my heyday was 1995 with Pulp and Oasis and Radiohead… and that was great, but music changes all the time and right now this is where we’re at.
‘Every year, we’ve been criticised for being too rock, too grime, too hip hop, too pop… it’s just part of our year.
‘Generally it’s not from the public… everybody’s really happy and excited to be here.’
This year’s festival is taking place in the week before the General Election, and Emily said: ‘I feel a bit like we’ve stepped out of the election, even though it’s next week.
‘We were working on having voter registration booths, but then the day moved.
‘It’s a big one for us, we’ve never had a pre-election festival.’
It comes after Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis said the pop star was ‘born’ to headline the festival
She told BBC Radio 2’s The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show there will be ‘no big surprises’ at this year’s event
Earlier, Emily defended the festival line-up amid criticism that there is a lack of rock band
This year’s festival is taking place in the week before the General Election
Glastonbury organisers have also decided the Euro 2024 football tournament will not be broadcast at the festival
Glastonbury organisers have also decided the Euro 2024 football tournament will not be broadcast at the festival – with England set to face Slovakia in the last 16 at 5pm on Sunday.
Emily said the festival set up a screen to watch fixtures during the World Cup in 1998, but times have changed.
‘We used to have a screen here as no-one had any means of finding out what even the result was because we were so cut off from the outside,’ she said.
‘Now everyone’s connected, and I think, you know, it’s a music festival.
‘I’m sure if people want to see it enough they can check for results or whatever on their phones.
‘But hopefully I’m encouraging people to put their phones away and forget about the outside world.’
