Glastonbury 2024: Dua Lipa to celebrate mum's birthday on day she headlines festival

Pop sensation Dua Lipa has shared that she will be marking her mother's birthday on the same day as her headline performance at Glastonbury Festival. The New Rules hitmaker, who recently dropped her third studio album, Radical Optimism, is set to take the Pyramid Stage for the first time this June.

In a special Live Lounge set at Maida Vale Studios with BBC Radio 1 presenter Clara Amfo, she expressed: "I get this pang or this excitement, my heart's in my throat every time I think about the word Glastonbury. It's been my biggest dream. It's the pinnacle for me."

"It's like the barometer for every song that I've ever written where I would sit in the studio and be like, 'How's this gonna sound at Glastonbury? That's what it is for me, and to get to know that I get to perform on the Friday night."

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Discussing her family, she continued: "We're all very excited and it's gonna be my mum's birthday on the 28th of June. So it's a big birthday celebration."

Reflecting on her latest album, the Brit award-winner revealed that her collaboration with Tame Impala's Kevin Parker came to fruition years after she had attempted to manifest it by jotting down her dreams and aspirations.

She remarked: "I write down my dreams and my plans and manifestations and whatever, and I remember I had said in an interview in 2017 I would love to collaborate with Tame Impala one day, and I had written down, also, that maybe on the third album I'd get to work with Kevin Parker."

"And so when we were actually in the room together and it worked, in my head, I was like, 'Oh my god the prophecy is fulfilled, I made it happen'. So it was a really special moment. I think it was always there in waiting."

In her Live Lounge session, the artist performed her tracks Illusion, Training Season, Happy For You, and Be The One, alongside a rendition of Cleo Sol's Sunshine. BBC Radio 1 has announced a dedicated Dua Lipa day this Tuesday, featuring a variety of content starting with the Live Lounge show.

At noon, presenters Rickie Haywood-Williams, Melvin Odoom, and Charlie Hedges will air two songs - Illusion and Cleo Sol's Sunshine - from Dua Lipa's exclusive Live Lounge performance, along with a never-before-heard interview with the star.

Fans can catch the Dua Lipa Live Lounge Special on BBC iPlayer and tune into BBC Radio 1 at 7.30pm on Tuesday to listen to the broadcast.