This is what Dua Lipa’s Asian tour will be like as confirmed by the artist. Dates and cities

Dua Lipa is gearing up for her third major concert tour - the European leg of her Radical Optimism world tour, kicks off next week at the Waldbühne in Berlin’s Olympiapark and continues through mainland Europe and the UK until mid-July. The Levitating singer gave a glimpse of her new live set with tracks off her third studio album in a free, pop-up concert at Times Square, New York at the start of May.

Dua Lipa headlining Glastonbury in June

Perhaps the highlight of her summer will be headlining on the Pyramid stage at this year’s Glastonbury festival on 28 June. She appeared on the John Peel stage in 2017 when she was just making a name for herself. “Fifty percent of my thoughts goes to Glastonbury,” she told the BBC. “I think about it a lot. I think about it all the time. Glastonbury is like my barometer, when I’m in the studio. That I go, ‘How’s this sound going to sound at Glastonbury?’If it passes that test, then it’s going on the album”.

She will head over the United States in the fall, with two dates lined up at Austin City Limits before returning home for her first ever appearance at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 17 October.

Dua Lipa returns to Asia for the first time in six years

This week, the three-times Grammy and seven-time BRIT Award winner added nine dates in Asia to her Radical Optimism tour. She will perform shows in Singapore, Jakarta, Manila, Tokyo, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Seoul. This will be Dua Lipa’s third trip to Asia - in 2017, she was on the bill at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo as well as dates in Malaysia, South Korea and Jakarta. She returned the following year, stopping off at Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong as part of her self-titled tour.

Radical Optimism, which has yielded three singles: Houdini, Training Season and Illusion, was released across several formats at the start of May. The singer explained a little about the creative process and subject matter that inspired her new album.

“For a long period of time I was like, ‘What do I keep for myself, what do I put out there? How do I talk about my stories while also not putting my whole personal life on blast?’ It’s quite a vulnerable position to put yourself in, whereas for this record, I felt so free in telling my stories and talking about my experiences,” she said, adding, “I think that also just came from my confidence as a songwriter and knowing what is asked of me and knowing what this job requires. Whether it’s heartbreak or if the people that you thought were the ones you knew so well aren’t actually who they made out to be, all of those are lessons in life.”

The Brit Pop-inspired album dropped to mixed reviews among both music critics and her fans, End of an Era is a tripped-out dance-pop banger, a party in paradise where Lipa is so giddy in the club she busts out some la-la-la-la-la’s. These Walls has a gorgeous melody, and whimsical opening lines,” Rolling Stone magazine raved. “Lipa’s voice sounds stronger than ever. Unfortunately, Lipa sometimes sounds so chill that the music loses energy and starts to blur into a blissed-out glaze. Several of the songs on the second half of the record come off like background music, especially compared with potent past highlights like Physical.

Tickets for the Asian leg of Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism tour will be available through pre-sale from 10-12 June. Concert-goers will need to register with Live Nation, activate their account and proceed to “Live Nation Presale” with tickets going on sale at 10 a.m. local time.