Dua Lipa’s World Tour Is Her Biggest Yet — and She Hasn’t Even Hit the U.S. Yet

Dua Lipa wrapped the European leg of the Radical Optimism Tour on June 27 at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. Including prior shows in Asia (November-December 2024) and Oceania (March-April), it has grossed $112.3 million and sold 960,000 tickets over its first 44 shows, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. That makes it the biggest tour of Lipa’s career so far, before she brings the tour to the Americas this fall.

The Radical Optimism Tour kicked off on Nov. 5, 2024, with 11 shows across Asia, marking Lipa’s first shows there since a 2018 leg of The Self-Titled Tour. Then, she played Singapore’s 5,000-capacity Star Theater; on her current tour, she sold more than 18,800 tickets across two nights at Indoor Stadium. In Tokyo, the level-up is even more stark, going from the 2,700-cap Zepp Tokyo to 38,300 tickets at Saitama Super Arena.

Altogether, the Asia shows grossed $21 million and sold 166,000 tickets. Then, Lipa traveled to Australia and New Zealand, where she brought in $17.2 million from 139,000 tickets over 10 shows (March 17-April 4). That’s up 45% from the Oceania leg of 2022’s Future Nostalgia Tour.

Next was Europe: double the shows than either of the previous legs, and more than triple the gross. Over 23 shows, Lipa grossed $74.1 million and sold 656,000 tickets. That’s 10 fewer shows than her last run through Europe, but up 188% in earnings. Three years deeper into her career, Lipa essentially doubled her average ticket price ($56.18 vs. $112.98) and per-show attendance (14,300 vs. 28,500) in Europe.

On the Future Nostalgia Tour, Lipa hit 28 European arenas, five of which got a second show. This time, she played multiple nights in seven arenas and leveled up to five stadiums. Her two nights at London’s Wembley Stadium (June 20-21) grossed $19.1 million from 151,000 tickets. Not only is it the highlight of the tour so far, but it is also the most attended and highest grossing engagement of Lipa’s career so far.

Touring has become increasingly global since Lipa’s last tour, but the United States remains the most lucrative market in the world. It speaks to her global prowess then, that she has outearned 2022’s world tour, which included 31 shows in the U.S. and Canada, months before stepping foot stateside.

From Sept. 1 to Oct. 16, Lipa will play 22 shows in the U.S., plus two in Toronto. Then, she’s off to Latin America for 11 shows before ending on Dec. 5 at Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros. By the time curtains close, the Radical Optimism Tour will be headed for $165 million to $175 million. Trending toward $200 million is likely given the increase in American ticket prices since her last trek, though it’s unlikely she’d cross that threshold.  

Dating back to Lipa’s first reported show at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix (March 14, 2017), she has grossed $220.1 million and sold 2.4 million tickets.