Dua Lipa Performs Soulful Cover of AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' at Melbourne Concert — Watch!

Dua Lipa is livin' easy and and lovin' free.

During the first half of the opening night of her Radical Optimism Tour at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, the "One Kiss" singer performed a song connected to Australia's AC/DC.

"I had a fun crazy idea. I thought, ‘Why not do a new song every night from a local artist from every place we’re in?’ " Lipa, 29, addressed the audience at the March 17 show. "Obviously, Australia has an abundance of amazing musicians, so we thought we’d go really big from the very beginning. If you know it, sing it."

Lipa then surprised the audience with a soulful cover of AC/DC's 1979 song "Highway to Hell." She wore an edgy black lace ensemble with red shorts and danced around the stage with a furry scarf.

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Fan videos showed the audience joining in for the energizing chorus, praising Lipa's talent. "Fellow metal queen," one user wrote on X. Another said, "Her voice is perfect for rock. 😍." A third fan chimed in, "rock album next please 🙏 @DUALIPA."

Others commented on a fan video shared to YouTube, thoroughly impressed with her range. "She surprised me with how powerful a rock tone her voice has," one wrote. "She could genuinely make a career out of it."

"I don't think they realized how into it the crowd was going to be," another said. "The smiles on their faces, especially the drummer. Like he won the bet. She really belted it out good. Great job everyone!"

"It's fantastic!" a longtime fan said. "She did a great job at keeping AC going. Who knows, she might have even [brought] on some new fans to their incredible music. That is a good thing in my book."

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Upon announcing her Radical Optimism album in March 2024, she spoke about the first time she heard the phrase.

"A couple years ago, a friend introduced me to the term radical optimism. It’s a concept that resonated with me, and I became more curious as I started to play with it and weave it into my life," Lipa said in a statement. "It struck me – the idea of going through chaos gracefully and feeling like you can weather any storm."

"At the same time, I found myself looking through the music history of psychedelia, trip hop, and Britpop," she added. "It has always felt so confidently optimistic to me, and that honesty and attitude is a feeling I took into my recording sessions."

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Per Louder Sound, Lipa's album Radical Optimism was also inspired by rock, making it even more fitting that she sang an iconic rock song during the tour's opening night.

The "Houdini" singer's Radical Optimism Tour is making stops in Australia and New Zealand through March and April before heading to Europe in May and June. Lipa then travels to the United States for a string of concerts in September and October.

Who Lipa covers next in their home city along her Radical Optimism Tour remains to be seen.

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