Rosalía performs Lux tour to 40,000 fans in London

11 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 6

At her first UK dates, the Spanish singer sold out two O2 Arena shows, joined by Lola Young and a 22-piece Heritage Orchestra conducted by Yudania Gómez Heredia.
The 90-minute production mixed flamenco, opera, hip-hop and techno, with religious imagery, multilingual lyrics and English translations projected above the stage.
The London debut underlined Rosalía's growing UK appeal after her Brit Award win in February, despite the market's traditional resistance to non-English-language pop.

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