{"id":45952,"date":"2025-09-07T18:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T18:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/07\/dua-lipa-duets-with-chaka-khan-covers-earth-wind-fire-in-chicago\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T18:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T18:01:30","slug":"dua-lipa-duets-with-chaka-khan-covers-earth-wind-fire-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/07\/dua-lipa-duets-with-chaka-khan-covers-earth-wind-fire-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa Duets With Chaka Khan, Covers Earth, Wind &#038; Fire in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/dua-lipa\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dua-lipa\" data-tag=\"dua-lipa\">Dua Lipa<\/a> continued her tradition of performing geographic-minded covers during the singer\u2019s visit to Chicago this weekend, bringing out Windy City native <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/chaka-khan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_chaka-khan\" data-tag=\"chaka-khan\">Chaka Khan<\/a> on Friday before performing an Earth, Wind &amp; Fire classic on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAt her first Radical Optimism show at the United Center on Friday, Lipa welcomed the Rock Hall-inducted Khan to the stage to join her on the 1983 Rufus single \u201cAin\u2019t Nobody.\u201d \u201cI GOT TO SING WITH THE QUEEN OF FUNK,\u201d Lipa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOTungFDmHs\/?img_index=4\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">exclaimed on social media<\/a> following the duet:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dua Lipa - Aint Nobody with Chaka Khan (live) - United Center - Chicago 9\/5\/25\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DI_f4A75vj4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe following night, Lipa delivered another funk classic from a Chicago act, this time performing a faithful rendition of Earth, Wind &amp; Fire\u2019s ubiquitous \u201cSeptember\u201d:\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"@dualipa September To Remember Chicago 9-6-2025\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oV2QQkZEc0I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDua Lipa\u2019s Australian and New Zealand tour \u2014 where her regional covers trend started \u2014 saw the singer perform the likes of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dua-lipa-covers-acdc-highway-to-hell-1235298096\/\">AC\/DC<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dua-lipa-royals-lorde-cover-radical-optimism-tour-1235309005\/\">Lorde<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dua-lipa-kylie-minogue-cant-get-you-of-my-head-cover-1235300986\/\">Kylie Minogue<\/a>, while also bringing out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dua-lipa-troye-sivan-rush-melbourne-concert-1235301528\/\">guests like Troye Sivan<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dua-lipa-kevin-parker-the-less-i-know-the-better-sydney-1235305614\/\">Tame Impala<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dua-lipa-crowded-house-neil-finn-dont-dream-its-over-cover-1235311636\/\">Crowded House\u2019s Neil Finn<\/a>. The local covers have continued \u2014 though less frequently \u2014 as the tour headed to Europe, with Lipa\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dua-lipa-enrique-iglesias-hero-spanish-radical-optimism-1235337324\/\">covering Enrique Iglesias\u2019 \u201cHero\u201d in Madrid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhen the trek reached the U.K. at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium, Lipa performed Jamiroquai\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dua-lipa-jamiroquai-perform-virtual-insanity-london-1235369523\/\">Virtual Insanity<\/a>\u201d with help from that group\u2019s singer Jay Kay. The following night at the same venue, she brought out Charli XCX for a rendition of that singer\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dua-lipa-charli-xcx-perform-360-london-1235369575\/\">360<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe tour then shifted to Liverpool, where Lip performed the Zutons\u2019 \u201cValerie\u201d \u2014 popularized by Amy Winehouse\u201d \u2014 with the group\u2019s singer Dave McCabe. The next show, in the birthplace of\u00a0the Beatles, Lipa covered the Fab Four\u2019s \u201cHey Jude.\u201d In Dublin, Lipa did \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dua-lipa-cover-sinead-oconnor-the-beatles-uk-tour-stops-1235375110\/\">a song by a late Irish legend<\/a>,\u201d Sinead O\u2019Connor\u2019s \u201cNothing Compares 2 U.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Radical Optimism Tour has since crossed the Atlantic, opening with two shows in Toronto last week with two more regional covers, Nelly Furtado\u2019s \u201cLike A Bird\u201d and Mustafa\u2019s \u201cName of God.\u201d Following the Chicago shows, Lipa next heads to Boston, home of artists like Pixies, Aerosmith, and the Modern Lovers to name a few possible options for the singer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dua-lipa-chaka-khan-earth-wind-fire-chicago-shows-1235422776\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dua Lipa continued her tradition of performing geographic-minded covers during the singer\u2019s visit to Chicago this weekend, bringing out Windy City native Chaka Khan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":45953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}