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Dua Lipa Joins Tame Impala for Surprise London O2 Arena Cameo
Dua Lipa surprised fans by joining Kevin Parker at Tame Impala’s London O2 Arena show for “After Thought” and “Houdini.”
Dua Lipa turned up unannounced at Tame Impala’s London show on Thursday night, stepping onto the O2 Arena stage with Kevin Parker for a two-song surprise that lit up the room fast.
She appeared during the band’s performance of “After Thought,” their 2025 collaboration, with no formal introduction. Lipa walked out, went straight into the chorus, and only after the song wrapped did Parker make the moment official by welcoming his “good friend” to the stage.
Then came the line that made the whole thing click into place: “Let’s play a song that we made together!” he said, before the pair launched into Lipa’s 2024 hit “Houdini,” the funk-leaning single Parker produced for her third studio album, Radical Optimism, and one of several tracks on which he served as producer.
Dua Lipa performs on stage during the Radical Optimism European Tour at Sportpaleis on June 12, 2025 in Antwerpen, Belgium. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Getty Ima
Their onstage reunion is just the latest in a back-and-forth that’s become part of the appeal for fans. In 2024, Lipa brought Parker out during her headlining Glastonbury set, where they performed “Houdini” and Tame Impala’s “The Less I Know the Better.” During her 2025 Radical Optimism tour, she also invited him onstage in Melbourne. And at her Sydney show at Qudos Bank Arena, she told the crowd, “I made most of Radical Optimism with this person and he’s one of my favourite artists. He’s inspired me a lot. I manifested and dreamt about working with him one day and then I managed to make one of my favourite albums with him.”
Lipa and Parker first started working together in mid-2022, and she has said she “was so nervous because I’m just such a fan of Kevin’s” when they began collaborating. That chemistry has clearly carried over from the studio to the stage, where their live appearances have turned into genuine fan moments rather than just industry crossover.
“Houdini” peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 after its 2024 release and served as the lead single from Radical Optimism, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and later earned Lipa a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album. Tame Impala are currently touring the world in support of their 2023 album The Slow Rush (Collector’s Edition).
