Singer Dua Lipa has revealed that she quit smoking to ensure she gave the best performances on her world tour which continues throughout this year.
The star said that the decision was one of the lifestyle changes she had made in order to power through the staggering 81-date tour.
Dua has just completed the UK leg of her tour, stopping off in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Dublin, Newcastle, Glasgow, Nottingham, Cardiff, Liverpool and London.
The Don’t Start Now singer told the Sun: "I had laryngitis in December and that kind of kickstarted me quitting smoking a month earlier than I was supposed to. But I did it and I have stuck to it.
"I have this habit tracker on my phone where every night I tick off all the good things I have done for my body and things I have done for myself."
The 26-year-old said that she now feels “invincible” onstage after switching up some of her health and fitness practices, which included having a personal yoga instructor accompany her on the tour.
The singer said of touring on her At Your Service podcast: "I feel so excited and there is a lot of adrenaline - and sometimes I don't feel confident at all.
"There are moments when I am on stage every night and, yeah I am quite exposed, and I am dancing and performing and I feel like I have to work out and stay really healthy in order to feel good about myself.
"So I only like to do things that make me feel good and that also helps with my confidence."
Dua’s tour continues until November this year, having kicked off in February with 28 stops in the US. She is set to perform more than 40 shows from this month across Belgium and Germany, before moving on to France and the Netherlands.
She will then make several more stops across Europe before travelling further afield for shows in Canada, Mexico and South America, finishing the tour with several dates in Australia.
After releasing her last album Future Nostalgia in 2020, the singer confirmed that new material is in the works.
"I've done a big chunk of writing: It's starting to take shape; I've got a lot of it recorded," she told The Wall Street Journal.
"It has a vision. It has a name, I think - for now. It's just been fun experimenting. I'm always going to make pop music, but it has its own unique sound, which is exciting and something that feels like a movement from 'Future Nostalgia'," she added.
"It's still in baby form, so we'll see as it progresses. In all honesty, it's probably not what my fans want to hear, but I'm in no rush."
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