POPULAR singer Lana Del Rey has hit back at a scathing review of her “strange” Aviva gig.
The multi-million record selling artist only recently kicked off her sold-out stadium tour – where punters paid as much as €200 for a ticket.
Lana took to the stage at the Aviva in Dublin on Monday, June 30, for her first gig in the country since 2023.
However, fans were left divided by the gig as the concert lasted just a little over an hour and twenty minutes.
Along with the 80 minute runtime, the singer only made it through 14 songs – five of which were from her unreleased new country album and another two were covers.
Additionally, she was absent from the stage during two songs and had a hologram perform in her absence.
After the show, many of her fans took to social media to both praise and air grievances with the performance.
One fan stated: “The crowd was incredible. She was super interactive with fans, along with her dancers and vocalists.”
Ruby took to X to say: “Lana Del Rey played just over an hour set, hid behind a wall for 20 mins, sang the same setlist as the last 3 years, overpriced tickets and is playing covers.”
Audi remarked: “Her voice was amazing – but wtf was with her disappearing for two songs?”
Raquel commented: “The concert was amazing, as always! Have been to Malahide in 2019, 3Arena in 2023, each concert had a different atmosphere and I loved all of them.”
And fans weren’t the only ones with a complaint as Ed Power from the Irish Times wrote a review titled: “Lana Del Rey in Dublin: By far the strangest performance the Aviva has hosted.”
In the article, the music critic made note of the “trim” running time of the show and pondered if the concert was “value for money”.
The Irish Times shared the article on their Instagram, where soon after, Del Rey herself commented on the post under her Honeymoon username.
She wrote: “Ooh I think this is the wrong take on the angle for the story.”
Many of her ardent fans raced to their comments section to bombard the publication with their take on the singer’s gig.
‘WRONG ANGLE’
Irish influencer James Kavanagh quipped: “Is this the same Ed Power who said the Charli XCX concert wasn’t great? That girl needs to be fired lol.”
Fredrica said: “I wish people who didn’t understand Lana didn’t go to her concerts, and more importantly, didn’t review them.”
Igor commented: “As a fan I can say she was brilliant and the concert was beautiful… if you don’t understand Lana’s concept so you won’t understand or enjoy the show … and is fine but for the real fans it was beautiful.”
Another fan added: “100% wrong take. This was an incredible show and insightful to who Lana is as a person.”
