Overview
- Dua Lipa performed “New Rules,” “Don’t Start Now,” and “Houdini” as the unannounced headliner at The Abbey on Oct. 9 for the first National PrEP Day.
- Lipa was joined on stage by drag stars including Aquaria, Plastique Tiara, Trinity the Tuck, Symone, and Shea Couleé, with Bob the Drag Queen emceeing the event.
- Speaking backstage, Lipa urged destigmatizing HIV care, saying sex should be fun and safe and expressing hope the disease can one day be eradicated.
- Mistr founder Tristan Schukraft framed PrEP as a tool to end HIV and emphasized access and affordability, with coverage noting PrEP is available as a daily pill or twice‑yearly injection with high efficacy.
- An A‑list crowd turned out, including Cardi B, Demi Lovato, Kim Petras, Matt Bomer, NeNe Leakes, Cynthia Bailey, Tamar Braxton, Tom Daley, and Omar Apollo, as Lipa continues her tour next to San Francisco, Seattle, and South America.