Elyanna on the Etihad Park stage, only months after supporting Coldplay during their record-breaking four-night run at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Sports City Stadium. All photos: Victor Besa / The National
The Palestinian-Chilean singer took to the second day of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after race concerts, ahead of headliner Post Malone
Her set moved between 1990s-inspired Arabic pop, mahraganat, Levant wedding music and folk
She performed Coldplay’s track Pray, in which she appeared as a guest
Her set list included tracks such as Tamally Ma’ak, Sokkar, Mama Eh and Ghareeb Alay
She ended the set with Ganeni, which included sharp choreography and explosive visuals which would offer a hint of what a solo Elyanna arena tour would look like
Her performance was all held together by dynamic modern production