Full-width LED screens framed the stage as white strobes cut across the arena floor. This Utilita Arena Birmingham date carried a different weight, with extended staging and a broader lighting design built for scale. Rita Ora covered the platform confidently, using the space with far greater range.

Part of her 2019 arena touring run, the production demanded a shift in approach. As a UK live music photographer, I worked between long-lens arena perspectives and tighter pit shots, balancing spectacle with individual presence.

The result was larger in scale but still grounded in direct connection, amplified across a much wider room.