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Rita Ora, Years & Years & More Stun At MTV Presents Varna Beach

RedFoo, Don Diablo, R3WIRE & Varski and more hit the beach with us for another scorching show in Bulgaria...

Festival season is in full swing and yesterday (12th August) it was our turn to throw a huge party on the sand at Bulgaria's Varna Beach. Back for a second year, MTV Presents Varna Beach saw a day of world-class live acts play to thousands of revellers right on the waters edge featuring Rita Ora, Years & Years, Don Diablo, RedFoo, R3wire & Varski and more.

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In the afternoon, as the mercury edged higher and higher, Bulgarian heroes Tita, Krisko, Papi Hans, 4Magic, Dara and Pavell & Venci Venc warmed up the crowd, before making way for ultimate party starter RedFoo.

Having missed his set at Varna Beach last year, the 'Sexy and I Know It' hit makermore than made up for it bringing his band of Party Rockers to the stage for an energetic set of onstage mayhem, party bangers and...inflatable zebras...?!

R3WIRE & Varski returned for a second year, hyping up the crowd to another level, mixing up tunes and massive dropsfrom Zedd and Calvin Harris to Sia, Sean Paul and everything in between.

Fresh off the release of their new album, Years & Years transported us to Palo Santo, excited to be playing their very first gig in Bulgaria having scored one of their very first hits there many years ago.

Olly Alexander proved his iconic frontman status, sounding vocally stronger than ever before and giving us dance moves to die for. He even granted a die hard fan's wish, inviting her to sit with him onstage for 'Eyes Shut' after noticing her sign asking for that very scenario. Dreams really can come true!

By nightfall the sun had well and truly set but Rita Ora turned up the heat even more, sizzling on stage with a fire performance flanked by INCREDIBLE dancers. Having caught a lift to Bulgaria on Years & Years' jet(thanks guys!), Rita powered through a hit-laden set featuring massivetunes from her back catalogue including 'I Will Never Let You Down', 'Black Widow', 'Hot Right Now' and more.

MTV Presents Varna Beach 2018

Credit: Ollie Millington

MTV Presents Varna Beach 2018

'Girls' went OFF and after singing her collab with the late Avicii, 'Lonely Together',Rita took the time to acknowledge the producer's passing admitting"singing that song really gets to me."

If that wasn't enough, Dutch DJ Don Diablo took to the decks for the final part of the show, taking us right up to the midnight hour with a high-octane set of grinding electro house madness.

We had SUCH a great day on the beach, thanks for having us Varna!

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