Harry Styles Opens 12-Show Wembley Residency Before 80,000 Fans, Breaking Coldplay's Record
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 13
Harry Styles Opens 12-Show Wembley Residency Before 80,000 Fans, Breaking Coldplay's Record
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 13
Summary
80,000 fans filled Wembley Stadium as Harry Styles launched the first of 12 London shows, a run that surpasses Coldplay's previous venue record of 10 concerts.
12-show residencies are central to his Together Together tour model, which Styles says lets him stage more elaborate productions while reducing travel strain on him and his band.
Three catwalks and a revised stage layout — tweaked after Amsterdam to improve sightlines — made the stadium feel more intimate as Styles moved constantly through the crowd.
New songs from Kiss All The Time... landed more strongly live, with an 18-piece band adding heavier rhythms and extended arrangements that drew a warmer response than the album's critical reception.
Wembley also served as a personal full-circle moment: Styles recalled auditioning for The X Factor next door 16 years ago and thanked his sister and mother for setting that path in motion.