From the moment the curtain dropped on Harry Styles’ 169-date, Billboard Boxscore-smashing Love On Tour in Reggio Emilia, Italy, in July 2023, speculation surrounding the British singer’s next move mounted. Would he truly step away at the peak of his powers? And, perhaps more dauntingly, how could he eclipse one of the defining touring achievements of the decade?
As Love On Tour expanded from North American arenas to stadiums across the U.K. and Europe, it capped the former One Direction member’s most commercially and culturally dominant era yet. Over the course of a near decade-long solo career, the success of his 2022 album Harry’s House, which scooped the Grammy for album of the year, was the exception, not the rule: Unlike earlier hits such as 2019’s “Watermelon Sugar,” which steadily built momentum throughout lockdown, lead single “As It Was” arrived as an instant global phenomenon.
What changed was that Styles evolved from a charismatic, if tentative, figure transitioning out of a boyband past into a supremely assured live performer, and Love On Tour became the stage for that transformation. By the end of the two-year trek, that reputation had become central to his identity as an artist: loose, spontaneous and visibly confident in holding an audience, adding a slinky, flirtatious edge to songs like “Adore You” or “Daylight” and leveraging them to full crowd-pleasing potential.
Three years on, and Styles stands at the cusp of the residency-style Together, Together Tour, which opened up at Amsterdam’s 56,000-capacity Johan Cruijff Arena on Saturday (May 16). In support of his Kiss All the Time. Disco Occasionally LP — Styles’ fourth consecutive chart-topping album on the Billboard 200 — the show is set to hit seven key global markets throughout 2026, including a mammoth 30-night run at New York City’s Madison Square Garden this fall.
Echoing the pared-back approach of March’s One Night Only Manchester performance, with a mid-show ‘Dance’ section staged in the round with minimal, pulsing production reminiscent of a Fred Again..–style setup, the new show translated that intimacy into a full-scale stadium experience. A richly-textured string section gave the more subdued moments of the setlist (“Matilda,” “Sign of the Times”) a warmer elasticity, and in comparison with the adrenalised rush of Love On Tour, much of the set was more restrained in its pacing and overall feel; not diminished as such, but matured.
As the lights dimmed, Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” — the key inspiration for Kiss All the Time…‘s “Carla’s Song” — played while swirling, multicolored visuals took full effect across the giant video grid. Styles appeared seconds later, radiant in a red silk satin bomber — and it was on from there, a fervent, dizzying two-hour trip through his musical canon.
Here are the best moments from the night.
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