Harry Styles Launches 'Together Together' Tour in Amsterdam
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- Harry Styles launched his 'Together Together' global tour Saturday night at Amsterdam's Johan Cruijff Arena, with the singer performing just one city per continent for the entirety of this year.
- The new album 'Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.' has drawn a less fanatical response than Styles' prior records, but the review found the songs 'get much bigger in a live setting,' thanks in part to a band that swells to 18 musicians at points.
- The Amsterdam setlist split into two acts, mixing new tracks with older hits including 'Golden,' 'Adore You,' 'Watermelon Sugar,' and 'Music for a Sushi Restaurant,' and closing with 'Matilda,' 'Sign of the Times,' and a runway-sprinting 'As It Was.'
- Styles spent unusually long stretches addressing the crowd, helping a fan named Theresa locate her mother and leading the arena in 'Happy Birthday' for audience member Jana.
- The tour runs through the rest of this year and into next, with multiple shows in London, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, and a 'whopping' 30 dates at Madison Square Garden.
Why it matters: The review openly concedes the new album landed softer than Styles' prior releases, making the elaborate live staging — the 18-piece band, the in-the-round walkways, the crowd work — the engine carrying fan enthusiasm. The scale is unusual: 30 Madison Square Garden dates alone signals Live Nation's bet that the show, not the record, is the draw.
