Harry Styles made a triumphant return to Wembley on Friday for the first night of a historic 12-show residency that is set to rewrite the record books.
Fans from across the country descended on the stadium, dressed in feather boas, sequins and bright neon outfits for the opening night of the London leg of Styles’ Together, Together tour.
Kicking off the show in a black-and-white pin-striped suit, Styles opened with Are You Listening Yet? from his 2026 album Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally, followed by fan favourite Golden from his 2019 album Fine Line.
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“Our job is going to be to entertain you. I promise we will do our very best and your job is to have as much fun as you possibly can [...] be free to be whoever you want to be,” Styles told the crowd before launching into his third song, Adore You.
Styles paid a poignant tribute to David Hockney, just hours after the death of the 88-year-old British artist was announced.
The singer flashed up a quote from Hockney on screens around the venue before performing his hit Aperture.
It read: “What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing.
“You wouldn’t be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.”
The 12-show run is set to see him break two major records.
One is for the most performances by any artist at the venue in a single year, eclipsing Coldplay’s record of 10 performances at Wembley last year.
Another is for the most Wembley shows ever played by a solo artist on a single tour. The current record was set by pop superstar Taylor Swift, who performed eight shows at the venue as part of the Eras Tour in 2024.
Styles last performed at Wembley in 2023 during his record-breaking Love On Tour, playing to more than 360,000 fans across four sold-out nights as the stadium was transformed into a sea of sequins, feathers and cowboy hats.
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For many attending the opening show, the wait was years in the making.
Some fans travelled thousands of miles from across Europe, America and Asia to see the 32-year-old As It Was singer perform, with crowds gathering around Wembley Park hours before gates opened - and some sleeping overnight to get a place at the front.
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The residency is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of fans to the capital over the coming weeks, with performances running up until July 4.
In a nod to his fellow One Direction bandmates, Styles included an instrumental version of Night Changes during his setlist, much to the delight of young fans.
Opening Act 2, he added: “Sixteen years ago my sister brought me to London for the very first time for my X Factor audition, so driving here today and anytime I come through Wembley it means so much to me and it was right in that building next door where I was put into a band called One Direction.”
“It means a lot to me to be here tonight.”
He then paused to reflect on the moment before shifting gears to discuss some “hard-hitting journalism”, commenting on his favourite type of egg.
“‘What’s your favourite type of egg?’ You know sometimes there’s these gotcha questions. Um, I like a fried egg. Followed by, a close second, with a scramble. Boo? Scrambled? I said scrambled. Poached? No! How much time have you got! I’m not up in the morning poaching eggs.” -… pic.twitter.com/jPae0wMnTP
— BOHS Together On Tour (@bohstogether) June 12, 2026
Country star Shania Twain opened the show on Friday and will be the special guest for all 12 nights of Harry Styles’ residency at Wembley.
Towards the end of Friday’s show, Harry Styles performed a tour debut of his song Little Freak, sending fans online into a meltdown.
Fans who didn’t manage to get tickets jokingly shared their frustration.
“Harry Styles played little freak and I’m not there,” one dismayed fan said.
“Harry Styles if you drop Little Freak on the 27th or the 4th I’ll never forgive you,” another added.
Styles finished his first night off with his colossal hit: As It Was, which has more than 4.2 billion streams.
