6th November 2023
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English singer-songwriter, Harry Edward Styles is back after 3 years of touring around the world, running marathons, to going to raves – what hasn’t he done?
After the 3 year break, Harry Styles announced his new album, ‘Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally’ on Instagram in January 2026, after years of fans teasing ‘HS4 at midnight’. The announcement had broke the internet in the matter of minutes, and fans were preparing for a new, worldwide tour to be announced.
A few days later, the 31-year-old announced 67 dates for the ‘Together, Together’ tour in total, with 7 residences, 12 nights in London, 10 in Amsterdam and 30 in New York. This limited tour led to fans sharing their outrage online. One fans commented, ‘Did he not grasp the idea of ‘LEAVE AMERICA’?’ which references Styles’ ‘As It Was’ lyric which became a trend in his 2022-2023 tour, ‘Love On Tour’, with European fans shouting the lyrics to encourage Styles to visit Europe more.
Although, Styles’ performances at Wembley Stadium in June and July will overtake Coldplay and Taylor Swift’s concerts with the most performances at the venue within a year.
But this has come at a cost to many fans by having to travel to the limited residencies, and spending on transport and hotels. Even though Styles’ management announced that tour tickets will not have dynamic pricing on the Ticketmaster site.
Daisy, 19, from Liverpool said, ‘The limited tour is quite frustrating because the north never seem to get many artists travelling up here, even though Harry’s childhood town is near Manchester and Liverpool’. Many fans are having to travel to go to Harry’s shows, which equates to more expenses on travel and accommodation.
Daisy said, ‘The hotel prices are extortionate but there are some good deals on AirBNB. The travel to Wembley and return is pretty expensive”.
Whilst fans grew an uproar on the ticket pricing, even after the statement regarding the dynamic pricing. One user on Instagram commented, “Lower your ticket prices. Your fans want to see you but not for £1,000 in the nosebleeds. Times are tough, groceries are expensive. Let’s be in touch with reality please”, with 7,000 fans liking the comment.
Fans online are sharing their thoughts online about the Ticketmaster queues for the pre-sale tickets, one saying, “I joined the queue 15 minutes before the queue time, and I was played 150,000th in the queue”. With this tour, fans could sign up for free for a pre-sale code, rather than purchasing or pre-saving the album in different formats, like vinyl or CD. This overload of waiting times had let to few fans missing out on tickets.
Olivia watched Harry Styles perform in Cardiff during his tour in 2023.
Olivia, 21, from Liverpool, stated how she was willing to pay for tickets as she had waited for 3 years to see him again, as she attended the second-leg of Love on Tour in 2023.
“I seen him live in Cardiff, and I wanted to see him in Amsterdam, as I couldn’t see him the original dates the Wembley tickets were released” she said. The limited tour has forced fans to travel to different parts of the world to see Styles. “I was keen to see him, and it means I can have a holiday as well” she said.
Although, not all of his fans were able to do this. A lot of fans expected him to perform worldwide, whilst some have hopes he will next year. One user on Instagram said, “live music: only available for rich people”, and “this is so tone-deaf [in response to the tour locations]. To call this a tour “Together, Together” only to have in ordinarily expensive tickets for sale and expect fans to travel to you”. This outrage was in response to fans teasing this return for years, then Styles returning after 3 years and booking a limited tour.
Styles released his single ‘Aperture’, which hit No.1 in the UK’s official singles charts, is the first hint of what fans should expect with his album. The single hit the top of the charts, making this his third chart-topping single, long with “Sign of the Times” (2017) and “As It Was” (2022).
Although, Harry’s success in the recent weeks is a great sign and insight to how this summer will be a Styles’ filled disco. Even though, fans have complained about prices, and the limited tour. Unfortunately, concert tickets are becoming more significantly expensive by the years. With Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter tour prices ranging from £71-£950, this clearly is becoming more of an issue within the music industry field as many fans will not pay those prices.
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