On Monday 30th October, I spent a thrilling couple of hours with the one and only Harry Styles, along with 5000 or so other people but I'm just going to pretend they weren't there.
My sister and I spent the afternoon wandering around London before filling our bellies with pancakes at The Diner and then headed to the Hammersmith Apollo to cry over my one true love Harry Styles. We got to the venue around 6pm and joined the mile long line, massive props to those dedicated enough to spend the night and longer there because the hour we were in line was freezing.
The support act was a band called Muna, they are a female electronic rock band from America. I really enjoyed their set especially their song 'I Know A Place' which I suggest you go and listen to. Harry's preshow playlist consisted of some iconic songs including Come Together by The Beatles.
Harry's set consisted of pretty much every song on his debut album, even playing Kiwi twice, as well as a couple of One Direction songs, and a beautiful cover of Fleetwood Mac's The Chain. He is such a wonderful performer, his love for music radiates from him.
Concerts are a place where your race, religion, sexual preference, immigration status etc do not matter, in that space we are a community, a group of different people who have all come together for their mutual love and respect of one thing, music. This is something Harry made very clear throughout the show, mentioning several times that coming out to a show is a hard decision for some these days. One thing he said really stuck with me:
"My job is to entertain you and your job is to do whatever makes you happiest, if you want to sing or dance. Please feel free to be whoever you want to be in this room and I will try to make you have a good time."
I had such a wonderful time in his presence and I can't wait to do it all again in April.
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