Together Triumphant: A Review of Harry Styles’s Tour Opener in Amsterdam

Reported by Vogue.

Harry Styles hasn't just announced a comeback — he's launched a full-scale cultural event. Together, Together, his sprawling new residency tour, opened this week at Amsterdam's Johan Cruijff Arena, and the 56,000 people who packed the venue on night one made it abundantly clear: three years away only sharpened the hunger. According to Vogue, Styles's 30-date takeover of Madison Square Garden alone pulled 11.5 million Ticketmaster pre-sale registrations — the highest ever recorded for any artist — with just 585,000 fans, roughly 5%, actually securing tickets.

The spectacle started well before showtime. At the PleasingLand pop-up in central Amsterdam, queues snaked down the block while waves of vanilla and citrus poured out each time the doors opened. At the Pulitzer Amsterdam, "Aperture" played on loop in the main bar as fans layered on face glitter before heading to the arena. The crowd's fashion — feathers, sequins, groovy jumpsuits, Alessandro Michele energy — matched the maximalism of the night ahead. Robyn opened, gliding through "With Every Heartbeat" and "Dancing On My Own" in shimmering Dries Van Noten, and very likely selling a few tickets to her own Sexistential tour in the process.

The Show Itself

Styles arrived promptly, dressed in custom Celine — a cherry-red bomber, floral tie, voluminous trousers, boxing sneakers — cutting a David Byrne silhouette against a gargantuan ramped stage. Behind him: a nearly 20-piece live band with strings, horns, and a full dance crew. New cuts from Kiss All The Time, including "Are You Listening Yet" and "American Girls", landed with the same voltage as "Golden" and "Fine Line". Songs that felt quieter on record became something else entirely live — "Treat People With Kindness" got a charming interpolation with Talking Heads' "This Must Be the Place", and "Taste Back" was mashed with Underworld's "Born Slippy." Longtime stylist Harry Lambert and creative director Molly Hawkins shaped the visual world; it showed in every sequined frame.

Styles told the crowd the entire tour — the entire album — was built around one idea: being together, sharing moments, having fun. "I challenge you to have as much fun as I'm going to have," he said. They did. The two-hour set closed with "As It Was" under a canopy of glow sticks, and when the house lights came up, nobody moved. Train carriages back to Centraal turned into communal sing-alongs, a single lyric echoing up the escalators into the Amsterdam night: We belong together.

Together, Together runs through December 13, 2026 — and if Amsterdam is any measure, every city on that list is in for the concert event of the decade.

Read the original at Vogue.