{"id":513924,"date":"2026-06-23T07:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/513924\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T07:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:15:11","slug":"wembley-stadium-confirms-rule-change-for-harry-styles-gig-during-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/513924\/","title":{"rendered":"Wembley Stadium confirms rule change for Harry Styles gig during heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wembley Stadium has confirmed a rule change for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/harry-styles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Styles<\/a>\u2019 show tomorrow amid an extreme heatwave in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/one-direction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One Direction<\/a>\u00a0singer\u00a0is due to continue\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-smashes-wembley-stadium-and-madison-square-garden-records-3925998\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his record-breaking \u2018Together, Together\u2019 residency<\/a>\u00a0at the venue tomorrow night (June 23), with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/shania-twain\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shania Twain<\/a>\u00a0once again appearing as a special guest.<\/p>\n<p>The show is still set to go ahead as planned, but Wembley has relaxed its usual water bottle policy due to the severe warm weather expected in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>While metal bottles are not usually\u00a0permitted\u00a0inside the stadium, guests will be allowed to bring metal or\u00a0hard plastic\u00a0water bottles to Tuesday\u2019s show, where they can be filled at free refill stations.<\/p>\n<p>Empty soft-plastic bottles up to 500ml are also permitted, while bottled water sold across all bars will be reduced by 50 per cent. Free water points will be available in the stadium. Free sun cream will also be available from information points inside Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have been\u00a0advised to stay\u00a0hydrated, take breaks in shaded areas, wear sun cream, dress in loose, breathable\u00a0clothing\u00a0and avoid arriving too early.<\/p>\n<p>The warning comes as London faces extreme temperatures this week, with highs in the mid-30s forecast for Tuesday and a red Met Office extreme heat warning in place from Wednesday morning\u00a0into\u00a0Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-london-wembley-stadium-shows-doors-stage-times-revealed-3950402\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doors open at 5pm, with Shania Twain due on stage at 6.55pm. Styles is expected to begin his set at 8.15pm, with\u00a0curfew\u00a0set for 10.30pm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Styles\u2019 Wembley residency began on June 12 and is due to continue\u00a0through to\u00a0July 4. His remaining London dates are June 23, 26, 27 and 29, plus July 1, 3 and 4.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a012-night\u00a0run is the longest single-artist residency in Wembley Stadium history, surpassing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/coldplay-to-break-taylor-swift-and-take-thats-wembley-stadium-record-with-huge-10-night-run-3797432\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coldplay\u2019s 10-night run in 2025<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/heres-what-happened-when-taylor-swift-brought-the-eras-tour-to-london-3767805\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Swift\u2019s eight-night solo-artist record<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Styles kicked off the residency earlier this month by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-david-hockney-one-direction-wembley-stadium-setlist-photos-3950716\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">paying tribute to the late David Hockney and reflecting on his One Direction days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He dedicated \u2018Taste Back\u2019 \u201cto all the ravers in the house\u201d,\u00a0as a snippet of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/underworld\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Underworld<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Born Slippy\u2019 was interpolated into the song, while a brief burst of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/talking-heads\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Talking Heads<\/a>\u2019 \u2018This Must Be\u00a0The\u00a0Place\u2019 was introduced to \u2018Treat People\u00a0With\u00a0Kindness\u2019.\u00a0During \u2018Dance No More\u2019,\u00a0the pop\u00a0star\u2019s\u00a0band played part of the groove from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/happy-mondays\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Mondays<\/a>\u2019 \u2018Step On\u2019,\u00a0while Styles sang a snatch of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/gorillaz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gorillaz<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Clint Eastwood\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/harry-styles-meltdown-festival-orchestral-performance-footage-setlist-photos-3951379\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He also recently played a special orchestral show as part of his own Meltdown Festival<\/a>\u00a0at London\u2019s Southbank Centre, performing reworked solo tracks, rarities and covers with the Jules Buckley Orchestra and House Gospel Choir.<\/p>\n<p>His fourth album \u2018Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally\u2019 came out in March and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/harry-styles-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally-review-3932624\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NME gave it four stars, noting<\/a>: \u201cLargely, Styles taking a new approach to things really works \u2013 \u2018Kiss All\u00a0The\u00a0Time\u2026\u2019 feels like an album that you\u2019ll really want to spend a lot of time with, letting all its layers envelope you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wembley Stadium has confirmed a rule change for\u00a0Harry Styles\u2019 show tomorrow amid an extreme heatwave in the UK.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,15533,641],"class_list":["post-513924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-live-music-news","tag-pop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}