{"id":481863,"date":"2026-06-17T11:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/481863\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T11:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:51:11","slug":"harry-styles-covers-simon-garfunkel-at-intimate-london-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/481863\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Styles Covers Simon & Garfunkel at Intimate London Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFresh from opening his 12-night stand<\/a> at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium, on Tuesday (June 16) Harry Styles <\/a>found himself in a more intimate environment for a special one-off show at London\u2019s Meltdown Festival<\/a>, where he treated the crowd to a varied setlist of covers, deep cuts and reimagined songs with the Jules Buckley Orchestra.<\/p>\n

\n\tStyles was appearing as part of the festival, held at Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall, which he is also curating for 2026. Previous curators include Robert Smith<\/a>, David Bowie<\/a> and Grace Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the 13-song show, Styles switched up the setlist from his Together, Together residency tour and favored a number of rarely-played songs. \u201cTwo Ghosts,\u201d from his 2017 debut album, Harry Styles, was performed for the first time in six years, while a number of tracks from his new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally received new arrangements. Elsewhere, fan favorites such as \u201cFine Line,\u201d \u201cMatilda,\u201d and \u201cBoyfriends\u201d were included in the show.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe set also included a number of covers, with Styles spending much of the evening at the piano. He played songs by Canadian songwriter Patrick Watson (\u201cHere Comes the River,\u201d and \u201cHommage\u201d) and closed the set with a cover of Simon & Garfunkel\u2019s \u201cBridge Over Troubled Water.\u201d The latter has been used by Styles as his pre-show entrance music during the Together, Together run so far.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve always been a lover of orchestral music, classical music, and it\u2019s quite an intimidating field to step into as someone who doesn\u2019t, cannot, read music,\u201d said Styles of the switch-up from his usual shows (per The London Standard<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\n\tStyles\u2019 Together, Together run kicked off in Amsterdam, Netherlands in May and arrived at Wembley Stadium on Friday (June 12) and will run for 12 nights across June and July. He is now the historic venue\u2019s new record holder for the most shows by an artist in a calendar year; Coldplay previously held the title with a 10-show stand in 2025.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the full setlist for the show at London\u2019s Meltdown Festival below.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBoyfriends\u201d
\u201cPaint By Numbers\u201d
\u201cMatilda\u201d
\u201cMatter Red\u201d (Orchestral interlude)
\u201cTwo Ghosts\u201d
\u201cThe Waiting Game
\u201cFine Line\u201d
\u201cHummingbird\u201d (Orchestral interlude)
\u201cComing Up Roses\u201d
\u201cHere Comes The River\u201d (Patrick Watson cover)
\u201cCarla\u2019s Song\u201d
\u201cHommage\u201d (Patrick Watson cover)
\u201cBridge Over Troubled Water\u201d (Simon & Garfunkel cover)<\/p>\n


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