{"id":648037,"date":"2026-11-01T18:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/648037\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T18:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:12:13","slug":"harry-styles-closes-madison-square-garden-run-with-harryween-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/648037\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Styles Closes Madison Square Garden Run With ‘Harryween’ Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHarry Styles<\/a>\u2018 record-setting 30-night residency at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden came to a close over the weekend, with a pair of Styles\u2019 recurring \u201cHarryween\u201d concerts that saw the star, his band and much of the audience dressed for the occasion \u2014 in his case as 1970s-era Elvis Presley on the first night and the notorious \u201cPizza Rat\u201d on the following evening. The second night also included an onstage appearance from basketball star Jalen Brunson<\/a>, captain of the world champion New York Knicks, presenting Styles with a banner commemorating the residency.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe themed costumes were not limited to the singer: On Friday, Styles\u2019 band was dressed in his own iconic looks, rocking outfits based on his Coachella, Met Gala and Grammy appearances. \u201cThe theme on stage tonight was favorite sequined king,\u201d he joked, later thanking the audience for considering him part of that group. For the encore, the arena was taken back in time as he emerged in his 2010 \u201cX-Factor\u201d audition outfit, singing Stevie Wonder\u2019s \u201cIsn\u2019t She Lovely.\u201d His version of the song was what clinched the then-bakery-worker a spot in One Direction over 15 years ago.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe final show on Saturday was, in its entirety, a tribute to New York City. The band took the stage first, all dressed as local icons including the Statue of Liberty, Andy Warhol and Anna Wintour, before Styles himself appeared as \u201cPizza Rat,\u201d based on a notorious 2015 meme showing a large rat dragging a slice of pizza down the stairs of a New York City subway station. In another nod to the city, this time in the form of music history, the pop star delivered a compelling cover of Talking Heads\u2019 \u201cPsycho Killer\u201d before reverting to the standard setlist.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe capstone of the evening came as Brunson took the stage to present Styles with a banner commemorating his record-breaking achievement. \u201cI just wanted to appear and congratulate you on your 30th night,\u201d said Brunson. \u201cA couple weeks ago, Harry was so kind to join me and my team on our banner night, and I thought I, on behalf of MSG and the Knicks, would do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOver the course of the nine-week residency, whether it was the occasional fan encounter on the Williamsburg Bridge or one of many fan-organized events (including One Direction karaoke and a post-Harryween bar crawl), the singer\u2019s presence could be felt across the city, thanks in part to tour sponsor AmEx, which ran pop-up shops across lower Manhattan through the full nine-week block, and, halfway through the residency, invited 10 randomly selected fans to experience \u201cTogether, Together\u201d live for the first time.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAs the final show ended, Styles addressed the audience, saying: \u201cYou\u2019ve been wonderful tonight \u2014 you\u2019ve been wonderful every night. Thank you for showing up, for dressing up, for making us feel so loved and being so wonderful to us. Thank you so much. You\u2019ve changed my life over and over again, and I get to remember every moment in here. I have loved it so much\u2026 Thank you for dancing with me. When I wrote this album, I wanted it to feel exactly like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe \u201cTogether, Together\u201d tour will head to Australia later this month, where Styles will perform his final shows of the year. It resumes in the U.S. in April 2027 and is slated to conclude in August with three consecutive shows at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Styles\u2018 record-setting 30-night residency at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden came to a close over the weekend,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,10288,188290,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-648037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-harry-styles","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}