Harry Styles honored New York\u2019s \u201cincredible resilience\u201d during his concert Friday night as the city marked 25 years since Sept. 11.<\/p>\n
Styles acknowledged that being at his show that day was \u201cincredibly difficult\u201d for many people.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want us to take a moment to think about the incredible resilience of this city,\u201d Styles, 32, said on stage, according to a video shared via X<\/a>. \u201cI want us to take a second to think about the events that not only shaped this city but [also] shaped the century that we live in.\u201d<\/p>\n He also paid tribute to the New Yorkers and first responders who lost their lives that day, as well as those around the world who died in its aftermath.<\/p>\n Harry Styles (pictured above at the 2026 BRIT Awards) paid tribute to New York City during his concert on the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11. Jeff Spicer\/Redferns<\/p>\n Styles (seen above on stage at Madison Square Garden Friday) honored the \u201cincredible resilience\u201d of the city and remembered those who lost their lives that day. abbeybonadies\/ tiktok<\/p>\n Styles said there weren\u2019t \u201creally any words [he] could say\u201d about the tragedy, adding that he \u201cremember[s] it so well\u201d despite being just 7 years old when it happened.<\/p>\n \u201cI remember walking home from school and my world becoming completely different,\u201d he recalled. \u201cThere aren\u2019t really words to describe something like that, but there\u2019s a song that I\u2019ve always loved by a legendary New Yorker, Bill Evans, called \u2018Peace Piece.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s always been an incredibly important song for me. It\u2019s brought me a lot of peace, and I listen to it in moments of reflection.\u201d<\/p>\n Styles (pictured above in promos for his March \u201cSNL\u201d episode) said he remembers Sept. 11 \u201cso well\u201d despite being just 7 years old when it happened. Rosalind O’Connor\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n Styles (seen above at the 71st Ivor Novello Awards) recalled \u201cwalking home from school and [his] world becoming completely different.\u201d Vianney Le Caer\/Dave Benett\/Getty Images for The Ivors<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Styles then invited the audience to put their phones away and close their eyes as his bandmate, Yaffra, performed a rendition of the song on the piano.<\/p>\n The moment came during the eighth night of Styles\u2019 30-night residency at Madison Square Garden, which he announced in January<\/a> as part of his \u201cTogether, Together\u201d tour.<\/p>\n Styles came under fire<\/a> Wednesday over the artwork featured on the physical ticket for his show that night, which showed a yellow car seemingly carrying him flying over the Empire State Building.<\/p>\n Styles (pictured above on stage at Madison Square Garden on opening night of his residency) invited the audience to put their phones away while his bandmate performed a rendition of Bill Evans\u2019 \u201cPeace Piece.\u201d Anthony Pham\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Styles (seen above on night two of his 30-night residency) sparked backlash Wednesday over the artwork featured on the physical ticket for his show that night. Anthony Pham\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n The imagery appeared just two days before the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, prompting some social media users to call the choice \u201ca little bold\u201d and \u201cf\u2013king insane.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cbro, that\u2019s wild,\u201d one social media user wrote, with another chiming in, \u201cliterally, who approved this? \ud83d\ude2d\u201d<\/p>\n Styles has made headlines throughout the residency, from a cheeky comment about ex Taylor Swift\u2019s wedding<\/a> to Travis Kelce to a surprise tribute to Dolly Parton<\/a> on opening night, just one day after the country music legend died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Styles honored New York\u2019s \u201cincredible resilience\u201d during his concert Friday night as the city marked 25 years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5301,191,221,37334,222,2538,9,24,11,10,11803,85554],"class_list":["post-345116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-9-11","tag-celebrity-news","tag-concert","tag-harry-styles","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-music","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-september-11","tag-tributes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}