“Let me go to work,” says pop icon Harry Styles in the trailer for his upcoming concert film, One Night In Manchester. The short, 30-second trailer, below, shows clips of Styles and collaborators rehearsing backed by his single, ‘Aperture.’
The film will capture the singer’s One Night Only show, where he will perform the entirety of his latest album, ‘Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.’ The show takes place tonight, Friday 6 March at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena. The concert film will be available to stream on Netflix Sunday 8 March.
Tonight’s show will be Styles’ first full concert in almost three years. The trailer shows the flurry of activity in preparation for the concert, while the pulsing beats of ‘Aperture’ and intercut archived crowd shows build anticipation for what is to come.
No one is more eager for Styles’ live return than his fans. Since as early as Thursday 5 March, fans have been camping outside the Co-op Live in Manchester, in hopes of snagging the best spot for Friday’s concert. These fans have come from all over the world, one fan from Florida told ITV, “I took three flights to get here – it took 30 hours – but it is the best. His music saved my life and the community he created is the best.” Another fan said, “We have been waiting for three years and I’m so excited he is back. I have been a fan since I was 12.”
Tickets for the concert were just £20 and fans will be required to lock their phones away for the event. They will be given recyclable pouches to store their phones in for the duration of the event, and any other recording devices such as cameras, smart watches and smart glasses will not be permitted. If the professionally-shot Netflix concert film was not enough compensation for this, disposable cameras will be issued to ticket holders so they may “capture your own special moments and share them after the show.”
Additionally, Styles announced screenings of One Night In Manchester in six UK cities: London, Brighton, Edinburgh, Chester, York and Liverpool. Fans must register for a chance to attend these screenings, and can do so at this link. More details of these screenings can be found compiled here.
Later this year Styles will set off on a live tour, called Together, Together. The tour will see him play residences in a series of cities, worldwide. He will spend a record-breaking 12 nights at London’s Wembley Stadium (breaking Taylor Swift’s previously held record with her 8 nights at Wembley stadium in 2024). He’ll spend a staggering 30 nights at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Those shows saw over 11.5 million pre-sale registrations. Other stops on the Together, Together tour include Amsterdam, São Paulo, Mexico City, Melbourne and Sydney.
All of this comes in support for Styles’ fourth album, ‘Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.’ which has received four star reviews from Rolling Stone, The Independent and NME. Clash calls it “an ode to the redemptive power of the dance, to the euphoria only club culture can provide.” Critics also say the electronic, pop-leaning sound “[moves] him in a fresh direction” while the album’s through line is described as “a successful embrace of personal, and above all sensual, evolution.”
One Night in Manchester, produced by Fulwell Entertainment, will come to Netflix this Sunday, March 8. Invitations for the six UK screenings will be given on Saturday 7 March.
