Harry Styles Kicks Off Massive NYC Residency with a Brand New Set and Plenty of Charm: Review + Setlist

It was easy to think the opening date of Harry Styles’ 30-date Madison Square Garden residency would be business as usual for the superstar. He’d already completed dozens of headlining shows in Amsterdam, London, São Paulo, and Mexico City, and his last residency at The Garden cemented him as one of the most treasured live acts of his generation. I mean, he literally walked from Brooklyn to Midtown Manhattan for soundcheck. Nothing says “just another Wednesday” like casually walking to work on a warm summer day.Any suspicion of Styles phoning it in, though, was laid to rest within the first few seconds of his show. He was opening with “Dance No More,” a change-up from his earlier shows, which usually began with “Are You Listening Yet?”. Despite Styles wearing a dotted Oxford shirt and a sharp white tie, this was not just another day at the office for him. It was something closer to the first day of a fresh school year, bringing a brand new set and providing a charming reintroduction to Styles the Entertainer.Find Last-Minute Harry Styles Tickets HereIt makes sense that he’d use opening night to try out some new tricks, given that he’ll be performing three times a week at the famed ...