Harry Styles, Wembley Stadium, London

There’s a sense of deja vu to tonight’s proceedings. It’s not solely down to the warm-hued sparkles that litter Harry Styles’ choice of outfit, the Freddie Mercury-aping crowd participation call, or even the ceremonial nature of a fan’s request for help coming out, although all undoubtedly contribute, as all happened almost a year to the day, when this same tour first visited Wembley Stadium. Love on Tour - announced originally in 2019 for the star’s second album ‘Fine Line’ - has been running since September 2021. To put this lengthy term into perspective, it has been running for about as long as the UK has been out of lockdown. If that’s exhausting to even think about, its consequences for those on the giant stadium stage aren’t obvious.

He does occasionally opt against aiming for the highest notes of his register, and there’s an additional rasp to his voice towards the end of the set. But the majority of the two-hour show is little different from last year’s outing: the three-sided catwalk stage that aids in making the 90,000-capacity stadium slightly less cavernous; the near-acoustic segment that tonight offers ‘Little Freak’ and ‘Matilda’; a euphoric ‘What Makes You Beautiful’; Harry and band going all out on closer ‘Kiwi’, the song’s classic rock augmented by the firework show overhead.

The disco vibe of a handful of Harry’s songs is cemented by a brass section which brings the genuine article: ‘Cinema’, ‘Music For A Sushi Restaurant’, ‘Treat People With Kindness’ come peppered with the iconic intro to ‘YMCA’ and a snippet of ‘Young Hearts Run Free’. There’s almost a hint of prog, too, via guitarist Mitch Rowland’s intricate solo closing ‘Fine Line’ cut ‘She’.