Harry Styles announces surprise concert amid ticket price backlash
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British singer-songwriter Harry Styles has announced a surprise one-night-only concert at Co-op Live in Manchester. The event is being pitched as an intentionally intimate affair, with tickets priced at just $23. This marks a major shift from his recent stadium-scale tours, where the ticket prices went as high as $1000, drawing swift backlash from fans.
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The show will be used to premiere his upcoming album
The former One Direction member, who is from Cheshire, will use the Manchester concert to premiere songs from his upcoming album Kiss All The Time, Disco Occasionally. The announcement comes just days after his ex-bandmate from One Direction, Zayn Malik, took a dig at the singer when he told his audience, "Hopefully the ticket prices weren't too high."
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Fans' reactions to Styles's surprise announcement
While many fans were happy to see the low prices for the one-night-only concert, they still reminded the singer that he should've done this from the beginning. One comment read, "So it IS possible to make tickets affordable sir! Now do this for the tour dates please and thank you!" While another said, "The concept of 20 pounds tickets after I spent hundred on Wembley tickets oh..." A third fan quipped, "20£? Oh yeah we humbled him."