There are a lot of things I’d do for Harry Styles, but holding a total stranger’s hand and telling them I love them is probably a bridge too far. The fact I briefly considered it on Saturday night is testament to the seductive wiles of Holmes Chapel’s number one son, who was charm personified at the first of his two sell-out Wembley Stadium shows.
Currently touring the UK and Europe under the banner Love On Tour, the 28-year-old singer seems to be taking the brief literally, fostering mass outpourings of affection and leaving a groundswell of goodwill in his wake. Where last week in Manchester he singled out his former primary school teacher for a heart-warming tribute, at Wembley he led tens of thousands of punters in the aforementioned trust exercise, conducted a mass singalong of All You Need Is Love and shared a succession of heartfelt tributes to fans throughout the set. That none of this felt cloying or insincere is testament to Styles’ seemingly boundless charisma.
