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On the first day of Harry Styles\u2019 Together, Together tour in Amsterdam, the Dutch city felt fizzy<\/em>. About to pop. I didn\u2019t have to look too far for some of the 50,000 fans who would later descend on the Johan Cruijff Arena\u2014night one of 10 in Amsterdam, totaling 67 shows that Styles will play across seven cities worldwide promoting Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally<\/em><\/a>: after Amsterdam, there\u2019s London, New York, Mexico City, S\u00e3o Paulo, Melbourne, and Sydney.<\/p>\n For me, it started at London\u2019s St. Pancras station, while waiting in line for the Eurostar: backpacks with Styles\u2019 visage through various eras stitched onto them, baby blue and lavender Pleasing hoodies and sweats. A group plowed by in sequin cowboy hats, each carrying their own talismans, ancient artefacts\u2014different iterations of One Direction tote bags. The train station lounge is where you\u2019ll see what became known as the \u201cEras effect\u201d in action\u2014music tourism data<\/a> shows that 1 in music fans will travel internationally to see their favorite artists. Last time I was there, traveling to Paris for the first of Taylor Swift\u2019s European dates, it was much the same: sundresses and glittery co-ords, chevron-style fringe, cowboy boots. Later this year, Celine Dion\u2019s flamboyantly dressed fans will make the same speedy train journeys to her residency in Paris, and in 2027, Olivia Rodrigo fans in their Y2K-coded styles.<\/p>\n Once off at Amsterdam Centraal, many marched straight to Styles\u2019 PleasingLand pop-up. A queue snaked down the block, and voices chattered in American and British-accented English as much as Dutch, French, and Italian. People emerged already wriggling into the merch they nabbed: primary-colored t-shirts with slogans like \u201cRespect your mother!\u201d and cinnamon buns on the chest. Styles\u2019 stylist Harry Lambert stopped by, which incited a (gentle, polite) frenzy for photos. Even my hotel\u2014the sleek and chic Pulitzer Amsterdam<\/a>, with its charming Golden age Canal houses and stylish restaurant, Jansz\u2014had Harry fever. I heard young women strategizing over omelettes for where to procure more face glitter ahead of the show, and \u201cAperture\u201d seemed to be on rotation in the main bar\u2014or heavily<\/em> requested.<\/p>\n Despite a mist of rain, people began to gather at the stadium in the early afternoon, eager to hear the pop star soundcheck. Queues for more merch and hot dogs alternated between people in more cowboy hats and ties, the latter referencing Styles\u2019 proclivity for a statement neck accessory. Fashion was expressive: colorful and textured, fans leaned into the sartorial sensibilities Styles has founded with Lambert, and anything Alessandro Michele-coded. Feathers and fringe were abundant.<\/p>\n There was a real excitement for Styles\u2019 first tour support act, Swedish pop icon Robyn<\/a>. (On the train to the arena, fans started up a rag-tag sing-song of \u201cDancing On My Own.\u201d) When Robyn took to the stage shortly after doors, the crowd lit up for new tunes like \u201cDopamine\u201d and the classic \u201cCall Your Girlfriend.\u201d The sun peeked through the stadium roof, and Robyn\u2014dressed in glittering Dries Van Noten, gliding down the gargantuan stage\u2014got die-hard popheads and the young and curious moving. (Fans old and new have a chance to see more of her grand return to the popshere on her Euro and stateside headline Sexistential<\/em> tour<\/a> later this year.)<\/p>\n Bang on time, Styles\u2014wearing custom Celine and a floral necktie of his own\u2014hit the stage to a high-pitched cacophony of squeals. Welcoming the crowd to the tour, he joked that playing the first show gave him the feeling you get when you\u2019re young, unsure if anyone is going to come to your birthday party. He got another rippling wave of screams back. Halfway through the show, Styles engaged in some more crowdwork, asking the audience where they\u2019ve come from: are they Amsterdam residents, or from elsewhere? The cheers decreed a very international crowd. Investigating further, Styles called out fans from Switzerland and Scotland\u2014and led the arena in a happy birthday chant for one half of an \u201cadorable\u201d couple. He donned one of the many (many, many) cowboy hats thrown at his feet, tipped its white feathered brim, and cast it back into the sea of limbs. Dancing laps of the stage and cycling through new album hitters and fan favorites, he gave an emotional thank you to the strangers who danced with him over the last couple of years and encouraged everyone there to do the same.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n