Harry Styles's 'Harryween' more than just a 'fancy dress party'

British singersongwriter Harry Styles twonight Harryween Halloweenweekend stand at Madison Square Garden which was promised to be much more than the fancy dress party it was billed as did not disappointAccording to Variety on Halloween Eve he and his entire band performed while dressed as characters from The Wizard of Oz with Styles as Dorothy naturally and covered Over the Rainbow as part of the encoreView this post on InstagramA post shared by harrystylesHalloween night was apparently less specifically themed Styles wore a billowing harlequin clown costume that many fans on social media said theyd thought hed rip off to reveal a different costume he didnt but he covered Britney Spears 2003 smash Toxic in full during the encoreStyles could be seen mockstumbling around the stage as the band finished the rarity Medicine which he hadnt played the night before and after a quick pause the band shifted straight into Toxic as the crowd erupted when they realized what it wasClad in his white costume with jewels glued to his face Styles ran from one side of the stage to the other leading the crowd in singalongs on the chorus and gyrating during the slow and slinky section before the band brought the song to a tight conclusionIt was unclear at least in the hours immediately after the show whether there was any significance to Styles singing the song in a clown costume or whether it was simply a show of support for Spears and by extension the Free Britney movement that happened to take place on HalloweenMany fans were confused and a few observers on social media seemingly felt it was in poor taste but most had a positive if not ecstatic reaction Interestingly one fan online predicted well before the song performance that Styles would tear off the harlequin suit and reveal himself dressed in a Spears costumeAs per Variety while the rest of the set was largely the same as night one each night got its own rarities Night one had Over the Rainbow and the occasionallyplayed To Be So Lonely from his first solo album while night two got Toxic and Medicine the latter of which is an unreleased original song that Styles played frequently on his 2018 tour Apparently it was the first time hed played either of the covers publiclyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever