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The Beaches just did a promo interview that I found interesting where they mentioned they saw Louis on Day 1 of them being on tour with him and haven't been able to talk to him since. https://www.instagram.com/p/DavPbulilQy/

As someone who isn't super in the know on how these things work I just find it fascinating and would love to better understand what tour life is really like. Before I joined the fandom, I naively assumed everyone hung out and it was just this big social thing backstage! All getting to know each other, eating their catered meals together, etc. But the more I follow Louis' tour this time around, I'm not getting that impression at all. I've also noticed every opener only posting one picture with Louis on their last night touring with him. So he obviously has some boundaries in place. We know he's filmed some backstage content with the band lads, which I assume they film between soundcheck and his show time but do we think he just keep to himself or his tight circle outside of the show these days?

I suppose the tl:dr of my curiosity can be summarized as: do artists and their opening acts really not interact all that much behind the scenes?

@hoovesandfloorpaws @louisisalarrie this is yet another question you can answer much better than I can!

a big one is whether they share a dressing room and/or a tourbus or accomodation (hotels). you’d also think the smaller the production, the more the bands/artists hang out, but it really also depends on how social the people on the band are; how busy they are, etc.

i’ve been on tours with the support acts where the main act barely spoke to us at all. i’ve been on tours with main acts where the support acts and the main one became thick as thieves and remain friends to this day.

i’ve been on tour where artists started out as friends and ended the tour on no-speaking terms. or tours where there was no animosity, but the main act just was so busy and overworked, that they literally had no time and energy at all to even talk to their support acts outside of a hello and goodbye.

tours is where friendships can start (and they can also end…) or they don’t.

with a production of Louis’ size, the main act probably only sees the (1st and 2nd) support act in the catering area and maybe when you enter and/or leave the tour bus and on such type of occasions. louis’ schedule (time-wise) will differ quite a lot from the other bands’, but obviously he could make an effort to go and talk to them, or they could go watch his soundcheck or talk to him in the catering area — what you usually don’t do as a support act is go into the dressing room of the main act uninvited, that’s a huge no-no and safety/theft/etc. risk. it’s just etiquette in general as a support act to respect the space of the main artist and don’t ‘bother’ them at busy times, such as 10 mins before their show or during soundcheck or right after the show (of course not ALL support acts respect that etiquette, but they should) and wait for the main act to approach them first. it’s honestly a lot about mutual respect and reconising that the main artist is taking you under their wing. i mean the whole touring party of the support acts with that. you’re a guest in their ‘house’ and you should act accordingly.

as for Louis and The Beaches… a big factor: Louis is a world famous closeted man (practically) married to another world famous closeted gay person. that’s all i can say.

another factor is their different schedules. louis often has some promo to do during the day (for example those fan radio interviews) and his backstage get in and soundcheck times are different than those of the support act. often the main act eats while the support act soundchecks, so if the catering area is the only place where those 2 would hang out, you miss each other. IF louis eats in the catering area some artists either take their food into their dressing room or they pick from the menu and their PA (Oli lol) brings it to them to the dressing room. there’s a lot of main artists who don’t leave their dressing room at all aside from soundcheck and their performance. and not every day on tour is the same. some days you’ll feel more sociable than on other days. also as the main artist, louis has the luxury of ordering everyone out of the room if he wants to be alone. his team and band then have to find somewhere else to chill and they will potentially go talk to the support act. Louis doesn’t “have” to.

also Louis is very tight-knit with his travel crew, team, and liveband in general and he seems to really treasure the safe circle of his tour family. to me, it’s understandable that he keeps to himself and his circle most of the time. i’m not saying he definitely has trust issues, i don’t know him personally, but after everything he’s been through i’d understand if he’s very cautious with new people who -for work reasons- have to be where he exists as uninhibited and as much of his true (gay and practically married) self as he gets.

when you’re on tour, you are in your little bubble and a lot of the outer world completely disappears. crew becomes your family. and louis has had the almost same ‘family’ for years now! and louis values his privacy a LOT. the support acts are pleasant visitors, but at the end of the day, they are just that: outsiders

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i hope this helped to shed a bit of light. it’s definitely not as comprehensive as i wanted to be, but i hope it still makes sense it’s the middle of the night where i am and ive got a super busy next 6 weeks ahead of me 🥹💖

❗️EDIT: Stuie's @the-larry-way important add-on:

Overview of Louis' support acts on the North American leg: 3 - 27 June 2026 The Aces (2nd) and The Royston Club (1st) 29 June - 24 July 2026: The Beaches (2nd) and Picture Parlour (1st) (Harry's London residency wrapped up on 4 July 2026)

I didn't exactly need convincing about the stunt of it all, but it's little indicators like this that are easy to fly under the radar if you're not looking, but super validating to hear haha. Wanted to share in case you hadn't seen. Thanks again for all that you do!

https:// www.tiktok. com /@etalkctv /video/ 7662118195456691474

Hi love. Thank you so much. This is such a sweet message! I know what you mean about it sounding like an off-the-cuff answer. Do we have any idea about when it was filmed? Either way, yeah, I seriously doubt she thinks H and Zoe are actually dating. Remember that person on Harry's crew in Amsterdam who had no clue H had a fiance (and was shocked at the idea of him being with a woman, at all)? I don't think Zoe is allowed backstage, so even if Shania didn't know the details of Harry's personal life, she'd still put two and two together.

And yes, it's always nice to get these little todbits that reconfirm things.

katie waissel via twitter - july 13, 2026

Music tycoon Simon Cowell sued by prominent City lawyer

City lawyer Ian Rosenblatt has launched legal action in London’s High Court against music mogul Simon Cowell over alleged withheld fees.

The lawsuit stems from the lawyer stepping down as director of Syco Entertainment, Cowell’s production company, and as an adviser to the talent show judge. Quinn Emanuel’s partner Gregory Pantlin and senior associate Emma Bohnman-Bryant are representing Rosenblatt, which filed the claim in the Commercial Court on Wednesday.

Rosenblatt served on Cowell’s internal team that secured a groundbreaking $125m securitisation deal for the intellectual property of the Got Talent format. He also led the legal team that advised the TV personality in 2020 on buying out Sony Music’s stake in his television joint venture.

According to legal documents reviewed by Sky News, Rosenblatt alleges that the creator of Britain’s Got Talent breached an agreement between them regarding transaction fees. The City lawyer claims that he reached an agreement with Cowell in October 2022 after he had indicated his intention to step down from Syco and his role as an adviser to Cowell.

The claim document also shows allegations that there was “a series of threats against Mr Rosenblatt in an effort to deter Mr Rosenblatt from pursuing his debt and/or damages claim”.

The music judge instructed law firm Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen for his defence.

Downfall of Rosenblatt’s listed legal business

The prominent City lawyer founded Rosenblatt Solicitors in 1989, which grew to become Rosenblatt Group. In 2018, the group listed on the London Stock Exchange, becoming the fourth English law firm at the time to go public.

However, he was in the headlines last year after the dramatic collapse of RBG Holdings.

Before the group’s collapse, the board terminated its consultancy agreement with Rosenblatt and made allegations against its founder. At the time, Rosenblatt said the accusations were “untrue and defamatory”.

(I know it's parasocial, but I worry about him lol)

No, I get it. I worry about him, too. I really don’t know. I haven’t heard anything about when it will end. Normally, yes, a year would make sense. If it doesn’t end before MSG, given that she lives in NY, I unfortunately expect it to continue a bit longer.

The Beaches just did a promo interview that I found interesting where they mentioned they saw Louis on Day 1 of them being on tour with him and haven't been able to talk to him since. https://www.instagram.com/p/DavPbulilQy/

As someone who isn't super in the know on how these things work I just find it fascinating and would love to better understand what tour life is really like. Before I joined the fandom, I naively assumed everyone hung out and it was just this big social thing backstage! All getting to know each other, eating their catered meals together, etc. But the more I follow Louis' tour this time around, I'm not getting that impression at all. I've also noticed every opener only posting one picture with Louis on their last night touring with him. So he obviously has some boundaries in place. We know he's filmed some backstage content with the band lads, which I assume they film between soundcheck and his show time but do we think he just keep to himself or his tight circle outside of the show these days?

I suppose the tl:dr of my curiosity can be summarized as: do artists and their opening acts really not interact all that much behind the scenes?

@hoovesandfloorpaws @louisisalarrie this is yet another question you can answer much better than I can!

a big one is whether they share a dressing room and/or a tourbus or accomodation (hotels). you’d also think the smaller the production, the more the bands/artists hang out, but it really also depends on how social the people on the band are; how busy they are, etc.

i’ve been on tours with the support acts where the main act barely spoke to us at all. i’ve been on tours with main acts where the support acts and the main one became thick as thieves and remain friends to this day.

i’ve been on tour where artists started out as friends and ended the tour on no-speaking terms. or tours where there was no animosity, but the main act just was so busy and overworked, that they literally had no time and energy at all to even talk to their support acts outside of a hello and goodbye.

tours is where friendships can start (and they can also end…) or they don’t.

with a production of Louis’ size, the main act probably only sees the (1st and 2nd) support act in the catering area and maybe when you enter and/or leave the tour bus and on such type of occasions. louis’ schedule (time-wise) will differ quite a lot from the other bands’, but obviously he could make an effort to go and talk to them, or they could go watch his soundcheck or talk to him in the catering area — what you usually don’t do as a support act is go into the dressing room of the main act uninvited, that’s a huge no-no and safety/theft/etc. risk. it’s just etiquette in general as a support act to respect the space of the main artist and don’t ‘bother’ them at busy times, such as 10 mins before their show or during soundcheck or right after the show (of course not ALL support acts respect that etiquette, but they should) and wait for the main act to approach them first. it’s honestly a lot about mutual respect and reconising that the main artist is taking you under their wing. i mean the whole touring party of the support acts with that. you’re a guest in their ‘house’ and you should act accordingly.

as for Louis and The Beaches… a big factor: Louis is a world famous closeted man (practically) married to another world famous closeted gay person. that’s all i can say.

another factor is their different schedules. louis often has some promo to do during the day (for example those fan radio interviews) and his backstage get in and soundcheck times are different than those of the support act. often the main act eats while the support act soundchecks, so if the catering area is the only place where those 2 would hang out, you miss each other. IF louis eats in the catering area some artists either take their food into their dressing room or they pick from the menu and their PA (Oli lol) brings it to them to the dressing room. there’s a lot of main artists who don’t leave their dressing room at all aside from soundcheck and their performance. and not every day on tour is the same. some days you’ll feel more sociable than on other days. also as the main artist, louis has the luxury of ordering everyone out of the room if he wants to be alone. his team and band then have to find somewhere else to chill and they will potentially go talk to the support act. Louis doesn’t “have” to.

also Louis is very tight-knit with his travel crew, team, and liveband in general and he seems to really treasure the safe circle of his tour family. to me, it’s understandable that he keeps to himself and his circle most of the time. i’m not saying he definitely has trust issues, i don’t know him personally, but after everything he’s been through i’d understand if he’s very cautious with new people who -for work reasons- have to be where he exists as uninhibited and as much of his true (gay and practically married) self as he gets.

when you’re on tour, you are in your little bubble and a lot of the outer world completely disappears. crew becomes your family. and louis has had the almost same ‘family’ for years now! and louis values his privacy a LOT. the support acts are pleasant visitors, but at the end of the day, they are just that: outsiders

-

i hope this helped to shed a bit of light. it’s definitely not as comprehensive as i wanted to be, but i hope it still makes sense it’s the middle of the night where i am and ive got a super busy next 6 weeks ahead of me 🥹💖

❗️EDIT: Stuie's @the-larry-way important add-on:

Overview of Louis' support acts on the North American leg: 3 - 27 June 2026 The Aces (2nd) and The Royston Club (1st) 29 June - 24 July 2026: The Beaches (2nd) and Picture Parlour (1st) (Harry's London residency wrapped up on 4 July 2026)

🤣 so true.

And that’s not even his horse noises interview. 🤣

Livestream (the links is not working but is hlupdates_2 most recent post, starts like 6:44 min).