Hi Gina! I was at Harry’s meltdown show last night and just wanted to comment quickly on ‘influencers getting the tickets’ pov. I’m in my 40s, my lovely friend is in her 50s and neither of us are big on social media. She got our tickets because she went to the pop up last week and was offered them by a lady with a clipboard who gave out 75 pairs of tickets to Amex card holders, so freebie tickets were definitely not just given out to young, pretty things who have a big following. We were so unbelievably lucky and were still expecting it not to be real right up until she was emailed the tickets just after 4:00pm.
We had the best night, and honestly didn’t see any influencer types there. We were both expecting it to be wall to wall celeb types but it wasn’t at all - it was a special night for the lack of influencers, celebrities, felt like real fans, real music lovers and real people made it into the room.
There were Harry fans there, obvs, but there were a lot of people who were more ‘royal festival hall, enjoy a good orchestral arrangement’ type. It was so refreshing to attend a show like that - like, not people who have fandom clout but people who have an appreciation of all types of music. It was so good to see Harry celebrated by ‘proper’ music fans, like he can hold his own in that crowd (we all know he can, but for that kind of music lover to see him in that light as well was amazing).
I didn’t really see the lady in the row in front of us film much, but she did film the cello soloist, rather than Harry. It’s really cool he’s tapping into a new audience by doing things like that. I know that might upset some fans, that people who aren’t already big fans shouldn’t have been there, they don’t have the ‘right’ or something, but we thought it was brilliant.
I’m not super aware of his team, but as we were leaving, my friend clocked these two (gorgeous) girls and said she thought they were his dancers. We kind of hovered near them and made eye contact and they said ‘hi’, we had a really lovely chat (it was the dancer with the shaved head and the one with the long hair), we joked and said he must be an awful boss to make them come to this on their day off, they laughed and were like ‘this is the best job we’ve ever had, he so nice and such a great person to work with’. Like, we knew that must be the case, but it was cool to hear it first hand, you know?! They asked if we were going to anymore gigs, I told them I’m super excited to take my kids tonight, and they were like ‘oh they’ll love it, it’s such a cool show for kids to see’. They were lovely and even took a selfie with us.
It was such a great way to end the most amazing night!
Hope you have a great day and enjoy the shows you’re going to ❤️
Hi darling! This is such a beautiful report. I'm so happy that, overall, it felt like a show for people who appreciate music, rather than the usual overzealous fans and/or people who only care about clout. And I completely agree that it's brilliant that at least SOME tickets went to Southbank Center season ticket holders, who are just real music fans. It allows Harry's audience to grow and for his legacy as an artist to reach beyond a pop audience.
And thank you so much for sharing what Harry's dancers had to say. I'm honestly not surprised, but it's so sweet to hear it again. ❤️
