Harry and Louis

Official Poster

Louis was wearing a RC Outdoor Supply set

Setlist with 25 songs, Send Me Under at the encore

"Feeling incredibly grateful after the MSG show, that was absolutely incredible."

Louis' prediction for England x Norway

"[gives a fan the middle finger] with love, though!"

"This is the part of the show I like to say to everyone how fucking important you are all to me, right? Everyone says this on stage, right? But it's— I see you with the middle fingers, yes, well done. This is the part of the show where I like to say how important you are to me. Obviously, obviously every single artist needs their fans, but I need you to get up on stage every single day and I fucking love youse, I love youse. Thank you for giving me the confidence to do this night in, night out. I love youse! [fan screams I love you] I love you too!"

"[...] and thanks for staying out in the rain, I know that was shit! Love youse! We've got three songs left... what are you saying? Can't hear you from here, obviously. Okay, right... [fans chant No Control] Youse have already sang it, youse have already sang it, you've done so well before. No, you know me, Pittsburgh, peer pressure do nothing! This is 'Miss You'"

Louis interacting with fans: here / here / here

Louis via instagram stories

LTHQ via instagram stories

MATT BAILEY / JULY 10, 2026 / CONCERT REVIEWS

The beloved pop star took a break from hockey arenas to play one of live touring’s most beloved large clubs

Louis Tomlinson brought his full arena rig to the 6,000-capacity Anthem in DC on Tuesday (July 7th) for an underplay on his How Did We Get Here? World Tour. The former One Direction star played most of the tracks from his new album, How Did I Get Here? He opened with the record’s two starting tracks, “Lemonade” and “On Fire.”

Only one One Direction song made the setlist, 2014’s “Night Changes.” The rest of the night focused on Tomlinson’s three-album solo discography. With his full-length debut coming just six years ago, Tomlinson is the last of the One Direction crew to jump into a solo career with both feet.

Tomlinson’s pop music is equal parts rave-inducing (“Lemonade” features a bursting surprise right at the top of the show) and genuinely pensive. “Dark To Light” comes off as substantively emotive, with a driving beat anchoring the lyrics. The acoustic “Defenceless” showed off the underappreciated rawness of Tomlinson’s voice.

The pop star spent most of the night awash in a kaleidoscope of lights and lasers. His massive band riders doubled as techno-club light boxes, pulsating light downstage toward Tomlinson.

I love when artists post up at the Anthem with their full arena rig. It makes you feel like you’re at Rock Lititz watching bands run through at the iconic stage-rehearsal base camp. Everything just hits ten times harder in a box one-fourth the size of the Garden—where Tomlinson interrupted Bon Jovi’s return to the stage with a one-off gig on July 8th. (JBJ and company return on the 9th. My thoughts are with those rigging crews. I digress.)

Lasers and screens combined to make his feel like some sort of pop music laboratory in the middle of outer space. It’s a stage you just don’t want to peel your eyes from for a single second. His runway ended in a question mark-emblazoned b-stage where he belted songs “Sunflowers” and “Lucid.” And singing right along with him were his fans—mostly female—screaming every word to the new songs like they had been out for years.

For his third album, Louis pushed himself as a lyricist, songwriter, and performer, holding nothing back on these tracks. Though he certainly doesn’t have to prove himself, it’s clear that he still writes music, plays shows, and sings as if everything is on the line. In the studio, restless creativity and a hunger for artistic exploration drive his process. Live, he leaves everything on the stage as sold-out crowds meet him head-on with the same amount of enthusiasm and energy. As a writer, he’s diving deeper into who he is than ever before.

Kimberly came through for us again:

in great quality and with close-ups!

and now i've edited the parts together and uploaded the Livestream from directly in front of the B-stage:

and i also uploaded this Livestream from barricade by Miranda, sadly it won't go over 360p quality :(

(thank you CC @savebylou for the link!)

and Lambda's Livestream from tier 1/upper bowl: