page_title: Harry Styles: Live on Tour
section_title: Critical reception
hierarchical_section_title: Harry Styles: Live on Tour / Critical reception
caption_attribution_description: English: Harry Styles performing "Woman" during his Harry Styles: Live on Tour tour in Nashville, Tennessee, United States on June 12, 2018.
context_page_description: Harry Styles – Live on Tour was the debut concert tour by English singer Harry Styles in support of his self-titled debut album. The tour was announced on 28 April 2017 and additional dates were added on 8 June. The two-part tour began with intimate venues in 2017 and continued on to arenas in 2018. The tour started on 19 September 2017 in San Francisco and concluded on 14 July 2018 in Inglewood, comprising 89 shows.
context_section_description: The tour garnered almost universal praise. Eve Barlow of Billboard described Styles as "a true rockstar" and wrote, "He was made to be the frontman. [...] His Jagger-meets-David Cassidy persona shines out on the swaggering "Only Angel" and "Woman". Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone marvelled at Styles' "superhuman enthusiasm", writing, "A year into his solo rebirth, he’s earned his stripes as a master of every rock & roll move, wearing the tradition like it’s a coat he had tailored just for him." Sheffield continued that Styles is "the ultimate fusion of Mick Jagger’s yin and Paul McCartney’s yang [...] to the point where encountering them at peak strength in the same star can get bewildering". Writing for Los Angeles Times, August Brown lauded the show as "one of the best arena rock shows of the last few years", taking particular note of the stage production which was "classy and minimal, relying on the strength of the songs and Styles’ charm as a live performer." Sabrina Barr of The Independent praised Styles for his "undeniably impressive vocal range", adding, "Most performers can only dream of having the charisma and star quality that Harry Styles naturally exudes."
  The Irish Times's Louise Bruton wrote that Styles "proves his superstar status easily but he maintains a sincere level of modesty throughout the entire show, making him more personable than a lot of his pop star peers", and praised his vocals on slower songs, calling him "very much in a league of his own". Matt Miller of Esquire complimented Styles' sensitivity in regards to inclusivity ("aggressively inclusive" according to Rolling Stone) after seeing "teens carrying rainbow hats, shirts, and even one pride flag attached to a Black Lives Matter sign in the front row", saying "[Styles reminds] us that youths are here, they're aware, and they actually care."
caption: Styles performing in Nashville, Tennessee in June 2018.
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