I have always gone back and forth on my favourite One Direction member but I would say the solo careers of Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles never fail to blow me away. Louis in specific stands out hugely for his unique sound and captivating stage presence . I'm not going to forget to mention his incredible album Faith In The Future which was released November 2022 which has to be the best album released from a 1D member! To support FITF, Louis has been touring all around the world since May 2023 and he recently began the UK/Europe leg of the Faith In The Future World Tour. Last night, I went to the Manchester show at the AO Arena and it was better than I ever expected so here is a little review!
The crowd erupted with excitement when we began to hear the intro to The Greatest - the opener from FITF. With lots of lighting effects and a killer band it was a perfect opener, everyone knew the words and Louis encouraged fans to scream along.
He then played Kill My Mind - a fan favourite from his debut album 'Walls'. This got everyone jumping up and down and screaming, I don't think Louis could do a concert without playing this song. He then played, Bigger Than Me which was the first single from his album. This song perfectly displays Louis's crisp vocals and deep lyrics which makes it such a beautiful song to hear live and again got everyone singing along.
Holding On To Heartache, Face The Music and We Made It joined the setlist. HOTH has a very scream-worthy bridge and so everyone SCREAMED it - we must have been the loudest crowd. Face The Music is also from FITF and I can't explain how catchy this song is, I love it and We Made It is a lovely song from his debut solo album which he asked the crowd to scream along with him.
Of course we can't forget his One Direction days and he spoke to the crowd about how grateful he was to be back in the same arena he first auditioned playing a show over 10 years later for the fans that had followed him throughout his career. So, he played the 1D classic Drag Me Down, everyone in the arena was singing along at this point it was so much fun.
He then sung Chicago my absolute favourite Louis song. I cannot tell you how happy it made me to finally hear this live because I was terrified he was going to remove it from the setlist, it was definitely the highlight of the night. He also sung Copy of a Copy of a Copy an unreleased track that is a fan favourite, every seemed to know the words despite it not being released on and music platforms. To switch up the set a bit her plays a cover of 505 by Arctic Monkeys at every show which keeps the energy at the show going, Louis's vocals perfectly match the sound of this song.
Nearing the end of his set, Louis sung one of his first solo singles Back To You which was originally performed with Bebe Rexha, Angels Fly (which is such a beautiful song) and Out Of My System before disappearing from the stage.
Not long later, the crowd erupted in screams as he came back on the stage for the encore. He sung Saturdays first which is such a crowd pleaser, he then sung another One Direction banger Where Do Broken Hearts Go and finished with Silver Tongues. I really don't think that he could have chosen a better song with, everyone was screaming especially the line 'but I don't feel like going home' (very on theme) and dancing/jumping everywhere. There was confetti cannons, fireworks and incredible lighting! Louis's songs are just made to be performed.
I am so appreciative that I got to go and I will definitely be attending his next tour. I also want to mention his incredible openers Rachel Chinouriri and The Academic you should give them a listen! I would definitely recommend this show to anyone if you still have the chance to go it is so worth it!
Thank you for reading!
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