Harry Styles Arrives In The North In Style

The street buskers were playing Watermelon Sugar, most people were wearing pink boa feathers, and if you did not also don a matching coloured cowboy hat, you might have looked out of place. There can only be one reason behind all of this - Harry Styles has arrived in Edinburgh.

Styles’ music, much like his fashion sense, is a paradox: the former lies between mid-1970s soft American rock mixed with 21st century pop, while the latter mixes the fashions of northern soul mingled with Lady GaGa kitsch.

cq[To witness the cacophony of near hysterical fans was a delight]

To say that Harry Styles is probably the biggest pop star on the planet right now would be the understatement of the year.

Thankfully, the British singer has given pop a new injection of vibrant energy, along with giving his fans an excuse to dress up like their idol.

As Styles arrived on stage at Murrayfield Stadium, he was surprisingly dressed head to toe in black; the only concession to his preferred pink are his trainers, though his band obviously got the message.

cq[As 60,000 fans sang along in unison, even the most cynical would have been impressed...]

To witness the cacophony of near hysterical fans was a delight - Styles has filled a huge void in the pop world that desperately needed to be filled. The electric energy in the huge stadium was infectious, the mood joyful, and the statement affirmative.

The concert slowly built as his cheeky charisma shone, though - that innocent teenage boy you saw on the X Factor auditions has developed into a bona fide superstar. There was no doubting that Styles has come a long way since his One Direction days.

Stockholm Syndrome and What Makes You Beautiful were indeed a big nod to his former boy band days, though it was on his own songs such as Daydreaming and Late Night Talking that it proved that there is more substance to his music than you might imagine.

As It Was naturally brought the triumphant evening to a close. As 60,000 fans sang along in unison, even the most cynical would have been impressed by the near-hysterical adulation Styles evoked.

Like Styles himself, music this good will hopefully never go out of style.

Pure brilliance.