When Harry Styles announced the dates for his upcoming Together, Together tour, many fans were ecstatic to see the long list of shows he had planned for upcoming album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, but others were confused as to why they all took place across just seven locations, as opposed to a more traditional city-by-city approach.
But in an interview with The Zane Lowe Show for Apple Music 1 posted Wednesday (March 4), the pop star opened up about his thinking behind touring in the style of mini-residencies. Quite simply, “I think it makes the show better,” Styles began. “I think you can build something that doesn’t have to travel every night.”
The Grammy winner went on to explain that staying put in one city for lengthier amounts of time allows for a healthier lifestyle — not just for him, but for his touring band as well. “I think there’s something in this that allows me to, like, stay in my life while I’m doing it,” he told Lowe. “And therefore I think [it] allows me to take care of myself better, which I think makes me better at doing the thing.”
“It’s not like I’m saying I’ll never travel again, but I want to see what it looks like if you do it a different way,” he continued. “And people in my band have families now and kids … It’s really important to me that they’re on the road, that I would love to have them. I don’t want to make it near impossible for them to be able to come do that with me.”
The interview comes more than a month after Styles announced that he’d be playing more than 60 dates spread out across seven cities: Amsterdam, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, New York City and Australia’s Melbourne and Sydney. His mini-residencies will include 30 nights at Madison Square Garden as well as a record 12 shows at Wembley Stadium.
But while some fans were happy to have more chances than ever to see Styles play at any one of the seven venues, others brought up concerns about the amount of people who would need to travel more distance than they’d needed to for past tours. The singer, however, explained to Lowe that nothing has “terrified” him quite as much as sticking to the same game plans over and over.
He’s also looking to make more opportunities for himself to open up his life to others, which requires some consistency in his whereabouts. “I want to have great friendships with people,” he told Lowe on the subject of saying “yes” to more things. “I want a family. I want these things … What do I have to do to create space to allow these things to happen? I can’t just expect them to just happen to me.”
Featuring Billboard Hot 100-topping lead single “Aperture,” Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally drops Friday (March 6). Watch Styles’ full interview with Lowe above.
