The long-awaited first concert of pop great Harry Styles will take place in the Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt on Wednesday.
+++ 9.39 p.m.: This is where our live ticker ends. We thank you for your attention and wish all concert-goers a lot of fun. More information about Harry Styles’ performances in Frankfurt will follow on Thursday.
A detailed account of the British pop star’s fans who watched the first Frankfurt concert on Wednesday can be found here. “I love Harry Styles, he’s the only man who hasn’t disappointed me in my life,” Celine told our reporter Kathrin Rosendorff. And, no, she doesn’t want to date him. “I wish he was my best friend because I feel safe with him.”
There he is! Harry Styles opens with “Daydreaming” and “Golden”
+++ 21.07: And finally: There he is! Punctually at around 9 p.m., Harry Styles enters the stage in Frankfurt’s Waldstadion after an almost too exciting intro. Wrapped in a colorful fleece robe, he starts playing the songs “Daydreaming” and “Golden”.
“It’s about to start!”
+++ 8.36 p.m.: Wet Leg played the last song. Audiences are excited to finally see Harry Styles. It will start soon.
Because the tickets for the show were in great demand and sold out within seconds, not all fan groups sit together. Instead, they communicate with light signals, say Mara and her sister Nora. Some of her friends are on another block. “We’re not all sitting together, but somehow we know half the stadium. It should finally start!”
Spring ropes made of feather boas against the waiting time
+++ 8:06 p.m.: In the meantime, the Wet Legs have arrived on stage and continue to heat up the atmosphere in Frankfurt’s Waldstadion. But logically all fans are still waiting spellbound for tonight’s star: Harry Styles.
Spring ropes made of feather boas against the waiting time
+++ 7.46 p.m.: Actually, the concert should have started 15 minutes ago, but Harry Styles’ support act Wet Leg is still a long way off. Again and again, short waves of excitement break out when a song stops and the pause seems too long – but so far a false alarm. In order to while away the waiting time, some fans have developed their very own strategies: several feather boas knotted together can quickly be made into a skipping rope, so it doesn’t get boring inside.
Waldstadion fills up – anticipation “smooth 12/10”
+++ 6.52 p.m.: Inside, the crowd is eagerly awaiting the superstar from Great Britain. Pauline from Mainz reports that the anticipation can be clearly felt: “A straight 12/10!”. But many are also tired and exhausted from the long wait. Nevertheless, the euphoria remains.
The best seats are now taken, but fans with standing tickets who have not joined the unofficial queue continue to flock to the stadium. Meanwhile, the grandstands are also filling up here.
Costumes, creativity and glitter tops in line
+++ 6.17 p.m.: The fact that only young girls can be fans of Harry Styles turns out to be a bad rumor in Frankfurt. Young and old have come for the pop star. Some parents are also part of the party – also in full costume and often in a matching look with the daughters. Whether it’s the matching glitter top or the fruit onesie look based on the songs “Cherry” or “Kiwi”, the fans certainly don’t lack creativity when it comes to their costumes.
Loud screeching can only mean one
+++ 6:04 p.m.: Despite all the excitement about the British pop star, another topic of conversation dominates for many fans, especially in the last half hour. Few other fandoms are more closely intertwined than Harry Styles and Taylor Swift. The emails have just been sent out with the necessary access codes for pre-sales for Taylor Swift’s “Era’s Tour”, which will also be stopping in Germany in 2024. Loud screeching across the square in front of the Waldstadion can only mean one thing at the moment. The good news came via email, fans confirm.
Another tradition has also established itself on Harry Styles’ “Love on Tour”: the exchange of self-made bracelets. The friendship-bracelet trend is probably well known to many and is also running by itself in Frankfurt. Anyone who observes the colorful beaded bracelets on other fans and also has some on offer themselves simply goes to the others and exchanges the pieces of jewelry with each other. In this way, fans also take home a material memento from the concert. For example, Sophia and Chiara have made more than 20 bracelets and have already exchanged almost all of them with other fans.
Harry Styles live in Frankfurt: Even the police are in a party mood
+++ 5:08 p.m.: The excitement is building at Deutsche Bank Park: Slowly the official entrance is approaching, fans of Harry Styles are constantly pouring into the stadium. They are greeted at the S-Bahn station by plenty of police – and they’re in the mood too. No siren sounds from the speakers of the emergency services, but “Watermelon Sugar”, one of the top singles by the British superstar.
The fans are equipped with colorful feather boas and cowboy hats. There is no longer any doubt as to which star is coming to Frankfurt today. And not just at the Waldstadion: Hundreds of colorfully dressed fans have turned up all over the city, especially around the train stations.
The fans, who were already in front of the stadium in the morning, had planned well in advance. The queue in front of the fan article shop now stretches across the entire forecourt of Deutsche Bank Park. Already in the morning you had to queue for half an hour for one of the coveted T-shirts.
Harry Styles concert in Frankfurt: fans have been waiting since 5 a.m. – unofficial waiting lists are irritating
Update from Wednesday, July 5, 11:25 a.m.: The fans have been waiting for Harry Styles’ concert at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt since the early hours of the morning. There is a separate, non-official waiting list that is organized exclusively by fans. A line is already forming for the concert on Thursday.
However, the waiting list now seems to be causing trouble in some places: the organizers for tonight’s show apparently stopped handing out numbers at 5 a.m. After all, they don’t want to give up their own position at the front of the queue. They have now found new fans who should take over responsibility. Their task has also been agreed with security and the police. The problem: the two women from Cologne only allocate seats for “Johnny’s Place”, i.e. one of the separate areas in front of the stage. Fans with tickets for other areas have to keep looking – or start their own list, according to the self-appointed stewards.
However, that could be difficult. Nobody knows exactly who is responsible for which area. Locations and descriptions of people are exchanged in various WhatsApp groups, but who is ultimately behind it remains uncertain. Many fans are wandering around, unsure of who to turn to.
Harry Styles in Deutsche Bank Park: tense excitement before the concert
First report from Wednesday, July 5, 10:16 a.m.: Frankfurt – Harry Styles comes to Frankfurt with a double concert. On July 5th and 6th, the superstar of the pop world will delight thousands of fans in Deutsche Bank Park.
The Harry Styles concert starts at 7:30 p.m., but in the morning hundreds of fans have been bustling around Deutsche Bank Park – and have probably been for hours. Why do some fans wait at the stadium ten hours before the official start?
Harry Styles in Frankfurt: Fans start their own waiting list
Local fans report that they were able to pick up numbers last night that are supposed to secure them a particularly good seat in front of the stage. However, in order to get one of the coveted early seats very close to Harry Styles, they had to report to the self-appointed organizers at 5 a.m. They are not officially employed by the promoter, but have simply taken on this role themselves – in other words, an additional unofficial queue organized by fans for fans.
In each city where Harry Styles performs, different people organize this waiting list. In Frankfurt, wristbands were distributed for each area in front of the stage last night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The place in the queue is also on these bands. However, punctuality is also required: Anyone who does not meet the deadline of 5 in the morning and has not reported back to the organizers by then will lose their seat and have to queue at the very end.
Security forces usually follow the wishes of Harry Styles fans
However, it is unclear whether this system will also prevail. A similar organization already existed at the concert in Munich. A fan from the queue in Frankfurt was also there at the concert. She reports that although the security forces announce every year that they will not recognize the order, in the end they are guided by the fans. The own system should ensure security and regulated admission, according to the fans.
The places with a number under 200 are particularly popular. With a little luck you can secure a place directly at the barricade. This is exactly why the fans go through all these hardships – to be very close to their idol for a few hours.
There’s a lot going on at Deutsche Bank Park this summer: With his double concert, Harry Style joins the ranks of greats like Depeche Mode, Herbert Grönemeyer, Guns N’Roses and, of course, Beyoncé. (Sebastian Richter/Maibrit Schültken)