Harry Styles begins world tour

Singer Harry Styles is on his first tour as a solo artiste, and he performed boy band One Direction's hits during the tour's first stop here.

Styles was one of the members of the boy band before he ventured out to become a solo artiste.

"Thank you for being here. Thank you for popping my cherry," Styles said here on Tuesday.

The singer began his maiden tour with a rendition of "Stockholm syndrome", a track from One Direction's 2014 album "Four".

Following the performance, Styles delivered his solo tracks from his self-titled album "Harry Styles", including "Sweet creature", "Only angel", "Woman" and "Meet me in the hallway".

Besides One Direction's classics, Styles covered rock band Fleetwood Mac's hit song "The chain" during the show as a tribute to the group, which has inspired him.

The 23-year-old singer later wrapped up the concert with his debut solo single, "Sign of the times".

--IANS

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