Harry Styles Covers Simon & Garfunkel And Patrick Watson In Orchestral Meltdown Set

Harry Styles just returned with his new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally , and he's the curator of this year's Meltdown Festival , the series of shows that comes to London's Southbank Centre every year. Meltdown began last week, and it runs through June 21. As curator, Styles chose a lineup people like James Murphy, Dev Hynes, Kamasi Washington, and Beverly Glenn-Copeland. Styles gave his own Meltdown performance at the Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday night, and it was different from his regular sets.

Royal Festival Hall can hold about 2,000 people, which makes it an extremely intimate venue for a Harry Styles gig. Variety reports that Styles performed with the 50-piece Jules Buckley Orchestra, and he told the crowd, "It feels both present and incredibly not present to be so aware that you’re in the middle of your career highlight." Styles sang his 2017 song "Two Ghosts" since 2020, and he covered two tracks from the Canadian singer-songwriter Patrick Watson, " Here Comes The River " and " Hommage ."

Styles ended his show with his first-ever live cover of " Bridge Over Troubled Water ," the Simon & Garfunkel classic that he's using as his pre-show entrance music on his current Together, Together tour. He hit some notes on that motherfucker, too. Watch some videos below.

Bridge Over Troubled Water. Harry Styles & Jules Buckley Orchestra. Meltdown 2026.

Harry Styles covers Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” with a full orchestra in London. pic.twitter.com/wKqHQjy43D

And here's what Styles posted about the festival when it started last week:

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