Harry Styles opened the 2026 BRIT Awards in style with a performance of his new single ‘Aperture’ – watch footage below.
The ceremony went down tonight (February 28) at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena, and Styles was the first live performer from the night’s star-studded line-up to take to the stage.
In his first live public performance since he took a break from music in July 2023, he played ‘Aperture’, which he released in January as the first single from his upcoming fourth solo album ‘Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally’, which comes out on March 6.
The flamboyantly choreographed performance saw him joined by dozens of dancers. Watch the performance here:
Harry performed Aperture to open the 2026 Brits Awards.
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NME‘s Rhian Daly gave the single, which features Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell, four stars, in a review that read: “It’s also Styles as we’ve not heard him before. Rather than the loosely retro pop-rock of ‘Harry’s House’ or the grand theatrics of ballads like ‘Sign Of The Times’, the star heads in the direction of electronic music.
“‘Aperture’ is propelled by a lightly thumping beat that’s made more or less euphoric by the stabs of house piano that dip in and out, the jittery blasts of distorted fuzz, and the 31-year-old’s resonant delivery in the chorus: “We belong together”. Add in a series of drawn-out, droning chords and it’s (likely) as close as we’re going to get to Styles fronting LCD Soundsystem.”
Since then, he has confirmed a huge, seven-city ‘Together, Together’ tour, which includes a 12-night residency at London’s Wembley Stadium and an impressive 30 dates at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
When tickets went live for UK dates, there were queues of up to 250,000 people for each of the shows. It has also been revealed that Styles has broken several records at both Wembley and Madison Square Garden thanks to huge demand.
The Wembley gigs will see the ‘As It Was’ singer donate £1 from every ticket sold to LIVE’s levy, helping to protect UK grassroots music venues and support emerging talent.
He’s also announced a “one night only” performance of the album at Manchester Co-Op Live Arena, with tickets costing £20.
Styles is also holding a range of listening parties for the new album in 40 cities around the world – find out more here.
See all of the winners from the 2026 BRIT Awards here.