#AFHF London

[sunshineandlyrics]

Matching set from 28 Official Programme?

Louis playing football at the venue of FITFWT ​Columbus / ​AFHF London.

[elceeu2morrow]

Rockstar Moment, Festival Edition 2022

Lokerse Feesten / Belgium [8.14.22, @unknown]

Away From Home Festival / Malaga, Spain [8.27.22, @JoshuaHalling]

louist91: I've dreamt of creating a festival for a long time. Last night the idea became a reality. To see how much it's grown in just 12 months has blown my mind.

joshuahalling: What an unreal night @awayfromhomefestival was last night. 7 months on the road photographing some insane and beautiful moments shared between @louist91 and the fans but last night felt extra special and the progress from February to now is unbeatable.

Milano Summer Fest / San Siro [9.3.22]

"I'm going to sit here for a sec. Let me try to make you understand how I'm fucking feeling right now. There was a long time in my solo career where I wondered would I ever do this tour, would it ever happen. And the fact that I'm playing to such an incredible amount of people. Honestly, it blows my fucking mind. I've just been stood for however many songs we've had just trying to take this in. I cannot fucking believe it. You're all fucking incredible for making this shit happen. I'm getting emotional up in here. [...] Ohhh. Let me just try to take this in a little bit. Alright that will do."

And that's a wrap for 2022!

Faith In The Future Live in Concert, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London [12.14.22]

[LTWT 2022 Edition here]

[dreamings-free]

both Charlie Lightening and producer Amy James posted the mysterious video.. 27/4/23

[dogco11ar]

i was watching a professional singer react to bad vs good performances of pop artists and i was like ‘meh they probably won’t include louis he’s not really on the gp’s radar’ but i forgot that ppl will go to any expense to criticize his singing so i was wrong wkdnsk

[backmygirlhood]

i'm louayloring so hard i'm seeing louis on my birthday this year and taylor on my birthday next year

[28mindgames]

Tank Tops: Cuyahoga Falls - Columbus - Chicago - Seattle - Los Angeles - Phoenix - Austin - Woodlands - Charlotte - Boston N1 - Philadelphia - New York - AFHF 2023 - Hamburg - Lodz - Vienna - Ljubljana - Budapest - Sofia - Bilbao - Turin - Bologna - Antwerp - Amsterdam - Berlin - Dublin - Sheffield - Manchester - London - Jakarta - Brisbane Graphic Tees: Gilford - Sterling Heights - Kansas City - Vancouver - Berkeley - Las Vegas - Irving - Atlanta - Raleigh - Boston N2 - Asbury Park - Lisbon - Barcelona - Prague - Glasgow - Birmingham Collared Tops: Uncasville - Laval - Cincinnati - Saint Louis - Milwaukee - Council Bluffs - Hollywood - Nashville - Oslo - Helsinki - Madrid - Paris - Cologne - Munich - Brighton - Cardiff Brand Logos: St. Augustine - Tampa - Copenhagen - Stockholm - Tallinn - Riga - Athens - Luxembourg - Zurich - Melbourne - Sydney Blokecore: Toronto - Minneapolis - Sioux Falls - Troutdale - Columbia - Kaunas Jackets: Chicago - Los Angeles - Woodlands - Antwerp - Manchester Other: Indianapolis - Krakow - Bucharest

source: @fashionlouist

[ialwaysknewyouwerepunk]

queer signalling: louis and harry living their beautiful queer lives, collected by me

since we must take note of our fellow queers when they signal that they are very much one of us, despite being closeted. since i've had a very very queer few years thanks to them, thanks to their signalling, thanks to them being brave.

(!! this list isn't exhaustive, and if i've forgotten your favorite, by all means let me know. there's always room for another edition. it's been a while since i made a compilation and felt there was a need of a new one on my blog. this one goes a few years back, since my last one dates from 2021 :'o. so yeah. here we go.)

harry in my policeman, playing a closeted queer man, based on the book that's long been one of his favorites. lauded by the director and co-stars for how well he portrayed this character, how well he understood.

harry wearing a green flower on his chest for the mp premiere, placing himself (once again) in the same line of history as oscar wilde.

louis's green flowers on his initial 28clothing jersey at the first afhf, which includes bonus roses and 28s all around

the entire late night talking mv bc!!!!!

louis's rainbow stage lights during sibwawc. he really did that. every single night.

the entire dazed magazine happening. “I’ve always tried to compartmentalise my personal life and my working life,” he explains. / “I have unlocked an ability to be myself completely, unapologetically,” he says with conviction." / “I think through my own sense of self and personal journey, I am realising that happiness isn’t this kind of end state.”

louis's gay exit songs: most notably 'ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't've)'

harry flirting with stanley tucci

louis and his gay ass tank tops !!! we must point it out !!!!!!

all along

harry kissing a pride flag during harry's house ono in nyc

rainbow flare during the btm mv

harry being gifted a mask of his own face at munich n2, which prompted him to say that he feels like he's wearing a mask sometimes

28 in a triangle for 28clothing!!!!!!!!

kit connor soft launching 28 clothing. a young actor starring in a queer coming-of-age series, who was forced to come out after being accused of queerbaiting. he was the first one, besides louis, to wear 28clothing

harry's grammy's speech "people like me" (which ppl sadly misunderstood), echoing what he's been saying on tour for years. this doesn't happen to people like him. if they only knew, right?

harry's freddie-inspired outfit for the grammy carpet (which also brought back his theme for clown/jester fits, like harryween 2021 n2. wonder why)

louis's merch graphic where a boy is trying to smash a glass ceiling

harry posing for david hockney, actual living legend, gay artist of the ages. "Styles seems to know how lucky he is, adding, with a tinge of disbelief: “I’m in awe of the man with enough one-liners for a lifetime.” As to what those one-liners might be? Styles and Hockney’s mutual silence on that question suggests that what happens in the studio, stays in the studio."

louis having suspicious visuals during back to you, the only visuals of that type on tour

harry's 2022 harryween outfit: dressed as danny (literally. he did that. he went grease on us.) but wearing sandy's jacket

louis at barricade aka held safely in the arms of strong security personnel

harry singing man, i feel like a woman and still the one with shania twain. while wearing a rainbow discoball jumpsuit (parallel with kacey musgraves wearing a rainbow dress to sing it with him years ago.)

louis's gay ass merch for the away from home festival

harry dressed in nina ricci by harris reed, an explicitly gender-fluid line. "At 18 I found myself living in london creating ruffle blouses, corsets, fabric flowers and flares from my kitchen floor (...). My creations at the time were met with nothing but criticism for being “too feminine” or “costume”, teachers said I should focus on “menswear” or “womenswear”. l remember it really wasn’t until I started dressing for myself and who I was that it all clicked. @harrystyles was my first ever client who embraced the fun, fluid and expressive clothing I was creating."

continuous bluegreening. to name a few: harry's werchter fit, all this time lights, satellite caps in two colors only, louis's smiley flickering bluegreen on tour in 2022, the james cordon shit, louis in uncasville. enjoy this post here

harry's snl shoot unseens: him as ariel

louis out in amsterdam at a gay bar

harry going to the women's only swimming pond (on a day it was open for men, but this is important to me okay)

harry's use of orchids in his visuals during 'she' during love on tour '23

the 'hairy mermaid' tour visuals

harry as a mermaid during the mfasr mv. as a supreme physical manifestation of harry as the mermaid he truly is inside. but in his true form he gets chopped up and consumed. literally

as it was mv and its parallels with the matrix, hints to harry as the woman with the red dress.

louis jumping up on barricade against the one spot where a pride flag was draped over it

oh yeah that exact same thing happened in 2022 too

harry forming a skirt with a pride flag in brasil after his pants ripped

that gay ass denim getup with the fur collar?? while wearing the fucking peace ring????

harry and phoebe breaking gender norms in the tpwk mv dance. no i'm not over it yet shut up

louis wearing a basquiat t-shirt, another famously queer artist joining the ranks

harry bought an actual genuine basquiat. flex

harry dressed in skirts for gucci

"happy pride! happy pride! 'tis the season! can you tell i'm relaxed?"

"isn't all of this sparkly bi music?"

satellite mv rainbow planet tshirt

louis's bigger than me promo where he's literally george michael like??? IM SORRY???????

harry kissing lewis capaldi at the brits

harry kissing nick kroll at the dwd premiere. lol

and... harry as friend of D O R O T H Y. sang over the rainbow. we all cried. especially me at this clip of harry glancing in relief at his band after over the rainbow.

[dailytomlinson]

FAITH IN THE FUTURE WORLD TOUR: EUROPE & UK LEG

August 19th (AFHF): Lido di Camaiore, Italy

August 29th: Hamburg, Germany

August 31st: Copenhagen, Denmark

September 1st: Oslo, Norway

September 2nd: Stockholm, Sweden

September 4th: Helsinki, Finland

September 5th: Tallinn, Estonia

September 7th: Riga, Latvia

September 8th: Kaunas, Lithuania

September 10th: Krakow, Poland

September 11th: Lodz, Poland

September 13th: Vienna, Austria

September 14th: Ljubljana, Slovenia

September 15th: Budapest, Hungary

September 17th: Bucharest, Romania

September 18th: Sofia, Bulgaria

September 20th: Athens, Greece

October 1st: Bilbao (Vizcaya), Spain

October 3rd: Lisbon, Portugal

October 5th: Madrid, Spain

October 6th: Barcelona, Spain

October 8th: Turin, Italy

October 9th: Bologna, Italy

October 11th: Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

October 12th: Antwerp, Belgium

October 14th: Paris, France

October 15th: Amsterdam, Netherlands

October 17th: Cologne, Germany

October 19th: Prague, Czech Republic

October 20th: Berlin, Germany

October 22nd: Munich, Germany

October 23rd: Zurich, Switzerland

November 8th: Dublin, Ireland

November 10th: Sheffield, UK

November 11th: Manchester, UK

November 12th: Glasgow, UK

November 14th: Brighton, UK

November 15th: Cardiff, UK

November 17th: London, UK

November 18th: Birmingham, UK

The Europe & UK Leg has officially ended and Louis successfully finished the 2023 dates of the Faith In The Future Tour.

As we wait for Louis to come back in 2024 for his single date in Asia and the Australia leg in January, you can reminisce all the amazing moments of every tour date so far on our recap tag, revisit all the outfit looks on our fitfwt fashion tag and check out each concert's setlist as well.

For all the incredible posters, we made two compilations posts that you can check out here & here, or you can find it on our tag for all posters, including future ones, here.

You can also check out our posts with all the portrait pictures from this leg: Europe / Ireland & UK

See you in January 2024!

91 days, 40 shows, 27 countries: DONE ���

[caralara]

Hello! What's this afhf21 story you have? 👀

Hi lovely anons (suddenly my inbox was full, hah!)

Sooo I think it’s fine to share it’s been over a year and honestly not too big of a thing but this is what happened to me first hand

I never ever win anything in my life when it comes to contests and shit, so I was absolutely thrilled to win AFHF tickets for 2021. I flew in a couple day early bc I hadn’t been in London in like 9 years, and the day before the festival I checked out the grounds, bc of my anxious ass I just wanted to know where to go and also wanted to ask staff if they’d accept my EU Covid pass.

So I got there and it was beautiful, and there was an opera going on that night. I asked one of the production assistants there if they accept my covid pass, and she said she has to ask the head of security - whom she got for me.

Now, you have to understand - I work with events and know how the hierarchy works. This was the head of security, the one who creates the security concepts and time plans, who gets a photo book of all the VIPs to know who needs extra security and who’s arriving when etc etc.

He was very helpful and told me the pass was perfectly fine, and if I was wanting to attend the open air opera that night, to which I responded, “oh, no, no, I’ll be back for the event tomorrow” (mind you, I didn’t look like your typical fangirl (there’s nothing wrong with that though) meaning wearing no merch and I was conducting myself like a professional young person as well) and this is where it gets fun: he said “ohhh, you’re coming to the Harry Styles concert tomorrow!” and I was like - ummm. Wait what. I acted all nonchalant though, and was like “no, it’s the Louis Tomlinson Festival. Why would you think it’s a Harry styles concert though?” And he said “I really thought it was a Harry Styles event, not Louis Tomlinson. Oh, you know, because he was here all day yesterday.”

And like, of course, maybeeee he mixed them up? But to be honest, he seemed to know who’s who, like it wasn’t as if he didn’t know who Louis was, he definitely did, but yeah. And remember, he’s the one who does the security briefings etc. It’s nothing solid, but looking at their calendars at the time it was 100% possible Harry was there with Louis to look at the festival grounds and the stage etc, supporting his love.

Just thought it was a very lovely intro to my experience there :)

[hyunjining]

some info for your consideration in regards to the theory that harry gives louis the peace ring when they’re going to be apart for a long time and then louis gives it back the next time they see each other:

in 2021, harry’s tour started on september 4th in las vegas. he wasn’t wearing the peace ring at that show. the second show was on the 7th in denver, and he WAS wearing the peace ring. the last time we’d seen louis was at the afhf in london on august 30th, and there was speculation that louis was at the denver show. harry did not wear the peace ring on tour again after that show.

this year (2022), louis started his tour in february, and by the time harry was due to perform at coachella in april, it was clear that they probably hadn’t seen each other in months because of said tour. after harry’s first coachella performance on april 16th, he went suspiciously missing until his next performance a week later. and during his second coachella performance on april 23rd, he was noticeably exhausted. i am of the opinion that he visited louis and his broken elbow between coachella weekends (olivia had time to leave LA and visit her kids in london during this time, so it’s entirely possible that harry could have left as well). on may 19th, harry wore the peace ring during his performance on the today show, the first time since that time in denver. and the last time until...

...today (september 7th), at MSG. after he and louis were verifiably in italy at the same time, publicly only about 3 hours apart. again, they likely have seen each other very little this year because they’ve both been on tour. and then they finally make it to the same country after who knows how long, and harry busts out the peace ring again after not wearing it for any of the other MSG shows? and right before they’re also going to be in NYC together, meaning harry wouldn’t have had to give the ring back yet, assuming that’s what they’ve been doing? absolutely wild.

[seasurfacefullofclouds1]

hi sea, hope you're doing well!

so, i haven't really been here for a while because life happened but I found myself wondering recently, how is everything going here? from what I've seen louis looks really good and happy these days and he's joining a bunch of festivals? exciting things!

Hi there!

In terms of Louis’ trajectory— the general direction of his career— 2023 has been the best year for him ever. Including in 1D.

Louis released FITF, an album that went to Official Charts #1 in the UK, Billboard #5, and many top tens internationally.

After the 80-show world tour last year (2022), Louis then booked the biggest solo tour he’s done so far. FITFWT 2023 had 79 shows + AFHF. Louis played some of the same venues that 1D played at the height of popularity, and sold out the O2 Arena in London.

28 Clothing began selling products this year. The choice to partner with Hype Beast for the limited runs is on brand and very smart marketing. Using a separate marketing firm for 28 was also a great idea.

Louis will probably have one of the largest merch sales this year, all while keeping his prices average (for tour merch). At Matt Vines’ estimate of $38 per person on tour, he will have sold about (conservatively) $10 million in tour merch this year, not counting 28 Clothing. I estimate revenue for tour tickets to be around $14 million (assuming about 250k tickets for FITFWT 2023 at $55 per).

Even if these aren’t the biggest numbers, Louis’ cumulative achievement comes from many years of stop-and-start disruptions, much hard work and heartache, and— initially— some very hopeful, loyal, diehard fans who kept waiting for him and encouraging him.

The achievements also feel authentically won, as the biggest radio stations in the UK and USA are still blacklisting Louis from the airwaves. He might come on Jimmy Fallon and iHeart, but it’s rare to hear his music on radio— which translates to few streaming playlists. BMG UK also treats Louis like a catalogue artist and relies on fans’ word-of-mouth for promo. So for so many fans to show up for him at the concerts really means genuine interest, real love.

In addition, Louis is being nominated by some mainstream music media, like Rolling Stone UK and Billboard, for legitimate awards (Best Tour Act for RSUK, Best Music Documentary for Billboard). It reminds me of the start of his solo career in 2017-18, when Louis was up for awards like iHeart’s Breakout Solo Artist, Best UK/ Ireland solo act, and other awards, instead of simply being shut out as in 2019-22.

My opinion is that RSUK and Billboard have nominated Louis to harness the social media power of his fans and draw more attention to their awards (once again, free PR), especially since the Billboard award is fan-voted. However, attention to the awards also keeps Louis’ name in their publications.

Finally, yes!!! Festivals!

So far Louis has been booked in festivals only in Mexico, the UK, and Europe, but this is also where his audience has the highest concentration. The choice to do festivals with rock and indie acts makes sense, because Louis is already friends with many current acts (and has toured with several) and there’s potential for the audience to cross over. Listening to Faith In The Future, I would say that Louis can still go further in an indie sound. He loves his big pop choruses — bless— but he can convert them to rock, not just in instrumental arrangement but in spirit. To me, Back To You isn’t really a rock song and it doesn’t sound like a rock song no matter what, but it is fun. The festivals are a good way to test his music and go further. All around him are inspirations.

(It’s also inspirational to see people like The Snuts going out on their own label. Much food for thought.)

Also in terms of business structure, Louis and Matt Vines invested in OpenStage, a business that taps into direct-to-consumer marketing for artists via social media and texting. It’s too early to know whether this company is the “pirate” that bypasses big music labels, radio, and streaming services to sell to and connect to fans directly, or whether it will get bought out by a big PR firm or killed by competition. However, Louis has been doing independent festivals, playing at independent music venues, promoting smaller and indie artists, thinking about managing these artists and starting an indie label for years. These are early steps for Louis to establish a presence outside of traditional music industry.

[sunshineandlyrics]

🥹 his happiness pose 💛

[so-idialed-9]

7 Masterpost

Uses of 7 (and 7 in groups of 4, 7x4 = 28) by Harry and Louis. I will continue updating this post with new 7s. Updated Nov 11 2023.

Harry wore the peace ring to perform at HSLOT on September 7, 2021. The ring is seen as a commitment ring or symbol of Louis' and Harry's relationship. Some theorize they trade it back and forth when they meet up. He doesn't wear it again until exactly a year later, September 7, 2022

Louis covered 7 by Catfish and the Bottlemen, which starts out with the word Larry, in every show on LTWT22, for the first time again on the final show of the North American FITF Tour 7/29/23 in Forest Hills NY and calls extra attention to it, at AFHF 2023, and at FITFWT Barcelona 10/6/23 the day photos were published of H in London wearing the shared Umbro jumper

I Will Survive at Coachella 2 (4.23.22) was 7 years after 1D performed it in Manila - as a celebration of the Elounor stunt BUA

Harry uses his hands to display the number 7 for Pleasing and bonus! The nails are in 4 colors, 6.30.22

Late Night Talking mv has the private, real relationship as a man in a blue shirt with 4 7s on his sleeves, premiered 7.14.22

7 in the back of Louis' blue sun/sol azul tour shirt for Brisbane 1, 7.19.22

Harry scored the crowd a 7 at singing Kiwi at HSLOT Krakow, 7.19.22

7 years in the Aussie The Project interview for Louis, 7.20.22

7 in Louis' Australian Today interview - the interviewer mentions its been 10 years since he's been on the show and he responds it's been 7 years since the band toured there, 7.21.22

Harry posted 7 on IG of this bts photo for HSLOT Krakow, posted 7.20.22

John Delf’s Louis Tomlinson Changeover playlist on Spotify was updated to remove 28 songs and add 7 songs.  7.30.22

7 of the John Delf LT Changeover playlist songs are also on HSLOT’s pre/post-show playlist. 7.30.22

LT2 vinyl has 7 tracks on each side from the Amazon 'leak' 8.11.22

LT2 Amazon vinyl release scheduled for 11.11.22, 28 months after Louis announces Syco contract end

L and H saw Ed Sheeran in Manchester where Lego House was the 7th song on the setlist. All Along lyrics are "we saw Ed in Manchester, I held you while he played."

Bonus! Lego House is an exit song twice for LTWT22, and one of those times is the day HS3 is released.

Louis' Bigger Than Me promo reel features this image of 7 Louis photos and 7 28's, and Louis with a green eye. 8.31.22

Louis' friends and family referencing the number 7 on social media

September 7, 2022, Harry wears the peace ring to perform at MSG

Louis' F1 playlist released Sept 7, 2022 has 7 by Catfish and the Bottlemen and the Arctic Monkeys' 505, which had a chorus referencing 7 9.7.22

Helene Horlyck posted an IG photo with Louis and Lottie at Taylor Swift's party. It was taken post-Haylor stunt on May 19, 2015. Helene captioned it 7 year hop with orange hearts. 9.9.22

Harry's diamond ring has 7 stones

"All Of Those Voices" premieres at 7 pm local time everywhere, 3.22.23

Louis gets 4 finger tattoos, making the number of tattoos on his hands 7. 4.5.23 His two ring fingers are the 8/♾️ and pyramid/🔺️

Louis covers Arctic Monkeys' 505 on FITF tour, about wanting to get back to your lover waiting in a hotel room, even if it takes a 7 hour flight, starting 5.2023

Louis sings and dances to 7 Nation Army to celebrate his team's birthday, FITFWT Woodlands TX, 7.8.23

Z8/28 on the saddle of Harry's horse in the Daylight mv, released 7.19.23

77 days between the mv release of Late Night Talking and Sept 28, and 77 days between Sept 28 and Daylight mv release.

Louis switches up his setlist for the final show of the North American FITF tour leg in Forest Hills NY by singing 7 again with the intro "I don't want to introduce the next tune, but I don't really know how to close this without her. Enjoy the next tune!" 7/29/23

Louis sings 7 again at Barcelona for the UK FITF tour leg, the same day photos appear of Harry (from 10/5/23) wearing the infamous boyfriend Umbro shirt, 10/6/23

Louis' website is updated to celebrate Faith In the Future One Year On; the source code includes a massive 369 (made out of 3s, 6s, 9, and colons) that begins on line 7, 11/11/23 thank you to @wendersfive for the addition!

Plus let's not forget all the twisted DNA strand sunburst/kiwi clothing/checkered flag shit

But don't stop now! Bring on the cryptic numerology, drive us insane please - we love it.

At this point, with the 28 and 4 7s and 369, the only numbers they haven't claimed are 1, 5, and 0.

[dreamings-free]

comments to Charlie’s post about the All Of Those Voices Tokyo premiere 13/3/23

it seems Gordon Smart might be moderating the premiere in London on Thursday 16/3..

[gracefullou]

thank you for tagging me @berlinini and thank you for the person who created this lovely game ❤️

when did you become a louie?

Around January 2019. I watched the X-factor uk and after it was over, i missed the pretty blue eyed ex-boybander (sorry for this dull description of him 😬 but that's all I knew about him from the show, they never mentioned his solo music) so i decided to check him out, i found back to you and the rest of his solo work and fell more in love 🥹.

your earliest fandom memory?

I don't really remmember tbh and tbf i was a very laid back fan before walls. At the top of my head, i remmember the two of us release and the interviews he did for it and all

your favourite song (one off walls, one off fitf)?

It changes from time to time but right now i'd say always you from walls and all this time from fitf.

your favourite music video?

Walls mv. It's a masterpiece 😌

favourite gig?

From ltwt, i'll never get over the Austin show it's so special to me idk. And from fitfwt the London and New York shows. Special mention to the Scala show that he did in 2019, i've always loved this show and after aotv i love it even more 🥹

favourite louis hair?

The first Afhf hair and cinammon roll

favourite louis interview?

Both Zach Sang interviews. I also adore the Wired video where he answers Internet questions (he was absolutely lovely in it like that's the loml 🫶🏽) and that actually me segment for GQ

suit louis or tank top louis?

I love both but suit Louis supremacy 🫡

favourite louis tattoo?

I'm obsessed with his it is what it is and far away tattoo (and almost all of his tattoos they're so aesthetically pleasing tbf)

favourite louis bodypart? (c'mon we all have one!)

I'm obsessed with too many 🫣 but especially his beautiful shiny hair, his pretty blue eyes, and of course his waist (and 🍑 of course).

[ificouldflyhome369]

Oh here's a fun little prediction. We'll continue getting pictures of Harry in Italy right up until louis afhf and right then like magic harry will be seen in London