After securing the exclusive live streaming rights to BTS’s comeback concert, Netflix has landed another blockbuster coup with the first live performance of Harry Styles’ new album.
The superstar will perform his fourth studio album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally at Co-op Live in Manchester, UK, this Friday (March 6) — the day of the LP’s release. Netflix will release the full show two days later.
Produced by Fulwell Entertainment, Harry Styles. One Night in Manchester. will be Styles’ first live concert to appear on any streaming platform.
“Fans will be able to watch the entire performance… as many times as they like, from wherever they like.”
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It will drop globally on Netflix at the following times on March 8: 7 pm (GMT), 3 pm (ET), and 12 pm (PT).
“Fans will be able to watch the entire performance… as many times as they like, from wherever they like,” said Netflix.
Styles is an investor in the 23,500-cap Co-op Live, which has announced that the sold-out concert will be phone-free, with the use of cameras, smart glasses, smart watches and similar recording devices not permitted. Phones will be secured in recyclable bags.
“Each pair of tickets sold will receive a disposable camera on the night so you can still capture your own special moments and share them after the show,” added a statement from the venue.
The one-off show is a precursor to Styles’ upcoming global tour, Together, Together, which kicks off in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on May 16. The tour will comprise 67 shows across seven cities, including a 30-night residency at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Styles was named as the winner of IFPI’s Global Single Award for 2022 for his hit As It Was after generating 2.28 billion global subscription stream equivalent units.
His new album arrives nearly four years after predecessor Harry’s House won Album of the Year at the 2023 Grammy Awards.
The Styles special marks a further escalation of Netflix’s investment in premium concert content.
In November, the streamer released ONE SHOT with Ed Sheeran, a one-take music special that followed the singer-songwriter through the streets of New York City performing his biggest hits. That project was also produced by Fulwell Entertainment, which is fast emerging as Netflix’s go-to production partner for high-profile music programming.
The Harry Styles deal also arrives just a month after the streamer announced it had sealed a deal to livestream BTS’s comeback concert.
Netflix will broadcast BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG live on March 21 at 8 pm Korea Standard Time.
The concert, which marks the South Korean superstar group’s first concert in over three years as they reunite after completing mandatory military service, will take place at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, where all seven members — RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook — will perform together for the first time since December 2022.
Netflix has also secured rights to BTS: THE RETURN, a companion documentary premiering March 27 that chronicles the creation of the album (ARIRANG) and the group’s reunion. The film is directed by Bao Nguyen (The Stringer, The Greatest Night in Pop) and produced by This Machine (Martha, Karol G) and HYBE.
The documentary deal gives Netflix behind-the-scenes access to the reunion process as the seven members met up in Los Angeles to create new music after their separation.
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