Harry Styles surprises fans at London gig with guest Stormzy

The two stars slammed talk of a "chart battle" between themselves 
Bronwen Weatherby20 December 2019
The Weekender

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Harry Styles surprised fans who flocked to a secret intimate gig in London by bringing out rapper Stormzy.

The singer delighted those lucky enough to get tickets to the exclusive performance in Camden's Electric Ballroom on Thursday night.

Styles, 25, introduced the Heavy is the Head artist in front of the lucky crowd, who had bagged the 1,500 tickets which were made available on the day.

The sight of the two British musicians together was a rare treat for music lovers who got to hear Harry add vocals to Stormzy's hit track Vossi Bop.

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Stormzy had high praise for Harry, telling the audience he's "not just a pop star, but a brilliant artist."

“I want to say this on record, this guy has made a f**king brilliant album," he said.

Fans were thrilled by the unexpected friendship and hundreds of clips of the two singing together were posted on social media.

Styles chose to wear a pale yellow suit, while Stormzy showed up in a classic black t-shirt.

Bringing Stormzy on stage was not the only surprise of the evening though as Styles also did a rendition of Lizzo's Juice, which he covered in the BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge earlier this week.

He also held a rainbow flag as he sang We’ll Be Alright and Treat People With Kindness as the stage behind him lit up in multiple colours.

The former One Direction star performed a number of his new songs from album Fine Line, which is one of three records vying for the UK albums chart top spot.

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Stormzy's Heavy Is The Head is also in the running, as well as Rod Stewart's latest effort. The official Christmas number one album for 2019 will be announced this evening (Friday December 20).

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