Harry Styles received a standing ovation after he delivered a ‘stunning’ performance of Bridge Over Troubled Water during his pared-back show at Meltdown Festival on Tuesday night.

The singer, 32, took a break from his Wembley residency to perform the show with the Jules Buckley Orchestra at London’s Southbank Centre, and concluded the night with a cover of the 1970 Simon And Garfunkel hit.

Harry is known to be a fan of the track, and his audience’s reaction to the cover has since gone viral on social media.

Footage shared on Instagram showed the huge round of applause from the crowd, with Rolling Stone UK praising his ‘stunning’ version of the song.

Harry’s performance came after his bandmate Liam Payne famously covered the song to raise money for the Grenfell Appeal in 2017.

Liam died aged 31 in October 2024, after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was found to have alcohol and cocaine in his system.

Harry Styles received a standing ovation after he delivered a ‘stunning’ performance of Bridge Over Troubled Water during his pared-back show at Meltdown Festival on Tuesday night

Hours after he covered the song, Harry then alluded to the impact Liam’s death had on him during his concert at Wembley Stadium.

The Aperture hitmaker is currently in the middle of his 12-night residency in London and in between hits he took a moment to reflect over ‘how beautiful, difficult and fragile life can be’.

Talking to the crowd, he began: ‘I’ve been letting a lot of life happen and having some stuff land on me and as these things were happening just sort of feeling how beautiful, and difficult and inspiring and fragile life can be.

‘I have never felt more hopeful being in these rooms with you about the future than I am today.

‘It feels like the start of something rather than the end of something and what you guys create together is incredibly special and I hope you know that.’

It isn’t the first time Harry has addressed his grief, after he also spoke about his time away from the spotlight during a show in Amsterdam last month.

He said: ‘There are some wonderful things that happened to me and there were some difficult things that happened to me.

‘I lost some friends over the last couple of years. For me having some time to let these big moments happen I have realised how fragile, beautiful, wonderful, hard, gross, inspiring all of the things life can be.’

He concluded by saying: ‘I hope being in this room together tonight, we can create some good energy together.’

The singer took a break from his Wembley residency to perform the show with the Jules Buckley Orchestra at London’s Southbank Centre

Harry’s performance came after his bandmate Liam Payne (pictured in 2019) covered the song to raise money for the Grenfell Appeal in 2017

Footage shared on Instagram showed the huge round of applause from the crowd, with Rolling Stone UK praising his ‘stunning’ version of the song

Hours after he performed the song, Harry then alluded to the impact Liam’s death had on him during his concert at Wembley Stadium

Harry previously spoke to DJ Zane Lowe about how Liam’s death impacted him.

He said: ‘It’s so difficult to lose a friend. It’s difficult to lose any friend, but it’s so difficult to lose a friend who is so like you in so many ways.

‘I think there was a period when he passed away where I really struggled with acknowledging how strange it is to have people own part of your grief in a way.’

He went on: ‘I have such strong feelings around my friend passing away. And then suddenly being aware of a desire from other people of you to convey that in some way, or it means you’re not feeling what you’re feeling, you know?’

Harry then sweetly added of Liam: ‘I saw someone with the kindest heart who just wanted to be great. What happened was a really important moment for me in terms of taking a look at my life and being able to say to myself, ‘OK, what do I want to do with my life?

‘How do I want to live my life?’ And I think the greatest way you can honour your friends who pass away is by living your life to the fullest.’

Harry kicked off his record-breaking 12-night Wembley Stadium residency on Friday night, opening to a sold-out crowd as part of his Together Together tour.

The One Direction star is celebrating the release of his fourth studio album Kiss All the Time, Disco Occasionally with a global run, with his London dates already making history as the longest single-artist Wembley residency ever.

During the concert, he was joined on stage by country icon Shania Twain, who is supporting all 12 London shows.

The setlist mixed fan favourites like Golden, Adore You and Music for a Sushi Restaurant with new tracks including Dance No More, Aperture and Are You Listening Yet?