Harry Styles‘ pre-Super Bowlconcert on Friday night was canceled due to severe weather in Miami.
Styles, along with special guestsLizzoand Mark Ronson, were set to kick off Super Bowl weekend witha “fully-immersive” concert eventat a custom-built venue on an island off the coast of Miami. The Florida city is also hosting the big game on Sunday.
Ina tweeton Friday night, the “Lights Up” singer — who celebrates his 26th birthday on Saturday — said the concert had been canceled due to a “severe storm” heading toward the city.
“To those of you here in Miami, I was told there’s a severe storm on the way,” Styles wrote. “The fire department would not let us do the show under any circumstances. Please stay safe. I’m so disappointed, and I’m sorry.”
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Pepsi, who sponsored the concert, added in another tweet that there was a “mandatory evacuation” across all special event venues in Miami on Friday night.
According to theNational Weather Service, Miami-Dade County saw severe thunderstorms on Friday night, with the possibility of “damaging wind gusts, dangerous lightning, heavy rain, and isolated tornadoes.” The next morning, the NWSwarnedthat more severe weather — including “gusty winds, heavy rain, and flooding” — was still possible on Saturday.
Lady Gagaisscheduledto perform at the same venue as Styles’ canceled concert on Saturday night.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, Stylesjoined Lizzo for another pre-Super Bowl performancein Miami, where the two superstars sang a duet of Lizzo’s song “Juice.”
As the artists belted out the track, both Styles and Lizzo, 31, showed off their choreographed dance moves, swaying side to side together and dipping across the stage. The former One Direction member dressed in a white button-down topped with a cropped, striped sweater vest while Lizzo opted for a glittery denim leotard.
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Fans had been waiting for a Lizzo-Styles collaboration since the “Truth Hurts” singerteased the ideaafter Styles covered “Juice” in December inBBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge.
“You know what this means right….?” Lizzowrote on Twitteralong with a clip of Styles’ cover of the song.
source: people.com
