Harry Styles’ fans knew they were in for an extra special concert when the ex-1D star performed a one-off show at The Forum in Inglewood, Los Angeles. But nothing could have prepared them for the surprise guest Harry Styles was keeping hidden backstage…
Amassing more than 457,000 views to date, Music Man readers can watch Harry hold an entire arena spellbound, singing a legendary hit with his superstar idol in the viral video below.
While long-term fans would have been well aware of Harry’s long-standing friendship with Fleetwood Mac goddess, Stevie Nicks, their duets only come once in a blue moon. But Harry seized the opportunity during this ‘One Night Only’ concert to add another jaw-dropping live duet to their ever-expanding catalogue – one which would go on to rank amongst their very best.
Harry and Stevie joined forces to bring Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide” back to vibrant life, ready to wow a brand-new generation of pop fans with the track’s absolutely timeless lyrics. However, the oldies but goldies noticed something even more spectacular about this set…
With their stage floor lit in a chequerboard pattern – a throwback to Stevie Nicks’ own early-era stage designs – Stevie leads the first verse with a voice that’s hardly aged a day, her iconic vocal tones intact and instantly dazzling, whether you’re a Fleetwood Mac fan or not.
Harry steals the second verse, his deep, soft voice lined by the chants of his live audience. Their chorus glistens with harmonies as the stars lock eyes like old friends or long-lost relatives, and as a spotlight shines on a soloing guitarist, Harry and Stevie break into dance.
But what’s really got fans talking is Harry’s heartmelting respect towards his icon, Stevie. He doesn’t sing to the sea of fans, but sings directly to her, keeping his gaze pinned on the legend as if he’s just as stunned by her presence as the heaving Forum crowd.
As one top commenter on this viral clip noticed, “What makes me so happy is that Stevie is to Harry what Harry is to us,” another joked, “You can tell Harry is trying to not s*** himself. This is how I will be when I duet with him lol.”
Since first meeting in 2015, Stevie and Harry’s wholesome friendship, chemistry, and sporadic reconnections have become the stuff of modern music legend. And it’s not just Harry who grew up listening to Stevie’s hits, and who has shared his love for the star. The mood runs both ways, with Stevie once joking with Rolling Stone magazine, “He’s Mick [Fleetwood]’s and my love child. When Harry came into our lives, I said, ‘Oh, my God, this is the son I never had.’ So I adopted him.”
On another occasion, she revealed, “I love Harry, and I’m so happy Harry made a rock & roll record — he could have made a pop record and that would have been the easy way for him. But I guess he decided he wanted to be born in 1948, too — he made a record that was more like 1975.”
Harry Styles’ surprise duet with Stevie Nicks turned a one-off show into a legendary moment — proof he still knows how to astonish a crowd. If you’d like to discover more from both artists, watch the viral clip or read our full coverage: useful links are below.