Harry Styles Closes Madison Square Garden Residency in Giant Rat Costume

Harry Styles brought his 30-night Madison Square Garden residency to an unconventional close, dressing as New York City’s viral Pizza Rat for his final performance on Halloween.

The singer took to the stage on Saturday, October 31, in an oversized brown furry rat costume, complete with pink feet, a long tail and black sunglasses. He also carried a large foam slice of pizza, recreating the image of the rat that became an internet sensation after a video showed it carrying a slice down the steps of a New York City subway station.

The appearance was part of Harryween, Styles’ two-night Halloween celebration at the New York venue. His band members joined the occasion, dressing as various New York City landmarks and cultural references.

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Styles later removed the full costume but kept the furry ears and tail, changing into brown shorts and a white T-shirt printed with the words “I am a rat”.

The performance also attracted attention in the audience, where actress Zoë Kravitz was spotted enjoying the show. She embraced the New York-inspired theme in a plastic bag-style mini dress featuring the words “Thank you, have a nice day”, a familiar message associated with the city’s takeaway packaging.

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The Pizza Rat costume followed another Halloween-inspired appearance the previous evening. For the first Harryween show on Friday, October 30, Styles paid tribute to Elvis Presley in a white sequinned jumpsuit, complete with a satin-lined blue cape and gold sunglasses.

He also revisited the beginning of his music career by recreating the outfit he wore for his 2010 The X Factor audition. At 16, Styles appeared on the British singing competition in a grey cardigan, white T-shirt, yellow scarf and brown trousers. He wore the same look for a performance of Stevie Wonder’s Isn’t She Lovely, the song he had originally performed during his audition.

Harryween has become a recurring part of Styles’ concert history. He first introduced the Halloween-themed performances in 2021 during his Love on Tour run at Madison Square Garden. For the two shows, he dressed as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and a Pierrot clown, respectively.

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The tradition returned in 2022 when Styles channelled Danny Zuko, the character played by John Travolta in Grease, for a Halloween performance at the Forum in Inglewood, California. He completed the look with a black leather jacket, fitted trousers and a pompadour hairstyle, while his bandmates dressed as characters from the film.

This year’s Halloween performances marked the conclusion of Styles’ 30-night Madison Square Garden residency as part of his Together, Together tour. The run surpassed his previous record of 15 consecutive performances at the venue in 2022, for which he received a commemorative banner.

For his final Madison Square Garden appearance, Styles traded the familiar Halloween costume references of previous years for a distinctly New York character. The result was a Pizza Rat-inspired farewell that brought his residency to a memorable close.