The Larry Newsletter - August 2023 (week 3)
Louis gave us all baby-fever / sibling-envy, and then ruled the Away From Home Festival!
This week in Larry news
All dates listed for CEST (Central European Summer Time).
Sunday, August 13
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Louis donated £1,000 to his bandmate Matt’s sister’s fundraiser for cancer research
Reading material
A very interesting article full of info and infographics about the out-of-control rise in concert ticket prices
Monday, August 14
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Louis attended the family party for his nephew’s first birthday, cOinCIdeNtally wearing blue and green (and looking proper good).
The jacket he wore has history 👀
video of Louis without the jacket, looking very happy
Daisy posted these sibling group photos to Instagram 😍 (and the fandom once again had a one-track mind)
Another selfie shared by Lottie which shows Louis smooching her 🥰😭, and this close-up HD of the two siblings
The fan blog “fashionlouist” has launched a website with everything he’s ever worn in public. You can filter your browsing by Occasion, Clothing and Brands by using the sidebar menu. (announcement)
Tuesday, August 15
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Louis' stylist Helen shared a fan's video of how they framed Louis' torn tank top
No other news today, please enjoy this breathtaking photo by fan photographer Nikki Marie: (her post)
Wednesday, August 16
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Louis’ Prada tanktop seems to be provided quite specifically to gay celebs
Harry
HLD shared a fan’s video with Harry, taken in July when he was in Madrid
Other
Liam mentioned in an interview that he played his new album to Louis before publishing it
Thursday, August 17
No news today, please enjoy this fun sign seen in the queue at AFHF:
Friday, August 18
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Louis tweeted “Can’t wait for the festival tomorrow!!”
The mayor of Camaiore went to see the fans waiting in the queue for AFHF yesterday to make sure they were safe and thanked them for being polite and keeping everything nice and clean (video)
Louis’ sound tech Jdelf posted a picture showing he’s on the way to Italy
LTHQItaly provided a banner for Louies to sign (photos)
An article was published in an italian magazine about how successful this year’s AFHF is, and a fan provided translation of the key points
Saturday, August 19
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Louis tweeted “Woke up feeling really good. Can’t wait to see everyone at the festival today. For years and years I sat on the idea of starting away from home because it seemed like an impossible task.
To see how much we’ve grown the festival in such a short space of time makes me really proud!
It’s going to be incredible today. I can feel it!”Photos of Louis watching Andrew Cushin perform at AFHF
Short video of Louis backstage shared by the AFHF account (this is the ID for the shirt he wore)
Video of Louis watching Hot Wax perform
The banner that was signed by fans was later hung up backstage
Louis’ set at AFHF
he wore a black tank top and green long pants (outfit details)
during the show, one of the screens showed a very large letter “W”, immediately making us wonder what it could mean and theorizing that it was part of some announcement. Turns out, it was just a screen malfunction 😂
the setlist was pretty different from the setlist during his US tour leg, with mostly the same songs but in completely different order
the surprise song of the set was “Paradise” (video)
he also brought back “7” (video)
Louis went to barricade 3 times during his set, each time favouring the middle of the crowd (video) (video) (video) (video)
the tank top survived… unsurprisingly, as it was identified as not Tom Ford 😎
at one point he threw his towel into the crowd?!!??? 🫠 (tweet) (photo)
outro song was “We Are The Champions”
Louis’ next show will kick off his European tour leg in Hamburg, 9 days from now!
On a personal note
The “Away From Famous Fics Festival” was a huge success, thank you to everyone who sent in nominees and interacted with the posts!
Here you can find a summary thread of the full lineup of #AFFF. Happy reading!
Fan projects for FITF EU shows
Please dm me any fan projects you’re aware of, I’ll collect them here! Below are the next 10 shows:
08-29 Hamburg - insta/ltwthamburg
08-31 Copenhagen - insta/fitfwtcopenhagen
09-01 Oslo - x/LT_Oslo2023
09-02 Stockholm - insta/ltwtstockholm2023 and insta/louistomlinson.stockholm
09-04 Helsinki - insta/sibwawchelsinki
09-05 Tallinn - insta/faithinthefuturelt.tallinn
09-07 Riga
09-08 Kaunas
09-10 Krakow
09-11 Lodz
Please dm me any announcements you would like to be published in this newsletter!
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