{"id":1058017,"date":"2026-06-29T18:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1058017\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:21:20","slug":"harry-styles-collapse-at-london-concert-caused-by-choking-not-heat-the-mercury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1058017\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Styles collapse at London concert caused by choking, not heat \u2013 The Mercury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/04\/22\/harry-styles-zoe-kravitz-spark-engagement-speculation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Harry Styles\u2019<\/a> brief but jarring collapse during his London performance this weekend was not a result of the heatwave affecting Europe, but choking.<\/p>\n<p>Insiders close to the sold-out Wembley Stadium concert told TMZ that the moment was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/28\/harry-styles-collapsed-on-stage-because-he-choked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">due to \u201ca brief onstage mishap involving water\u201d during the 32-year-old star\u2019s \u201cwhale move.\u201d<\/a> It was then that the\u201dAperture\u201d singer inadvertently choked on the water.<\/p>\n<p>A TikTok shows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@enricalatorre\/video\/7655829458217192726?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C122349556%2C122221973%2C122122240%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121960941%2C122122244%2C122122243%2C122122242%2C121487028%2C121679410%2C122258714%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=www.tmz.com%2F2026%2F06%2F28%2Fharry-styles-collapsed-on-stage-because-he-choked%2F&amp;referer_video_id=7655829458217192726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">moment Styles \u201cwent literally on the floor,\u201d<\/a> lying on stage, on his back \u2014 to the applause of the crowd \u2014 and slowly but surely started coughing, before jumping back up. The Grammy winner then ran across the stage and waved to the crowd, as flickers of his hit, \u201cAs It Was,\u201d sounded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"British singer Harry Styles performs on stage during the BRIT Awards 2026 at the Co-op Live arena, in Manchester on Feb. 28, 2026. (Photo by Adrian Dennis \/ AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"5220\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2263564005.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12957177\" \/>British singer Harry Styles performs on stage during the BRIT Awards 2026 at the Co-op Live arena, in Manchester on Feb. 28, 2026. (Photo by Adrian Dennis \/ AFP via Getty Images)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Friday though brought record-breaking heats to England, which sweltered through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/uk-temperature-hits-369-degrees-breaking-june-record-again-2026-06-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">whopping 36.9 degrees Celsius<\/a>, or 98.4 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n<p>The One Direction alum is currently on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hstyles.co.uk\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cTogether Together\u201d tour<\/a>, announced back in January and featuring multiple residencies, including one at Madison Square Garden from Aug. 26 through Oct. 31. It wasn\u2019t long before reports of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/02\/05\/harry-styles-fans-sell-blood-msg-tour-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fans selling blood to afford tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Styles released his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2026\/01\/15\/harry-styles-confirms-fourth-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">long-awaited fourth studio album, \u201cKiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>The professional news has been somewhat overshadowed by that of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/04\/22\/harry-styles-zoe-kravitz-spark-engagement-speculation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">whirlwind engagement<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/04\/27\/serial-daters-zoe-kravitz-harry-styles-engaged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Zo\u00eb Kravitz<\/a>, to whom he was first linked in summer 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Styles\u2019 brief but jarring collapse during his London performance this weekend was not a result of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1058018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,4080,23900,393,77,4884,2843,257,120350,269,12,711,6417,16,15,263],"class_list":["post-1058017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-celebrities","tag-coffee-break","tag-england","tag-entertainment","tag-great-britain","tag-latest-headlines","tag-london","tag-morning-wire","tag-music","tag-news","tag-pop-music","tag-things-to-do","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116834789465935483","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1058018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}