Harry Styles Pays Tribute to Dolly Parton at Madison Square Garden Residency Opening Night: “We Love You”

Just like the rest of the world, Harry Styles is remembering Dolly Parton .

During Wednesday night’s opening night of Styles’ Madison Square Garden residency for the Together, Together Tour, he took a moment to share a few heartfelt words about the icon before playing Parton’s 1974 song “I Will Always Love You.

“We’ve got a couple of songs left for you, but first I wanna say a proper thank you to all the musicians over the years who have inspired me,” Styles told the crowd. “Dolly, we love you. Thank you so much.” Related Stories Music Dolly Parton's Spotify Streams Spiked Over 1,200 Percent Following Icon's Death Music Dolly Parton Biopic, Docuseries and Scripted Series Among Planned Projects Before Death

As “I Will Always Love You” played at the famous venue, actress Drew Barrymore and CBS Mornings host Gayle King were also spotted in the audience singing along.

On Tuesday, one of Parton’s nephews, Bryan Seaver, recorded a video at her request to announce that the country music icon died peacefully in Nashville on Tuesday at the age of 80, her rep confirmed. Later that day, her cause of death was revealed to be cancer.

While Styles and Parton never worked together professionally, he is among many celebrities paying tribute to Parton. Following her death, stars took to social media to share tributes, including her goddaughter Miley Cyrus as well as Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Celine Dion, Keith Urban, Kelly Clarkson, Beyoncé, Kevin Costner and more.

As for Styles, Wednesday kicks off his first of his 30-date residency at Madison Square Garden . This marks the “As It Was” singer’s first set of live shows since 2023 as he tours his album Kiss All the Time. Disco Occasionally, released earlier this year.

His run at MSG is also a coveted ticket, as after the pre-sale tickets went live in January, they garnered 11.5 million registrations for tickets and were “the highest volume ever recorded for an artist presale,” according to Ticketmaster .

The Together, Together residency at Madison Square Garden will run until Halloween.