Harry Styles Channels John Travolta in ‘Grease,’ Honors Olivia-Newton John at First ‘Harryween’ in Los Angeles: Concert Review

Good things can come to those who wait, and after seeing Harry Styles channel Dorothy from the “Wizard of Oz” and a harlequin at last year’s two “Harryween” concerts in New York, the singer brought the event to Los Angeles for the first time as part of his 15-concert joyride at the Kia Forum.

Fans had been waiting in tents around the circular arena since Sunday night in the hopes of landing a spot near the pit’s barricade where it’s easier to catch the English singer’s eyes during his famed on-stage fan interactions. Vendors lined the arena’s entrance with feather boas and light-up cowboy hats as thousands of concert-goers appeared as ballerinas, princesses and fairies — some even dressed as Styles himself, even in imitations of his Dorothy and clown costumes from last year’s Harryween.

Outside of the arena, a carnival scene complete with a multi-colored Ferris wheel, men on stilts and tarot card readers hinted at the evening ahead.

It’s become a tradition (and somewhat of a conspiracy) that before a Styles show, a large black box, believed to be containing the man of the hour himself, gets rolled through the crowd and pushed beneath the stage as the muffled screams of eager concert-goers grow louder. It’s a sign that the show is about to begin.

Like clockwork, Styles’ band strutted their way to the stage from the back of the arena shortly after, as a recording of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John’s duet “You Better Shape Up” from the 1978 film “Grease” began to play. Guitarist Mitch Rowland showed up in gym clothes reading “Styles High School,” and drummer Sarah Jones was the night’s Sandy, while several Pink Ladies and one beauty school dropout flooded the stage. A single beam of white light identified Styles, who was dressed as Danny Zuko, Travolta’s character in the film, wearing a black wig and sideburns, a leather jacket and a black muscle tee with the word “Harryween” emblazoned on the back in red glittery letters.