Louis Tomlinson performs at Lollapalooza 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Gina Wetzler/Redferns
Later this week, U.K. pop singer-songwriter Louis Tomlinson makes his long-anticipated India debut at the third edition of Lollapalooza India in Mumbai on Mar. 9, 2025.
Why exactly can we say with conviction that this has been long-anticipated? According to Chartmetric stats from December 2024 provided by music company Outdustry, India is the “Two Of Us” hitmaker’s second biggest market on YouTube, where the country ranks sixth place in terms of views and second place in terms of comments from India.
On Spotify, India is 5th in monthly listeners, making up 7.2 percent of his total audience. On Instagram, India ranks 7th in followers at over 720,000 and 6th in Likes.
Tomlinson’s fan army – Louies – are a tight-knit and clearly altruistic bunch in India. In the run up to finally being announced as a headliner at Lollapalooza India, the former One Direction member’s fans flooded his show request page with over 4,000 entries to play in India.
Now that he’s coming down, they’ve even gone on to crowdfund tickets to help fellow fans make it to his set. The crowdfunding campaign also received financial support from international fanbases in London and Argentina, among others.
If you thought it was just American punk rock favorites Green Day who helped sell out day 2 Lollapalooza India tickets, think again – Louies have done their bit.
Beyond this, the Louies of India fan group has been actively planning coordinated fan projects such as crowdsourcing synchronized chants, glowing light displays, and a special festival moment inspired by the concert traditions at Tomlinson’s shows everywhere else in the world. Concertgoers are also throwing back with a friendship bracelet exchange and outfit coordination.
Some fans are planning to arrive as early as 2 PM to secure the best spots, while others have even created a PowerPoint presentation (nerdy but always acceptable) expressing their love and excitement for Louis — a gesture that has quickly gained traction within the community.
At the end of January, Tomlinson specifically wrote about his Lollapalooza India show on X. He said, “Hope everyone’s doing alright! Had a good break, looking forward to getting back to it. India is going to be special, it’s somewhere I’ve dreamt of playing for a long time! Excited about the next few months of writing as well. Big year incoming!”
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