ONE DIRECTION’S FIRST HEADLINE
TOUR SELLS OUT IN MINUTES INCLUDING MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND - 2013
US SUMMER TOUR ANNOUNCED
One Direction have done it again; their December 3 show at
Madison Square Garden sold out in under 10 minutes. With their entire May/June
2012 tour also selling out in minutes, One Direction are giving their fans a
chance to see the group live once again in the summer of 2013 as part of their
World Tour– the earliest they are able to return with a tour to the States. The
Live Nation promoted 25 city tour kicks off in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on June 13,
2013 and hits New York, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, and more (see below for
full dates). Tickets go on sale Saturday April 21, at Ticketmaster.com and
LiveNation.com. For more information visit www.onedirectionmusic.com.
“Our fans are simply the best in the world. The
support they have shown us has been incredible and we’re all so grateful to
each and every one of them. We can’t wait to see everyone this summer, at
Madison Square Garden and of course when we play our world tour in 2013”. Niall
Horan.
One Direction gained notoriety in 2010 after appearing on
the X-Factor UK. Their global smash debut album, Up All Night, entered the charts at #1 in 14
countries and has been certified triple platinum in Ireland, double
platinum in the UK & Australia, and platinum in New Zealand. One
Direction made history as their debut album Up All Night
entered the US Billboard 200 chart at #1 with over 176,000 copies sold making
them the first British group ever to debut at #1 in the US with their debut
album release. Their debut single “What Makes You Beautiful” has recently been
certified platinum in the US for sales in excess of 1,000,000 units.
The Up All Night: The Live Tour DVD will be available on May
2012. The live DVD features a 73 minute concert of their hit songs, plus never
before seen, behind the scenes footage and three music videos (“What Makes
You Beautiful,” “Gotta Be You” and “One Thing.”
This weekend, One Direction appeared in an episode of iCarly
“iGo One Direction” performing their hit single “What Makes You Beautiful” on Nickelodeon. That night the band
were also the musical guests on Saturday Night Live with guest host Sofia
Vergara, check out the skit and performances here: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/one-direction-what-makes-you-beautiful/1395373
.
One Direction are Niall Horan, Zayn
Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. All of the group hail from
the U.K., save for Horan, who is from Ireland. All five of the boys (ages
18-20) auditioned for the UK X Factor in 2010 as solo artists. However, at the
suggestion of Simon Cowell they joined forces as a group, quickly becoming one
of the competitions most popular acts of all time, finishing in the final three
and garnering a gigantic fan-base along the way.
Up All Night debut album
is available now in music stores nationwide, from Ivory Music & Video, the
exclusive licensee of Sony Music in the Philippines. You can also get it at www.mymusicstore.com.ph
One
Direction 2013 Summer Tour Dates:
6/13
Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center
6/14
Miami,
FL American
Airlines Arena
6/18
Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
6/19
Nashville, TN
Bridgestone Arena
6/21
Atlanta,
GA Philips Arena
6/22
Raleigh,
NC PNC Arena (formerly RBC Arena)
6/23
Washington, DC Verizon Center
6/26
Boston,
MA
Comcast Center
6/28
Wantagh,
NY Nikon
at Jones Beach Theater
7/4 Montreal,
PQ Bell Centre
7/6 Hershey,
PA Hersheypark Stadium
7/8
Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
7/9
Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre
7/12
Detroit,
MI The
Palace of Auburn Hills
7/13
Chicago,
IL
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
7/18
Minneapolis, MN Target Center
7/19
Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
7/24
Denver,
CO
Pepsi Center
7/25
Salt Lake City, UT
Maverick Center
7/27
Vancouver, BC Rogers
Arena
7/28
Seattle,
WA
KeyArena
7/31
Oakland,
CA
Oracle Arena
8/2 Las
Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Events
Center
8/6 San
Diego, CA Cricket Wireless
Amphitheatre
8/7 Los
Angeles, CA Staples Center
*more dates to be announced
For more info visit http://www.onedirectionmusic.com