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Big Time Rush's Carlos PenaVega Recalls One Direction Opening Their Tour: 'That Was Really Hard for Us'

The British boy band joined the American pop group on 10 dates of their Better With U tour in 2012 Sadie Bell was a digital news writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023. Her work ...
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I had a front-row seat to One Direction’s rise to fame — here’s how drugs, girls and stress tore them apart

One Direction found fame inside a nondescript North London TV studio, next to a McDonald’s and opposite a kebab shop — and I had a front row seat for the making of the world’s biggest boy band. Harry ...
People

One Direction's Former Touring Bandmates and Others Close to the Group Pay Tribute to Liam Payne After His Death

Payne died at age 31 on Oct. 16 after falling multiple stories at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina Dave Benett/Getty Images; Karwai Tang/WireImage Liam Payne will forever be remembered by those who ...
Forbes

One Direction Is Back In The Spotlight Following One Member’s Death

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 26: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) One Direction (L-R) Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne pose for a portrait backstage during the 28th Annual ...
Rolling Stone

One Direction and Justin Bieber Faced Off 10 Years Ago. But They Were Always on the Same Team

1D’s final album arrived on the same day as Bieber’s redemptive comeback in 2015. Their battle on the charts was nothing compared to the internal struggles they shared Purpose took the top slot with ...