This week, One Direction fans and the band themselves are celebrating 10 years since the group formed on The X Factor. As part of the celebrations, a brand new website is being launched with interactive playlists, and a video charting 1D’s rapid rise to world domination. Over the course of five years, One Direction scooped…
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Kodaline’s praise for One Direction
13 June 2020 Kodaline always knew One Direction would have successful solo careers. Kodaline [pic by Luc Coiffait] The Irish band co-wrote ‘Make It Feel Right’ with Harry Styles back in 2014 and said it was obvious that Harry, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik had the talent to go on to…
Elgar, Led Zeppelin, Harry Styles – the story of Worcestershire’s musical heritage
The composer Edwin Elgar is one of Worcestershire’s most famous sons. Born in a cottage in Broadheath in 1857, his name remains synonymous with British patriotism, having written the music for ‘Land of Hope and Glory’. But he is not the only musician whose origins can be traced to the county. Dig a little deeper,…
Louis Tomlinson’s dig at One Direction’s ‘vague’ music he says was all about No1s
Louis Tomlinson took a bit of a swipe at One Direction’s music as he branded it “vague”. The singer said the songs he released with bandmates Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan – who were put together on X Factor in 2010 – didn’t mean anything and were simply designed to appeal…
New Australian musical Fangirls flips the script on the fandom of young women
Posted October 16, 2019 03:06:04 Photo: Playwright and performer Yve Blake, 26, is now working with a UK company to adapt Fangirls for the screen. (ABC Arts: Anna Kucera) Related Story: ‘They’re all my boyfriends’: The secret life of a boy band fangirl When the Hungarian virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt began receiving public displays of…
Harry Styles drops new music
11 October 2019 Harry Styles has released a new song, ‘Lights Up’. Harry Styles The former One Direction hunk has shared his first new music in almost two years with the lead single from his as-yet untitled second solo album. Harry has shared the video to the song, in which he is largely shirtless and…