One Direction to Split After Making Two More Albums

Equal cries of rejoice and sadness will be heard throughout the internet today as Simon Cowell announced his thoughts on the future of the world's biggest boy band right now.

Speaking to the ever-classy, and ever-reliable Daily Star, he said

"Bands don't stay together forever. I think that they will make at least two more albums, and they're in the middle of one right now."

So using my amazing skills in mathematics, I deduce that they have just one more album to churn out after the completion of this one, before we may live in peace without the presence of a scarily-famous group whose fan base are all kinds of crazy. 

Although he denied that the split was due to member Harry Styles wanting to pursue a solo career, he revealed that he thought eventually all of 1D would head out on their own to make individual music. 

Rejoice throughout the land as Simon realises how shit 1D are. 

Split rumours are not uncommon, fuelled by the fact that Styles is often seen jetting off to preferred destination Los Angeles as oppose to staying with his bandmates or visiting family back home. The 20-year-old has always denied wanting to go solo, saying

"I still want to be touring with One Direction in ten years. I'll be doing it until I'm old and people are telling me to stop.''

Forget 10 years Hazza, you guys won't last two- perhaps Si Co has another bunch of pubescent squealers ready to be let loose upon the world. Allow for another generation of teenage girls to collapse into fits of hysteria. 

One Direction Grab a Kebab and Hit on Old Ladies in New Music Video Midnight Memories

Cementing their fun-loving image, boy band One Direction are seen frolicking in the streets of London in their new music video Midnight Memories. 

After a whirlwind year of touring, the group are on a short break while preparing for their gargantuan stadium world tour, Where We Are. Taking some time off they managed to show the world they aren't tired yet. 

Beginning the video at a seemingly dull house party, the group leave to make their own rave. 

Wolverine is that you? 

Singing "now im at the age when I know what I need" they enter a kebab shop where Niall the Neanderthal  grabs some of that doner with his teeth, Harry gets down and dirty serving the customers and Liam consumes too much chilli sauce. 

After Harry and Louis get familiar with the local OAPs, the gang grab themselves some motorised scooters. Don't ruin your quiffs lads. 

After stealing a police boat (naughty) they storm the Thames lip syncing their little hearts out.

and my personal favourite.. 

not so hot now is he ladies?

If we learn anything from this video it's that 1D pride themselves in a party that contains re-constituted meat, fire extinguishers and motorised scooters. 

American Music Awards 2013: The Best and Worst Bits

Last night played host to the AMAs, previously created as an alternative to the Grammy Awards back in 1973, and the stars were out in full force. For those of you who missed one of the biggest nights in US music, fear not! I have selected the best bits of the awards, including performances, interviews and general eventful moments. 

Best Bits: 

Lady Gaga's entrance on a (sort of) horse

BRAVO GAGA! She never fails to impress as last night the star entered the red carpet on a human horse, looking every inch Lady Godiva, minus the nakedness. Flawless 

From pmchollywoodlife.files.wordpress.com

Rihanna receives an award from her mum 

Pop titan Rihanna received the coveted AMA Icon award, and was presented the prize by her own mother, the pride was unbelievably cute! 

From www.billboard.com

Kendall Jenner kind of denies being with Harry Styles 

So amongst the whirlwind of rumours that Kendall Jenner and Harry Styles were dating, Jenner was asked on the red carpet if she was going out with the 1D star, to which she stated "We're friends. He's cool, yeah, he's cool". Cool story Kendall... 

From www.eonline.com

Best Performances: 

Lady Gaga and R Kelly with 'Do What You Want' 

Not content with arriving on a (fake) white horse, the kooky popstar performed her latest single with R Kelly as the President and herself in Marilyn Monroe-esque attire. Lyrically flawless and always entertaining, this was definitely the best performance of the night. 

Miley Cyrus and her giant kitten

What next? Miss Cyrus is forever shocking us and this time she positioned herself in front of a giant cat that seemed to be singing along to Wrecking Ball. I admire her guts, although her outfit was questionable. Enjoy. 

Pitbull and Ke$ha

Although I abhor Pitbull and think behind Robin Thicke, he is the biggest creep in pop, I loved his ridiculously fun performance he did with crazy pop princess Ke$ha. Seedy club meets barn dance with this one, and I had to admit it left me toe-tapping. Feel-good fun. 

Worst Bits: 

Taylor Swift looking stupidly thin 

Oh gosh, what has happened to Taylor Swift? she may have bagged multiple awards last night, but she has definitely lost a little weight. A little too thin. 

From pmchollywoodlife.files.wordpress.com

Christina Aguilera's meager appearance 

Xtina is looking mighty fine these days and she dazzled on the red carpet, but I would have preferred to have seen a solo performance from her. 

From www.billboard.com

General lack of fashion sense on the red carpet

The gowns last night were SHOCKINGLY BAD. I shall use Zendaya Coleman as an example (sorry love, but Halloween has been and gone)

From pmchollywoodlife.files.wordpress.com

Worst Performances: 

Katy Perry- Unconditionally (crap)

Despite her hype and the international success of her new album Prism, Perry constantly disappoints me when it comes to her live performances, its simple- she just can't sing. Although the Geisha theme was attractive to look at, her voice is weak. 

One Direction- Story of My Life 

As much as I think 1D are pretty harmless, I do think they need to perhaps take a break. One Direction overload is evident and I think everyone is slightly sick of them at the moment. After a world tour, it's obvious their voices are a little tired and this performance made me yawn. 

Review: One Direction's Midnight Memories Leaked !

It's every singer's worst nightmare, but it's not surprising that the world's biggest boyband's upcoming album has been leaked. One Direction's Midnight Memories was due for release next week, but the internet has been whipped into a frenzy as Directioners across the world are sharing the leaked songs with each other. 

          From www.aceshowbiz.com

With two mainstream studio albums already released, the band promised more of a rock feel to this album, but I cant help feeling that they seemed almost scared to stray from their pop roots. 

Tracklist: 

Best Song Ever

The first single to be released back in July, Best Song Ever originally broke the 24 hour record on VEVO, gaining 12.3 million views. 

Story of My Life

The second single to be released from the upcoming album, the video received a large amount of critical acclaim due to the personal nature of the music video 

Diana 

Although they have kept fairly quiet about who Diana actually is, Liam once joked that it was about a random girl on Twitter- "She’s tweeted us so many times, we just felt like we really owed it to her. She has like 70,000 followers, too, so we thought it made some business sense. " The song has deep pop tones and a stupidly catchy chorus. 

Midnight Memories

This song is definitely about being on tour, partying and not caring. It is reminiscent of Rock Me, an unreleased track from Take Me Home. Any McFly fans will appreciate this song for sure. 

You and I 

This track was my favourite on the album, I knew the group had to have an equivalent to Little Things, and this one is it. This may be a cheesy love ballad, but it shows off the vocal range the group has, and stripping back the music to the bare minimum is a welcome break from the rock/pop that consumes many of the tracks.  

Don't Forget Where You Belong

Very much a song about exploring the world, yet still looking forward to being back home, this track is pretty cute, and definitely gives Directioners a slice of fangirling in three minute form.  

Strong

With a heavier beat, but still maintaining the mainstream pop, this one is a sure fire contender for the next single to be released. 

Happily

As albums go, this one reaches it's optimum feel-good scale with Happily, as the five members belt out " I just want it to be you and I forever"... Directioners everywhere swoon. 

From hollywoodtimessquare.com

Right Now

This one really reminded me of a One Republic track, and for any 1D skeptic, the high notes hit in this song are almost faith-restoring. Bravo lads. 

Little Black Dress

When the group talked about the rock tones, this is as far as it went with LBD. This one was less about the solo snippets, but all about harmonising with each other. 

Through The Dark 

It was a breath of fresh air for the album to turn to more acoustic influences and I definitely think the band fair better when the music is stripped back. 

From www.blogcdn.com

Something Great

This track disappointed me the most, as although I enjoy the harmonies the group creates, this one lacked a strong, addictive chorus I was looking for. 

Little White Lies

Another song about girls that play games.. yawn! The super catchy chorus is what saves this one.. I'm still humming it. 

Better Than Words

Hello electronic influences.. I loved this song and how it was confused about whether it wanted to be upbeat or not. Cheekiest lyric of the album: "You make me wanna.... one more night"

Why We Don't Go There

This song is (close your ears young Directioners) about spending the night together... These boys are definitely growing up *winks*

From i.imgur.com

Does He Know 

In this track let's all boyfriends know that any of the five members of 1D have the potential to steal your girlfriend. Consider yourself threatened. " Does he know you can move it like that?" I assume they are talking about dancing here.. 

Alive

This one must have been written by Mr Styles himself. The proof: "I don't know why I want to be with every girl I meet". If they ever release this, I want the video to include an American diner, some serious quiffs and soft top cars. 

Half a Heart

Another Little Things substitute about how much they miss their loved ones.. aww. Definitely one for the soppiest oafs. 

Trying to leave their pop routes, they have ended up circling right back to what they know. A great third album, but not a spot on Take Me Home's charm. 

I give it:   ★★★

#1bigannouncement One Direction Announces New Stadium Tour for 2014!

Boyband sensation One Direction certainly know how to set their fans' tongues wagging after teasing them with a cryptic tweet hinting at a big announcement to come. 

                                            From i2.mirror.co.uk

The band are currently on their sold out Take Me Home world tour that consists of 120 dates in total, spanning from Europe to Australasia. 

Twitter speculation has been immense and varied, and with tweets such as this one from the band's official account, it is no wonder their fans were excited! 

At ten past twelve, the five members attended a press conference at Wembley Stadium where they announced  their upcoming stadium tour, Where We Are. 

                       From i4.mirror.co.uk

Band member Niall said: "We are doing a worldwide stadium tour.

"We will be touring in Latin America first then UK and Ireland.

"We are ecstatic. We have only been a band for three years and we're already doing stadiums - including Wembley."

Harry added: 

"It's important the fans and everyone who comes to see the show know it's going to be much bigger and new songs. A completely different tour."

                     

Check out the site here for more details:  onebigannouncement.com

                          From i2.mirror.co.uk

                                                 (there's Harry leaving the conference) 

                

One Direction Swap the Booze for Peppermint Tea on Tour

Despite raising eyebrows through their body art, boy band One Direction have said to have shunned alcohol whilst on their tour, and instead request peppermint tea. 

                  From 28.media.tumblr.com

They drank tea at the last Brit Awards back in February and were reported to have told the organisers of their Manchester leg that they wanted a large amount of teabags on standby.

The company Higher Living came to the band's aide, supplying them with some specially brewed organic tea. 

A source said that:

"The lads and their management team have specifically asked to keep their dressing room low-key before the shows and requested tea in there rather than booze." -- A far cry from the diva antics of the likes of Mariah Carey!

                                               From www.pharmaplus.com.sg

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson even has a tattoo of a cup of tea on his arm. In the end, who can resist a lovely brew?!

One Direction Swap the Booze for Peppermint Tea on Tour

Despite raising eyebrows through their body art, boy band One Direction have said to have shunned alcohol whilst on their tour, and instead request peppermint tea. 

                  From 28.media.tumblr.com

They drank tea at the last Brit Awards back in February and were reported to have told the organisers of their Manchester leg that they wanted a large amount of teabags on standby.

The company Higher Living came to the band's aide, supplying them with some specially brewed organic tea. 

A source said that:

"The lads and their management team have specifically asked to keep their dressing room low-key before the shows and requested tea in there rather than booze." -- A far cry from the diva antics of the likes of Mariah Carey!

                                               From www.pharmaplus.com.sg

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson even has a tattoo of a cup of tea on his arm. In the end, who can resist a lovely brew?!

Jake Bugg hits out at One Direction again saying "Probably the ugliest one is the best singer"

Youngster Jake Bugg could be forgiven for his first bout of verbal diarrhea last week, when he lashed out on X Factor rejects One Direction. However his second attack puts him in a less favourable position after he spoke about the band during an interview at the NME Awards last night. 

He told the press he did not believe One Direction should even be classed as a band- this came in light of the news that the group had won the NME award for "Worst Band".

                                         From www.nme.com

Bugg commented "I don't know how they can really be considered a band though to be honest". After saying this he suddenly seemed reluctant to speak, telling his interviewer that his comments would probably "wind [the band] up". 

He was also asked about their popularity around the world reflecting their success: 

"They're there to look good...Music wise? I assume they don't really have a clue. We'll just see. They might do"

He went on to say "Probably the ugliest one is the best singer. He might know a couple of chords."- ouch! 

                                       From blogs.coventrytelegraph.net

The singer seemed less than starstruck by anyone and described award ceremonies as "boring",despite his nominations for Best Solo Artist and Best Album at last night's awards- he also claimed he had no idea who he was up against.

The interviewer also teased Bugg by asking him if he would be interested in writing any songs for One Direction. He replied sourly  "No. That should be their job, not mine."

Meow!