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Zayn Malik has quit One Direction, the band have confirmed in a statement. Malik said: "My life with One Direction has been more than I could ever have imagined. But, after five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band. "I'd like to apologise to the fans if I've let anyone down, but I have to do what feels right." One Direction […]
One Direction stars Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson face losing more than £3,000 each if they are caught using, or promoting, illegal drugs in Manila. The pair have been asked to post bonds of 200,000 pesos each for a special work permit, ahead of two concerts in the Philippine capital this weekend. Local immigration said the bond was intended "to protect public interest". It follows a video leaked last May […]
Take That and Olly Murs have shot to the top of the UK singles and album charts with their latest releases. Take That, now a three-piece after band member Jason Orange's exit, top the singles chart with These Days, knocking the new Band Aid single down to two. Murs, meanwhile, takes pole position in the album chart with Never Been Better. His triumph comes at the expense of One Direction, […]
This time the guys have become the first group to have their first four albums debut at number one in the US. Their fourth album, conveniently named Four, topped the Billboard 200 album chart having sold 387,000 copies in its first week. Four is the second-fastest selling album of the year in the US. Only Taylor Swift's 1989 sold more in its opening week with 1.28m sales. One Direction's previous […]
It is four years since band One Direction were put together on the X Factor. They have since gone on to have three number one albums, and it was recently revealed they each made more than £6m last year. One Direction have announced another world tour next year as they prepare to release their new single. (Source: BBC News)
Former X Factor finalist Ella Henderson has called topping the UK album chart with her debut release Chapter One "a moment in time I will never forget". "Being number one with my first album is where a dream has met reality." The 18-year-old singer from Grimsby sold about 16,000 copies more of her record this week than its nearest rival, Ed Sheeran's X. Henderson came sixth in the 2012 series of […]
One Direction earned more than £49m last year, according to their latest accounts. The papers reveal the group's turnover in the UK amounted to a wage of £134,000 a day during 2013. The documents show Harry Styles, 20, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik all 21, and 22-year-old Louis Tomlinson each paid themselves a salary of £5.6m. However, the figure doesn't include the band's US income. Their earnings are up […]
Es Devlin, who has created spectacular tours for Kanye West and Take That, is to design the stage for next year's Brit Awards, organisers have announced. The British artist also designed the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, and recently won an Olivier Award for her work on Chimerica. The play, inspired by events in China's Tiannenmen Square in 1989, had a rotating set described as a "theatrical Rubik's […]
James Arthur has said on Twitter that he is no longer with Simon Cowell's record label. He said he wanted to thank the staff there for helping make his self-titled debut album, which came out in November last year. In April the 26-year-old denied rumours that he had been dropped by Syco. The singer, whose album reached number two in the Official Album Chart, won The X Factor in 2012 […]
