- Title: MUSIC-ONE DIRECTION-FILE One Direction to split next year - media reports
- Date: 24th August 2015
- Summary: ONE DIRECTION WALKING OFF STAGE FANS SCREAM AND MEDIC WALKS IN FRONT OF THEM (SOUNDBITE) (English) ONE DIRECTION MEMBER HARRY STYLES, SAYING: "I've seen 'Hard Day's Night' and I don't know if we would do it justice, but I don't know. We act in a music video. That's enough for us." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ONE DIRECTION MEMBERS LIAM PAYNE, LOUIS TOMLINSON AND NIALL HORAN, SAYING: Liam Payne: "We're doing to do a different version of 'The Expendables' with all of us in. That's our next move. We've got Sylvester Stallone involved and Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's going to be great." Reporter: "And who would be who?" Liam Payne: "I'm going to be Arnie. I've got to get in the gym a little bit first." Louis Tomlinson: "No, no, Niall's Arnie." Niall Horan: "Yeah, I'm the hardest of the lot of them." Liam Payne: "My role's been taken. It was my idea. You know what? I'll see you later."
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- Story Text: The hugely successful boy band One Direction will take a year-long break next year so that members can pursue separate interests, a report in a British newspaper said on Monday (August 24).
The break will come after the band, reduced to four members following the departure of Zayn Malik earlier this year, release their fifth album in March, the report in the Sun said.
The band's publicists did not immediately issue any comment and there was no confirmation on the band's Twitter feed.
The group's last scheduled stadium concert will be in Sheffield, England on Oct. 31. They will promote their new album in February, after a Christmas break, the Sun said.
One Direction soared to international prominence after finishing third on the British version of "the X Factor" in 2010. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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