One Direction made a play for longevity on their first U.S. headlining tour. Read our review of one of their early live performances 10YearsOfOneDirection
The breakdown also illuminated a pressing question in this era of boy band revival: What do you do if you’re a boy band, but none of you dance and most of you don’t play instruments? The only option is to rely on your vocals – and your good looks and charisma, of course. There was no spectacle to offer distraction – just two risers with a guitarist and a bassist at their foot and a video screen stretched between.
Summer turned to fall with what could easily pass for a Polo Ralph Lauren commercial shoot at a cottage playing on screen, and fall turned to winter with video of a winter sports escapade and snowball fight. These clips initially did more to show off the personalities of each One Directioner than the boys themselves did on stage, despite demonstrations on Twitter and elsewhere of being entertaining fellows.
If you were one of the many tween or teen girls in attendance, you’d have likely seen the band’s entire set and video montages on the internet already . But, still, you would have cheered loudly any time your favorite took to the front of the stage to sing his solo, as most songs showed near-equal attention to each member. “Moments,” written by U.K. singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran , was the most tender moment of the afternoon, with quintessentially swoonworthy lyrics while upcoming U.S.
With tour dates already stretching into next year, One Direction must keep this fervor going at least until then. Each member expressed gratitude to the audience in carefully scripted speeches that not only mentioned numbers and volume , but recognized the power of their fanbase. “You guys have been absolutely incredible. Not just today, but over the last year and a half One Direction has been together,” Horan told the crowd.
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