one direction band

One Direction is made up of five talented, cheeky boys; Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan.

The band came together at the bootcamp stage of The X Factor 2010 and made it all the way to the final before finishing 3rd behind Rebecca Ferguson and the eventual winner Matt Cardle.

1D are embarking on their first arena tour with The X Factor Live Tour which sees them performing to over 500,000 people up and down the country.

The boys are very excited to be working on their debut album to be released later this year!

The boys pulled up in their chauffer-driven car minutes after Simon Cowell arrived at Sony’s building himself.

An onlooker saw the high-waisted music mogul enter the building just before the five lads – Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zain Malik and Niall Horan – made their entrance. But, naturally, there was a group of fans waiting ready to meet them before they could get through the doors.

Speculation has been rife that the boys will get an early record deal since Cowell gushed about the fivesome on last night’s Xtra Factor.

‘I genuinely, genuinely believe with all my heart that we’re going to see these boys in the final,’ he said, as well as comparing them to music legends Take That.