One Direction announce second Millennium Stadium concert 

One Direction announce second Millennium Stadium concert

One Direction announced a second date at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff because of \'overwhelming demand\' for tickets

Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Harry Styles of One Direction

One Direction has announced a second concert at the Millennium Stadium next summer because of “overwhelming demand”.

It means the boyband will be playing Cardiff on June 5 and 6 as part of their On The Road Again Tour which will then visit a host of arenas in cities like London, Manchester, Belfast and Newcastle from September.

The June 5 date will be on the same night as the Manic Street Preachers perform The Holy Bible at Cardiff Castle.

Tim Rich, owner and MD at Cardiff-based Ticketline, who sold the first set of tickets had said: “There was a lot of excitement, the last time I can recall it like this was the last three times Take That performed at the Stadium and Robbie Williams before that.”

The boys, who were formed on television talent show The X Factor in 2010, have previously played at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena.

Bandmates Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Liam Payne will follow in the footsteps of Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Rhianna, Take That and Madonna by filling the arena, which seats almost 50,000 spectators.

Due to the recent renovation project, there have been no concerts at the stadium this year – the last live music acts to play there were Bruce Springsteen and Rihanna, who performed to more than 100,000 music lovers between them in 2013.

Since forming four years ago, One Direction have gone on to achieve global stardom and have managed to crack the notoriously tough American market.

The news comes on the day it was announced the band has dominated the list of the UK’s most followed Twitter accounts, with Styles’ @Harry-Styles account top with 22.8 million followers. He is followed by @OneDirection in second (21.5 million), Liam Payne’s @Real-Liam-Payne (18.6 million) is in fourth, Louis Tomlinson’s @Louis-Tomlinson (18 million) is at five and Zayne Malik’s @ZayneMalik (13.5 million) is at seven.

Niall Horan’s 20.5 million follows @NiallOfficial would have put him fourth but for the fact that he is Irish and is not counted in the UK.

The top 10 is filled out by Adele’s @OfficialAdele (21.3 million) at three, Harry Potter actress Emma Watson’s @EmWatson (15.4 million) at six, Coldplay’s @Coldplay (13.5 million) at eight, BBC News’ @BBCBreaking (12.4 million) at nine and singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran’s @EdSheeran (11.2 million) at 10.

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