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Is One Direction Ditching Modest Management?

One Direction has been undergoing some major changes as of late, and it seems like the guys may even be switching management companies! Even though...

I thought I’d check the Yahoo homepage to see if there was any other 1D news besides the Harry/Louis Perfect article.  I found a link to this article.

One Direction has been undergoing some major changes as of late, and it seems like the guys may even be switching management companies! Even though they've been with Modest Managementsince their start, rumors are swirling that they are going to be joining Azoff Entertainment. While there has been no official confirmation, #GoodbyeModest has been trending on Twitter.

However, in a Callaway Live video, Irving Azoff was introduced as managing Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan. The host started naming a bunch of acts, including 1D.

When he asked the audience what all these artists had in common, he said, "[They're all on my music playlist and] they also have been represented and are represented by our guest tonight." (It happens at the 5:00 mark.)

However, it's entirely possible that the host was mistaken, and accidentally added their names to the list. Until we get confirmation from the band, we don't know what they're actually doing. But how do the fans feel about it? Pretty good, actually.

Sound like Directioners are pleased! Although there were rumors that One Direction had fired Modest earlier this year, they turned out to be totally false, so we'll definitely have to wait and see.

Do you think One Direction abandoned their management company? Are they switching things up? Let us know in the comments!

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Niall: 1D not cool for Glasto

He doesn’t fancy playing there

FOR one of the world’s biggest popstars, NIALL HORAN is a modest guy.

I caught up with the ONE DIRECTION heart-throb at Wimbledon on Monday, in the Evian Live Young Suite.

He’d just returned from his first taster of Glastonbury with bandmate LOUIS TOMLINSON.

I wondered if Niall fancied a crack on the Pyramid stage but he told me very matter-of-fact: “We’re not cool enough to play Glastonbury.”

Louis clearly disagrees, confessing during his time at Worthy Farm: “I’d love to play here next year.”

I think they definitely deserve a shot.

Many of the acts in previous years have been less cool than 1D, as you can see (below).

But Niall still enjoyed his time as a festival guest, saying: “It was so cool.

“We were there for a day but we had to leave at 1am because we had a gig but we’re going back next year for sure.”

He’s also enjoying the band’s new tour set up that lets them fly back to the UK after each European date.

Niall explained: “It’s really great that we get to come back home after every concert on the European tour.

“We have time to be in London a bit.

“But we’re off to America now to start the tour there. It’s exciting.”

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One Direction might have known that Zayn was leaving last year

Promotion for one Direction's new fragrance, Between Us, suggests the band knew Zayn Malik was leaving last year.

One Direction announced their new fragrance today called Between Us, but there's a more important story here. A closer look at the marketing campaign's timeline suggests that the band kept a big secret for a while.

It seems that the band knew Zayn Malik intended to quit the band well before his departure was announced in March 2015. Between Us promises notes of gardenia petals for "delicate intrigue" and patchouli for "mystery and sensuality", but what they call "a seductive blend," some call betrayal.

The ad for Between Us is your standard One Direction mix of charming and goofy.

The band journeys to the arctic, scuba dives, travels through space to and goes to space for an apricot all to collect the finest ingredients for the perfume. Niall simply shows up with an onion and contributes a single tear to the fragrance.

There's nothing scandalous here, it's just adorable.

Based on hair lengths, it seems to have been shot relatively recently. But a behind the scenes video of the perfume's promotional photo shoot proves that it took place in 2014.

The sides of Liam's hair are not closely shaven as they are in recent pictures, which is a relatively minor piece of evidence. Hair can be shaved very quickly and grow back a centimeter in a short of amount of time.

It's when we get to Harry Styles that 1D's narrative of Zayn's "sudden" departure starts to unravel. Styles' ferocious mane has grown out significantly since the shoot and — the most damning evidence of all — he does not have the mermaid tattoo that he got in November 2014, meaning the photo shoot took place sometime before then.

Today, One Direction Instagrammed a promotional image for Between Us wearing the outfits from the shoot.

A YouTube user suggests that the Between Us pictures may have been taken at the same photo shoot as the promo shots for One Collection, One Direction's collection of mini-bottles of their first three fragrances. That would mean that the shoots were conducted extremely strategically — filming group shots both with and without Zayn.

Clearly, the boys were well aware of Zayn's expiration date long before the dramatic events that supposedly incited the split. What can we believe anymore? Was naming their latest album Four not a reference to its chronological order in their discography, but instead an omen of their future as a four-piece boy band?

One Direction was probably just trying to protect their fans, and themselves, but that doesn't make willfully misconstruing the truth acceptable. Even if they are in love with all the little things about you, they will lie about the big things. And that's not okay.

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This is a pretty pointless article. Just talks about what they were all wearing for their night out, said that they all looked worn out (which, huh??), and includes pics of all of them.

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One Direction Headlining the 2015 Honda Civic Tour, Will Design a Car - Video

We used know close to nothing about One Direction, but after a couple of searches we found they’re quite big these days. With or without their recently departed band member Zayn Malik, the band already has a won a bunch of trophies. It’s no wonder Honda decided to have them top their annual concert tour.

In case you haven’t heard of it, we’ll take the time to inform you that Honda is one of the automakers sponsoring a music event. Dubbed the Honda Civic Tour, the annual concert tour has been going on since 2001. Each year, the headlining band or bands customize a Honda Civic for concert patrons to win in a raffle. In other words, there’s going to be a One Direction-designed Honda Civic put out this year. This little marketing venture reminds us of the band’s Volkswagen Crafter van they had customized and covered in the same graphics as the famous Scooby Doo Mystery Machine. Sure that was two years ago, so we can only hope the boy-band members have grown up to hold better ideas today. Honda just made the announcement of this year’s headliner, but we know they have been collaborating with the English-Irish pop boy team before. Three years ago, the pop sensation band was on the road for their first-ever headlining North American tour in support of their debut album Up All Night. During that trip, they also stopped at The Theatre at the Honda Center. If you’re a fan of the band, you should know tickets are now available online. Meanwhile, we’ll be waiting to see how that Civic turns out. Random fact: The Theatre at Honda Center is an intimate concert venue within the arena that has hosted shows from several notable artists since its inception in 2001. With an approximate seating capacity of 7,000, it’s decorated with cyber lights and five crystal chandeliers to create.

This comes from a website that is all about cars; auto-related news, reviews, etc.

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This latest People article about their appearance on the Late Late Show is even better than the first one! http://www.people.com/article/one-direction-play-dodgeball-james-corden-late-late-show-video