One Direction to go on hiatus

Even boy bands need to rest. That’s what the remaining four members of British-Irish pop phenomenon One Direction (1D) are going to do in 2016 as they announced plans to take a break sometime next year. Members of the band took to Twitter to assuage fears that the group was splitting up, saying “it’s just a break, we’re not going anywhere.” Fans of the band still expressed shock and sadness over the news. While others took it in stride and even gave advice to 1D fans: “It’s ok One Direction fans, I went through this with Take That & Boyzone,” wrote Twitter user @LisforLia. The band is currently touring North America. 

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