Meet One Direction
Harry, Liam, Niall, and Louis! The boys of One Direction are known for being friendly and down-to-earth when it comes to interacting with their fans. It may take some work, but you've got to meet them! If you love their music and want to make a connection you'll never ever forget, keep reading after the jump.
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Steps
Getting Backstage
- Go to a concert. The most common way to meet the band is to wait until they come to your area, purchase a ticket, and get backstage. Go to the One Direction website and read the events to find out when are they coming to a town near you.
- Buy a Meet and Greet Package ticket. On their future tours, One Direction offers a backstage package that includes a brief meeting and opportunity for photos with the band. This variety of ticket comes with regular passes for the show in any area of the hall, and the backstage portion of the evening.
- Bring merchandise you'd like signed or a question you'd like to ask. If you get the chance to meet the band, make sure you have a specific thing you'd like to talk about or something you'd like signed. You might freeze up from being star-struck, so it helps to have something pre-planned.
- Wait by the bus. If you can't afford the backstage pass ticket, it's common for groups of fans to wait around after the concert between the exit doors and the band's tour bus. Make sure you obey all the rules of the venue and leave if security asks you to. If the band is feeling up to it, they may sign a few autographs or take a few pictures outside the venue before they leave back to the hotel.
- If you can find out where the band is staying in town, you can also wait outside their hotel and see if you can get a chance at meeting the band.
Going to Publicity Events
- Check for book signings. Sometimes, One Direction have book signings at WHSmith or Waterstone. If you have the money to buy a book and get it signed, you can go wait in line and maybe get a photo.
- Visit award shows or television performances. If you can't make it to a concert, try to get into the crowd when they perform on morning talk shows or on MTV performances and hang out outside.
- Sign up for the One Direction newsletter. The fan club will keep you updated on concert opportunities in your area, and might even clue you into some meeting possibilities and VIP ticket packages that aren't made available for regular fans.
Scoping Out Sightings in Public
- Find out when they're recording. People don't typically hang out around the recording studio, and you might have some trouble getting close by the kinds of studios the boys record in, but if you can find out when and where they've got studio time booked, you might be able to meet them when they're taking a break.
- Hang out in their neighborhood. Most of the band members live in London, which means that you can up your chances of meeting them if you hang out in the neighborhoods they hang out in.
- Harry Styles has a condo in London, Louis Tomlinson has a house in North London, and Liam Payne has apparently been shopping for houses in the Primrose Hill sections of London. If you can find out where they live specifically, you can visit coffee shops or other hangouts nearby and hope to spot them.
- Find out where they might be going on tour. By keeping up with all the latest fan details, you can stay one step ahead of other fans and hope to run into the boys when they head out for a bite to eat on tour or go clubbing.
Tips
- Stay calm and enjoy yourself.
- Speak clearly if you get to talk to them.
- Don't wear too much makeup or dress too ridiculously.
- Save money to buy a One Direction book or to go to a concert.
- Don't stalk, no matter how hard it is, the boys are human too.
- DO NOT faint or get starstruck, if you do chances are you are done.
- Be polite and nice.
- Don't FORCE them with you
- Always ask for photos with them before going ahead and doing it.
