‘Five concerts in one’: Liam Payne reveals ideal One Direction reunion plans

The singer has been teasing a possible reunion
Safeeyah Kazi19 April 2018
The Weekender

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Liam Payne has revealed his ideal One Direction reunion plans, days after sending fans into a frenzy over the possibility of a “fantastic show”.

The Strip That Down singer has now clarified his comments, saying the band have yet to sit down together as a group to discuss concrete plans.

Speaking on Capital Breakfast he said: “I sat down and I thought about this, and my thought was that the problem with this sentence was this: that I said 'we’ve all spoken about it'. Now, like I was saying in many ways, I meant that we’ve all spoken to the press about it.

“And then funnily enough, the day after, I did speak to Louis. So, it was like, I actually had spoken to him about it a little bit.”

The 24-year-old went on to explain his ideal reunion would comprise of a five-in-one experience which sees all the members singing their solo material.

He said: “My idea is this: One Direction got to a certain peak, and me and Louis were saying yesterday that we didn’t realise how big the band actually was until we left it and we were looking back like 'woah, that was a pretty big deal, what actually happened there?'

“Because we just had so much fun with it, it didn’t even seem like it was a… I mean it was a lot of hard work, don’t get me wrong, but at the same time it was like we just used to do things and it just used to happen, it was amazing.

“For me the only way One Direction could better themselves from going to playing stadiums – like where else do you play? – is to manage to be, you know, like The Avengers, like we’re successful on our own.

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“Like if Iron Man wants to go and deal with someone, he just deals with them. He doesn’t call up Hulk and be like 'oh, whatever' unless he really needs him. So my thing is, why aren’t we like that?”

He finished: “Like, we should go and boss it on our own and then when we do the show it can be like 'yeah, yeah, just sit down there boys, I’ll sing a bit of Slow Hands’, you know what I mean? Imagine that? Like five concerts in one would be the most amazing thing. It’s the only way it can get better.”

He then went on to joke with host Roman Kemp about how the group could sing each other’s songs.

Tune in to Liam Payne on Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp, Friday morning from 6am to hear Liam’s full interview

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