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16th May 2013

REVEALED! One Direction’s Big Announcement Is…

The boys are coming to Croker!

Rebecca McKnight

If you’ve been on Twitter this morning there is NO way you could have missed the talk of big announcement from our favourite teeny boppers One Direction.

The record-breaking boyband are in London today to share some big news with the world’s press and their huge fandom eagerly awaiting confirmation.

One D will take appear in Wembley Stadium at 12pm to make the ‘One Big Annoucement’ they’ve been teasing on www.onebigannouncement.com.

The rumours have included a TV show, a movie, and (God forbid) someone leaving, but an hour before the official announcement one Irish showbiz journalist has taken to social media to break the news.

Eoin Murphy, Entertainment Editor for the Irish Daily and Mail on Sunday, who is currently in Malmo with the Irish Eurovision party has shared the news that One Direction are set for a gig in Croker.

We’ll update with official confirmation and further details of the tour once the details are announced. They’ve come a long way from X Factor!

UPDATE

The boys have confirmed that the big announcement is indeed a stadium tour, and Dubin’s Croke Park will be one of the destinations. The stadium, which boasts a capacity of 82,300, will host One Direction as part of their ‘Where We Are’ tour. Tickets go on sale on May 25th at 10am. 

Dates announced today:

Latin America:

25th April – Estadio El Campin, Bogota, Colombia

27th April – Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru

29th April – Jockey Club Paraguayo, Asuncion, Paraguay

1st May – Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile

3rd May – Velez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires, Argentina

6th May – Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay

8th May – Apoteose, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

10th May – Palmeiras Arena, Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

UK and Ireland:

24th May – Croke Park, Dublin

28th May – Stadium of Light, Sunderland

31st May – Manchester Etihad Stadium, Manchester

3rd June – Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

7th June – Wembley Stadium, London

 

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