One Direction: Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction by One Direction
Authors: One Direction
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I’m sure you’ve heard about.
It was an 11-hour flight but I didn’t sleep a wink because I was feeling quite hyper. I just watched loads of movies. We went straight to the hotel when we landed and checked in, then we went down to Jim Henson’s studio. He was the creator of the Muppets, so there were Kermit the Frogs everywhere. The studio was like a massive log cabin.
We met up with RedOne, the production team who work with Lady GaGa and loads of other big artists, and they were just like normal guys. We also met Randy Jackson, and he was so cool. We even found that Cher was working there too. It was great to see her.
I’d been to New York and Boston before, but I’d never seen anything like LA. Everyone looks so slick—you feel like every person you pass is going to be a celebrity! Plus everyone is so chilled, which suits me down to the ground.
We did get some good work done while we were out there, but we also had time to go out for dinner and do some shopping. By this time us guys all knew each other so much better, so we felt really comfortable around each other and it was like being away with four of my best friends.
We were sad to leave LA but ready to come home, but we weren’t prepared for what faced us when we landed at the airport. There were so many fans thereand we only had Paul, our tour manager, with us. Airport security came to help us, but there were loads of paparazzi there as well so it was crazy. I’m really claustrophobic, so I was panicking a bit when we had to run through everyone and then hide in this parking booth. I was so relieved when the police riot van came and got us. I still can’t believe that happened—it feels like it was all some kind of mad dream. It was really exhilarating.
We did our tour rehearsals in London and Wakefield. We rehearsed in London with a live band and also learned new dance moves and ways to move around the stage. We worked with a brilliant choreographer called Beth, and although it was a bit of a struggle for a few of us at first, I think we all did okay with that in the end. I didn’t always get things right away, but once I got used to it all and got the hang of certain moves I did pretty much okay. Zayn’s dancing has got loads better and he’s really good. It’s all about confidence, isn’t it? And his confidence is constantly building.
Light Structures in Wakefield is a massive warehouse where they built the set we’d be using on tour, and there we went through the whole performance over and over without an audience. It was quite weird performing to no one, but it was brilliant for us because it got us used to how everything would look on the opening night. We also got a chance to get to know some of the crew we were going to be traveling with. Luckily they were all great and we had a good crack. I’m good with names so I got to know them all, and I hung out with a lot of them when we were actually on the tour. Shout out to the truck drivers! C’mon Fred and Bobby.
We arrived in Birmingham two days before the tour actually started, and we did a dress rehearsal. Then all of a sudden the first night rolled around, and I was petrified. There were 12,000 people in the arena and I’d never played to a crowd of more than 1,000 in my life. The whole place was packed and the pressure was on—this was our chance to prove ourselves. We were all really looking forward to it,but really nervous at the same time. We wanted to put on a brilliant performance for the fans, because many of them would be seeing us for the first time.
In the end it went brilliantly. I was a bit shocked when I first saw the audience and all the lights, but then I couldn’t stop smiling. None of us could. Afterwards it took us ages to calm down because we were on such a high.
Amazingly we didn’t get into any proper trouble on tour, despite the now notorious fruit fights we had.
Food was a big part of the tour for us. The catering
It was an 11-hour flight but I didn’t sleep a wink because I was feeling quite hyper. I just watched loads of movies. We went straight to the hotel when we landed and checked in, then we went down to Jim Henson’s studio. He was the creator of the Muppets, so there were Kermit the Frogs everywhere. The studio was like a massive log cabin.
We met up with RedOne, the production team who work with Lady GaGa and loads of other big artists, and they were just like normal guys. We also met Randy Jackson, and he was so cool. We even found that Cher was working there too. It was great to see her.
I’d been to New York and Boston before, but I’d never seen anything like LA. Everyone looks so slick—you feel like every person you pass is going to be a celebrity! Plus everyone is so chilled, which suits me down to the ground.
We did get some good work done while we were out there, but we also had time to go out for dinner and do some shopping. By this time us guys all knew each other so much better, so we felt really comfortable around each other and it was like being away with four of my best friends.
We were sad to leave LA but ready to come home, but we weren’t prepared for what faced us when we landed at the airport. There were so many fans thereand we only had Paul, our tour manager, with us. Airport security came to help us, but there were loads of paparazzi there as well so it was crazy. I’m really claustrophobic, so I was panicking a bit when we had to run through everyone and then hide in this parking booth. I was so relieved when the police riot van came and got us. I still can’t believe that happened—it feels like it was all some kind of mad dream. It was really exhilarating.
We did our tour rehearsals in London and Wakefield. We rehearsed in London with a live band and also learned new dance moves and ways to move around the stage. We worked with a brilliant choreographer called Beth, and although it was a bit of a struggle for a few of us at first, I think we all did okay with that in the end. I didn’t always get things right away, but once I got used to it all and got the hang of certain moves I did pretty much okay. Zayn’s dancing has got loads better and he’s really good. It’s all about confidence, isn’t it? And his confidence is constantly building.
Light Structures in Wakefield is a massive warehouse where they built the set we’d be using on tour, and there we went through the whole performance over and over without an audience. It was quite weird performing to no one, but it was brilliant for us because it got us used to how everything would look on the opening night. We also got a chance to get to know some of the crew we were going to be traveling with. Luckily they were all great and we had a good crack. I’m good with names so I got to know them all, and I hung out with a lot of them when we were actually on the tour. Shout out to the truck drivers! C’mon Fred and Bobby.
We arrived in Birmingham two days before the tour actually started, and we did a dress rehearsal. Then all of a sudden the first night rolled around, and I was petrified. There were 12,000 people in the arena and I’d never played to a crowd of more than 1,000 in my life. The whole place was packed and the pressure was on—this was our chance to prove ourselves. We were all really looking forward to it,but really nervous at the same time. We wanted to put on a brilliant performance for the fans, because many of them would be seeing us for the first time.
In the end it went brilliantly. I was a bit shocked when I first saw the audience and all the lights, but then I couldn’t stop smiling. None of us could. Afterwards it took us ages to calm down because we were on such a high.
Amazingly we didn’t get into any proper trouble on tour, despite the now notorious fruit fights we had.
Food was a big part of the tour for us. The catering
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