One Direction ‘will be back’ from one-year break

One Direction creator Simon Cowell has paid tribute to the band, telling them to enjoy their break, following an emotional final gig before their year-long hiatus.

The four remaining band members took their last bow at Sheffield Arena, with Westmeath’s Niall Horan promising: “We will be back.”

Their On The Road Again tour ended with hugs, speeches, and assurances that the break is not permanent. Cowell, whose X Factor talent show saw Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and Horan brought together as a band at the boot camp stage in 2010, said their success had been “incredible”.