![]() ![]() It’s pretty clear that One Direction are phoning it in these days - with a date set for their ‘hiatus’, we all know they’re in their notice period. With ‘the boys’ arrayed in a line across the stage, we had managed to pick the side with Harry Styles. We had chosen to stand on the lefthand side of the stage. Still, when that Meatloaf-esque piano part that signals the start of 'Steal My Girl' came on, my first thought was ‘Hmm, opening with your strongest track is a brave move’ and my second thought was ‘Oh my GOOOOOOD’ because a mania came over me. ![]() It’s a brave move to open with your best track but when you have the kind of fans that One Direction have, it must feel like every song is your best song. Every song caused us to clutch each other and shout, 'They’re so good!'. An a capella rendition of next single 'Love Me Like You' all felt a bit Glee but they pulled it back with set closer 'Black Magic'. ![]() Opening with the girl power rallying cry that is 'Salute', there was no messing about as they dove into ‘Move’ (which, as you’ll know if you have ears, is their best song/the best song of all time) before treating the crowd to a combination of vintage ‘Mix and new tracks like ‘Grown’, another power tune that’s all hooks and sultry beats, and perfectly pitched at an audience of ageing tweens who have grown up with the band. You don’t realise quite how many bangers they have until you see them do a ten-song-set and they chucked everything they had at all of them. In a post-Girls Aloud world, Little Mix are our one true hope. They strode out confident and mature, banged out hit after heavy hit, danced, harmonised, bantered, threw love out into the crowd and got it back in spades. The best pop band in the UK played the Roundhouse in Camden on Tuesday night. ![]()
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