Key Of Awesome does it again!

The Key of Awesome!, known for their parodies on youtube, They did a hit amongst alot of people which was a What Makes You Beautiful parody, this time to “One Thing”.

The “What Makes You Beautiful” parody can be found here.

One Direction funny videos :)

One Direction’s Up All Night is Platinum

July 26th it was announced from Sony Music Global that One Direction’s Up All Night went Platinum and their tour DVD went triple Platinum.

Considering the state of the music industry, a platinum plaque is very rare and more than meaningful feat than ever before. For evidence, look no further than the fact that One Direction’s hit album Up All Night just became the one of the first albums released in 2012 to surpass one million in record sales, Adele’s 21 was another.

One Direction has had a very successful year so far, with a 6 month tour that was sold out and a mostly sold out 2013 tour they are raking up some cash. Their album never leaving the top 10 of the Billboard charts and their “Up all Night: The Live Tour” DVD has held the number one spot eight weeks in a row on Billboard’s Top Music Videos chart with 223k copies sold.

On December 3, One Direction will have one of the biggest concerts of their career when they perform at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden – a performance that sold out in under an hour.

2013 Tour too much too soon?

It’s only been a week or so since the boys of One Direction said goodbye to their ‘Up All Night American Tour’ and in just another week they’ll be playing a couple festival shows. The boys will be on a 6 month Hiatus before their Madison Square Garden show in New York City that was sold out. That means 20,000 people on December 3, 2012 will be witnessing the LAST Up All Night performance. The boys have worked hard though these last 6 months touring and working hard. Their 2013 tour starts up in February with their first show February 22, at the London The O2 Arena. The boys will most likely only be singing songs from their new album that is rumored to be released anywhere from September to Novemeber, all in all though we think these boys are being worked a little too hard. 101 shows is hard enough on one person but the added stress of crazy fans and being with the same person for 6 months might make the boys a tad crazy. Hopefully the boys use their vacation time wisely.

The group initially announced 15 shows across the UK and Ireland. The group added extra shows around the UK and Ireland due to high demand, including matinée performances at various dates. One Direction announced the extra shows on their Twitter page throughout the morning after the initial dates went on sale. The tickets for the UK and Ireland dates went on sale, 25 February 2012. Ticket sales reached 300,000 within a day of release respectively. The original dates sold out within minutes — with 1,000 tickets selling per minute, with two or three extra dates having been added at each city.

Then in April about a month after tickets for their 2012 summer tour in america was announced the American Leg of the 2013 tour was announced and the tickets were sold. Many fans were angry as they had either gotten tickets the previous month and found it too soon to be selling tickets for a show literally a year away. But to the fans who didn’t get tickets they were overjoyed and jumped at the chance causing many sites such as Ticketmaster and Livenation to crash because of the overwhelming amount of people trying to access their servers at once.

After that it was only a matter of time before the Australasia dates were announced and they kept being announced throughout the day to the joy of most Australian fans, but like with the American ticket sites. Tickettek could not handle the overwhelming amount of Directioners trying to access their servers. Tickets for the Perth show, which went on sale later than the rest of Australia, sold out in six minutes.

It is said that One Direction will have racked up at least 171 live performances by the time they come off stage at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand, in October 2013.

This is too much too soon we think as the boys will be touring from February to late October. Boys enjoy your vacation while it lasts.

40 in Europe
38 in North America
23 in Australasia
101 Total

Manika reveals backstage secrets!

The Boys of One Direction seemed to be gone from the UK for what seemed like a eternity to their UK fans. OK! magazine recently got to sit down and talk to Manika, the boys opening act, she revealed some pretty interesting things about what the boys did.

Manika told OK.co.uk  : “They’re such nice people. They like to have fun. Backstage is kind of chilled.”

Manika, whose dressing room was next door to the boys’, told them that:

1. They have some serious fans who would pay for rooms in the hotel they were staying in, or even camp outside, so that they could go up and down in the lift in the hope of catching a glimpse. (Which our editor did, never got to see them! Maybe next time!)

2. Harry Styles and the boys found a golf cart at one arena and decided to take it for a spin up and down the hills with one 1D boy just casually hanging off the back of it. (Didn’t we know that already?)

3. Zayn Malik had a mini scooter that he would ride between their dressing room and the canteen – he would never walk places, apparently. (Oh Zayn, your so vain)

4. One Direction did the Brits proud and taught Manika a few ‘slang’ terms such as ‘chinwag’ – because they totally use that word ALL the time.

5. Zayn Malik ALWAYS wears two pairs of socks and even used to put a couple of pairs on as soon as he had jumped out of the swimming pool. Strange, but true. (Da fuq)

While some of the backstage secrets we could of guessed, it all in all must of been a fun interview for OK! Magazine 🙂

Manika’s Twitter: @Manikaofficial

Manika’s Website: http://www.manikaofficial.com/