One Direction Band Members Are Coming To Dubai As Part Of New World Tour

One Direction band members Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Niall Horan will play Dubai in April 2015. David Livingston / Getty Images

One Direction – made up of Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson – are set to bring the UAE to a shrieking standstill when they perform at the Dubai Sevens Stadium on April 4, 2015. 

One Direction’s Dubai date will surely rival The Rolling Stones’ Abu Dhabi show at the du Arena in February and Justin Bieber’s two dates at the Sevens Stadium last May as one of the UAE’s biggest concerts ever. Just like those performances, expect a massive overseas contingent to fly into the country to see One Direction in the flesh.

Thomas Ovesen, the head of Done Events, clarified that 1D will only play one show. A second show is “out of the question”, said Ovesen. “It is not feasible, considering their schedule and the routing [of the tour]. This will be their only show.”

He said that although the concert is set so far in the future, that fans “should not let the lead-time fool you, I feel that this show will sell out. It’s a just a question of when”.

Referring to the furore surrounding Justin Bieber’s concert where his late appearance upset both fans (and their parents), Ovesen said: “I expect them to be on time.”

Tickets will be available at www.doneevents.com (which seems to have crashed already!). Tickets go on sale on Thursday, May 22; eager fans can get their tickets at 6am from Virgin Megastore at Mall of the Emirates, Dubai; and at 8am at the Virgin Megastore branch in Abu Dhabi Mall. Ticket prices will begin at Dh250. Diamond tickets, which will have a front-stage view, will cost Dh1,000; only 7,500 of these will be available.