One Direction announced the first dates of their Where We Are stadium tour today.
The boy band revealed the first set of locations for their performances scheduled for 2014 through Twitter.
Bandmates Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne used the hashtag #OneBigAnnouncement to drive traffic on Twitter to their website where the news was broadcast.
"One Direction are extremely excited to announce their 2014 Where We Are stadium tour! The first dates have been released and can be viewed below. Don't worry if you don't see your country - more dates will be added very soon! Keep checking this site for more information!" the statement revealed along with the teaser more news is to follow. "Another #OneBigAnnouncement coming soon!"
One Direction's fans are known for their devotion to the group and it was never more apparent than today. There was such a surge of traffic to the website when the announcement was due it crashed for a short while.
An exciting video on YouTube shows the grandeur of the stadium tour the boys are set to embark on. The clip announces that Spain's Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona will be one of the venues visited by One Direction next year.
The 100,000 capacity makes this the largest stadium in Europe and the 11th largest in the world.
Released dates so far are for the United Kingdom, Ireland and Latin America, with the tour dates as follows:
United Kingdom and Ireland - on sale from 25th May 2013
May 25, 2014
Dublin Croke Park
May 28, 2014
Sunderland Stadium Of Light
May 31, 2014
Manchester Etihad
June 3, 2014
Edinburgh Murrayfield
June 7, 2014
London Wembley
Latin America - on sale from June 2013
April 25, 2014
Bogota, Colombia Estadio El Campin
April 27, 2014
Lima, Peru Estadio Nacional
April 29, 2014
Asuncion, Paraguay Jockey Club
May 1, 2014
Santiago, Chile Estadio Nacional
May 3, 2014
Buenos Aires, Argentina Velez
May 6, 2014
Montevideo, Uruguay Estadio Centenario
May 8, 2014
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Apoteose
May 10, 2014
Sao Paulo, Brazil Palmeiras Arena
