Indian cities to host One Direction fan festival

Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru will be hosting a fest which will amass the fans of One Direction

New Delhi: Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru will host #1DFanFest that will bring together the fans of the English-Irish pop group One Direction.

Sony Music on Friday announced that #1DFanFest will be held at Hard Rock Cafe here on November 16, Bengaluru on November 18 and Mumbai on November 22.

All the fans can gather, meet other One Direction fans, sing along to their favourite songs by the band and listen to songs from their new album "Made in the A.M."

“Fans just continue to be absolutely incredible. They just surprise us all the time with just how amazing they are. Obviously we’re not here, if they’re not, and they’ve just been great. We feel good about this," the bandmates Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson said in a joint statement.

Arjun Sankalia, Director: International Repertoire, Sony Music India, shared that “Made in the A.M." is an album that the fans have been eagerly waiting for and "this fan fest is our Diwali gift to them”.

Promoting the event across the three cities is music channel 9XO. They are initiating a Dubsmash contest where the fans can send in entries to their Dubsmash on songs “Drag me down” or “Perfect” and a select few will get free passes to the fest.