celeb news Simon Cowell: One Direction can't tour again unless all five agree due to name rights

[prézli]

1 hour ago, John Slayne said:

they will do a reunion tour in 15 years after harry flops 

Did NSYNC return? No. Because JT is/was still a superstar in his own head.

[shoganai]

I love seeing despicable people cry about their errors. It's so refreshing.

[SleepNoMore]

Obviously Harry is a superstar but also Niall has almost sold out two arena dates in Toronto and his previous true was an amphitheater. I was shocked but good for him. 

[More Than A Melody]

1 hour ago, Gui Blackout said:

But they did a whole tour after Zayn left?

Probably negotiated upon him leaving. I actually don't know that Zayn holds the same rights as the others? The company that I THINK owns the rights is PPM Music Limited, all five of them were directors of that company, and Zayn resigned on May 2016, the others didn't resign until December 2022. He still appears as a "person with significant control" so he does own some stake at the company, I just don't know that him leaving didn't affect some of his profit.

 

I don't think Harry will rejoin 1D in any capacity except a one-off thing for charity for the sake of nostalgia. But I don't think he'd stop 1D from touring or releasing music without him. He'd probably just take a cut of the profit.

 

1 hour ago, John Slayne said:

they will do a reunion tour in 15 years after harry flops 

I don't think there's any result in Harry's career that can make him go back to the band. He and Louis had deep issues, according to this article that, yes, it's by The Sun, but literally predicted everything that would happen exactly as it would happen, plus Dan Wootton (the scumbag that wrote the article) was BFFs with 1D's publicist Simon Jones. Harry also never got along with Liam. Back in 2019, both Harry and Liam were performing at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball. Capital tweeted that their dressing rooms were next to each other, then about an hour later, they magically weren't anymore. It became a meme about Harry avoiding Liam at all costs. They weren't pictured together at all, and Liam was very salty afterwards.

 

The band has been over for 9 years now, and the only member of the band he has ever hung out with was Niall. He's worth over 220 million dollars at least. There's literally no reason for him to go back to the band.

[More Than A Melody]

4 minutes ago, prézli said:

Did NSYNC return? No. Because JT is/was still a superstar in his own head.

And Robbie Williams was never as successful as JT or Harry. Michael Jackson never returned to Jackson 5, Beyoncé will never return to Destiny's Child. Victoria never returned to the Spice Girls.

 

I don't see a reunion as such in the cards for 1D. Maybe without Harry, for sure, but with him? No. Zayn is looking more likely tho.

[Digitalism]

2 hours ago, holyground13 said:

They could unite as something else though and people could still go

Yeah it's as simple as that

[Lion]

I'm sure Harry and Zayn would grant the other three permission to use the One direction name, maybe they'll get a small cut of the profit 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[John Slayne]

36 minutes ago, prézli said:

Did NSYNC return? No. Because JT is/was still a superstar in his own head.

well their reunion could still happen, it's not been that long since JT had a hit. the money's not run out yet lol

[Popboi.]

42 minutes ago, More Than A Melody said:

And Robbie Williams was never as successful as JT or Harry. Michael Jackson never returned to Jackson 5, Beyoncé will never return to Destiny's Child. Victoria never returned to the Spice Girls.

 

I don't see a reunion as such in the cards for 1D. Maybe without Harry, for sure, but with him? No. Zayn is looking more likely tho.

Robbie was much bigger than JT in every single aspect, his first 3 albums are bigger than Harry's globally too. What are you talking about

[More Than A Melody]

1 hour ago, Popboi. said:

Robbie was much bigger than JT in every single aspect, his first 3 albums are bigger than Harry's globally too. What are you talking about

No they weren't lmao what are YOU talking about? The world doesn't begin and end in the UK

 

His highest charting album in the US, the biggest market in the world, was Escapology which debuted at 43. He has zero album certifications in the US and has charted TWO songs in the history of his career. Neither even cracked the top 40.

 

Worldwide, Escapology, again his biggest album, which came out at the height at the sales era and is twenty-two years old is certified for 5,227,986 units (of which 2.1 million came from the UK). Fine Line, which came out in the streaming era, and isn't even 5 years old is certified for 5,747,500 units

Even using chartmasters weird ass EAS measure...

 

Robbie's first three albums: 13.7M (27 years old), 8.6M (26 years old), 11.2M (24 years old)

 

Harry's first three albums: 6.8M (7 years old), 12.9M (4 and a half years old), 9M (2 years old).

 

Harry's pure numbers haven't been updated in two years, mind you. Harry's House is counted as zero pure album sales even though it sold 300K in the US in its first week. Meaning it's extremely likely all three of his albums are already bigger than all three of Robbie's albums already. Once again, streaming era vs pure era. Albums that aren't even a decade old vs albums that are almost three decades old.

 

I'm not gonna talk about Justin Timberlake because I do not stan that man, but name checking alone, one is known worldwide and the other one is confused with a beloved actor. Let's be real here.

[If U Seek Amy]

Just wait until they're older and more desperate and lower on cash

[Talentonly]

Harry will never reunite with the rest. He is working hard (touring, acting, music) to never have to go back to the band

[BionicWooHoo]

Well, it would certainly be an upgrade from the Quincenera gigs that Liam has been doing (although Im sure even those have dried up at this point) 

[1989]

Every time I see Simon Cowell now it's a literal jumpscare 

[Gossip_Boy]

So he's not regretting overworking and exploiting a bunch of teenagers for years until they had anxiety, alcohol addiction and eating disorders. He only regrets not owning the name because he can't continue to make profit off of them. Alright then. 

[shimind]

12 hours ago, dejmieeen said:

Well, the only one who really needs that is Liam. 
Harry is Superstar, Zayn doesn't seem to care about success, but does his things. Niall lately was a judge in The Voice US which was Great for him. And even Louis, who I expected to flop hard found his niche and even plays festivals.

 

And Liam? Disappered After releasing background shopping mall Music album, and most discussed thing about him was his New face. 

he can still earn billions by opening an OF. He needs to have Taylor level greed for that though. 

[Rev8]

From what I've heard from Harry about 1D reunion, he seems to be open to do it

 

which really is funny since he is the most successful

[everyhappily2]

i don't have the source bt as far as i know zayn revoked all the shared ownership of 1D when he left. only zayn doesn't get earning through the 1D merchandise, physical albums, song streaming earning out of all the boys. and still till these days other 4 member gets to earn money from their previous 1D work except for zayn :(((

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

I think it is too early to be talking about this. Harry is obviously going to release another album and do another huge tour before a 1D reunion is even discussed.  I'd say at minimum, this is not happening for a couple of more years. If they have too many timing issues or touring together is too difficult for a long duration - they should all 5 consider maybe just doing a couple nights at the O2 and a televised special only, then call it that. 
 

it will happen eventually but I don't think a reunion is even something Harry is thinking about rn and a reunion without him makes zero sense lol. 

[More Than A Melody]

On 6/11/2024 at 7:40 AM, Rev8 said:

From what I've heard from Harry about 1D reunion, he seems to be open to do it

 

which really is funny since he is the most successful

He's not. That's Harryspeak for "I'm not interested." He's just too polite to word it that way, but every time he says that he's "not opposed" or "I never close the door." He never said he'd want to, for instance. Or that he misses it. Or that they definitely will. Which are all things the other three have said over and over again. He's not gonna say "I have no interest to go back at all." But he has said that he hated the way the band recorded, released, and promoted music, and that he wouldn't want to go back to that, so to me, it's pretty clear that if anything ever happens again with 1D, with Harry in it, it'll be a one-off thing, not permanent or for a long project. And that's if this ever happens again.

 

When the band was winding down and they were getting questions about getting back together, he never promised they would. He never gave a timeframe. In fact he made sure to always add "if" or another form of conditional when talking about a possible comeback. And when the others were in the same interview promising they'd get back together or giving timeframes, he'd stay silent.

 

He confirmed in his Rolling Stone interview that he was the one to ask for the break. Because of what Zayn said in Call Her Daddy, we know that Harry basically told them he wouldn't renovate his contract once it was over (they renovated their OG X Factor contract in early 2013 for 3 more albums in 3 years, which meant their contract was up when they released in November 2015). That's why Zayn decided to leave the band and beat Harry to the punch, thinking he'd have more chances at being the breakout star if he did.

[rac7d]

On 6/11/2024 at 12:11 AM, shoganai said:

I love seeing despicable people cry about their errors. It's so refreshing.

Crying cuz he can't make more money on top of the fortune he has ? This only sucks for Liam and Lois 

[rac7d]

On 6/11/2024 at 1:40 PM, Rev8 said:

From what I've heard from Harry about 1D reunion, he seems to be open to do it

 

which really is funny since he is the most successful

He's open to it the way Normani is open to going  back to 5th harmony. They just being polite