Niall's first concert in Dublin

Niall Horan kicked off his Flicker Sessions world tour and unveiled tracks from his upcoming debut album at a rapturously received show at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on Tuesday night.

Telling the crowd he hadn’t played a full concert since One Direction went on hiatus in November 2015, the Mullingar man left any first-night nerves in the dressing room and enhanced his troubadour credentials in style with a setlist from his eagerly-awaited solo record.

With less between-song banter than may have been expected, Horan let the music do most of the talking. As a performer he now has the songs to justify that approach.

While the audience were thoroughly respectful during the new material, the response at the end of each number was deafening, with a 23-year-old who has known nothing but stadiums since his teenage years appearing entranced by the reaction of the crowd in one of the most legendary of cosy venues. (dailynail)

"But it's what I wanted to do. I wanted to play the album to the fans before I release it. I feel like by tomorrow everyone will know the words hopefully."

Niall sang "Fool's Gold"!

Full setlist

Taken from the Dublin show:

1. The Tide

2. Seeing Blind

3. This Town

4. Paper Houses

5. You and Me

6. Fire Away

7. Flicker

8. Too Much to Ask

9. Since We’re Alone

10. On The Loose

11. Mirrors

Encore:

1. Fool’s Gold (Solo Acoustic) (One Direction cover)

2. Slow Hands

3. On My Own

 Niall confirmed that "Too Much To Ask" is the next single and that "Flicker" is the name of the album.

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“The idea for the shoot was to look at Louis in a more stripped back and honest way, rather than the usual glossy pictures of a pop star. In my head I wanted to shoot him with a harder aesthetic than people might be used to seeing …. the way that i’d shoot a rapper, not a popstar. He’s a down to earth northern guy, so was fun to direct and to joke about with. I had pulled a bunch of references to make things easy for him, but honestly I think he was just as excited to do the shoot as the rest of us. He loves his streetwear and his high end brands so I knew he’d be into the looks that Atip, the stylist put together. It was obvious that he was keen to show his personality as an older guy, and wear some clothes that he genuinely likes!”

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The Teen Choice Awards - 13th August

Louis and Bebe performed a "clean" version of "Back To You":

Louis and Steve Aoki won The Best Collaboration.

Niall won The Best Song - "Slow Hands".

Harry won three of the categories he was nominated to at the Teen Choice Awards.

Liam for Buzzfeed

Int. "What was your favourite part about touring with the boys?"

  “My favourite part about touring with the boys was when we were younger, we used to spend a lot of time together on the tour bus. When we did our first American tour, we had a really tiny, small bus, so it was just a lot of fun, just hanging out. And it was like, I don’t know, that was the time when we got to know each other best.”

Int. "I saw you tweeted Harry to congratulate him on Dunkirk. Have you seen the film yet? Were you surprised that Harry decided to go into acting?"

 “No I’m not at all. I think honestly he’s really, really suited to the job, and Harry’s really good at what he does. And I wanted to congratulate him on his massive moment! Like, being in a Christopher Nolan action film — how amazing! Super cool. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m planning on having a little event with my team and some of my family and going down and all of us watching it together, because I wanna make sure it’s in a nice setting. I haven’t been to a cinema in ages, and I like going to the cinema.”

Int. "Will 1D ever reunite?"

  "Yes, I think we will reunite at some point in the future. We have to — I mean we’ve got an album we haven’t even toured yet, and I want to write some more songs as well with the boys."

Louis and Bebe Rexha on Jimmy Fallon

Bonus: Louis' favourite viral video:

Louis on Elvis Duran Show

Int. "What's the feeling that you get now when you hear just you?

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Louis on doing an Irish accent after Elvis says that Niall praised Louis' imitation skills:

“You know what actually, this is music to my ears. Because I spent five years imitating Niall’s Irish accent, and not once did he give me props for it. He always used to say - here we go - “Oh Tommo, you’re not that good at that Irish accent” and I think I’m not that bad.”

And bonus:

Louis and Eleanor in NY. King of holding hands. :)