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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Former Boy Bander, 32, Looks Unrecognizable In New Snap
The boy band One Direction blew up in 2010, thrusting the group into a Beatles mania-type fame. One Direction consisted of Louis Tomlinson,Harry Styles,Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, and the late Liam Payne. The guys quickly became teen heartthrobs, who were adored all over the world. Each hit song only increased the group's success and fans' love for Malik, Tomlinson, Horan, Payne, and Styles. In 2016, the band called it quits, and the guys went on to forge their own identities separate from the group. The other day, Malik took to Instagram to share a snap proving he's left his teeny bopper boy band days behind him. Now 32, Malik looked unrecognizable, sporting a full, bushy beard and a baseball cap that promoted the HBO show The Last of Us. Malik looked very serious as he posed for the picture. The Instagram post didn't have a caption, but that didn't stop fans from commenting on it. 'is this a secret message' one fan wondered because of Malik's hat choice. The hat had a different fan writing, 'AND HE LIKES THE LAST OF US?… marry me.' Other comments gushed over the former boy bander, proving that although One Direction may be no more, fans will always love the guys. 'I love it,' said a comment, while another one stated, 'my favorite trucker,' and a different comment declared, 'new ZELFIE on a ZUNDAY? please… i love you!' Malik may look a lot different than his One Direction days, but he's aging like a fine wine. Even with a full beard, the singer is on fire. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 Former Boy Bander, 32, Looks Unrecognizable In New Snap first appeared on Parade on May 26, 2025
News.com.au
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Niall Horan and Snoop Dogg to return as The Voice coaches
It was announced on Monday that the former One Direction star and the Gin & Juice rapper will return to the NBC show as coaches for its 28th season, alongside country star Reba McEntire. The coaches for the upcoming season will also include Michael Bublé, who made his Voice debut as a coach in season 26 and won his first round with contestant Sofronio Vasquez. Niall previously appeared as a coach on the show in seasons 23 and 24, winning both times with Gina Miles and Michael Huntley.
The Sun
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
How Brummie bar girl won the heart of £52m 1D's Niall Horan – after mum's blast at A-list exes with VERY barbed comment
HE'S the One Direction star with a fortune thought to be worth £52million, but Niall Horan's heart has been captured by a Brummie who works for a brewery. The gorgeous Amelia Woolley, known as Mia to pals, has also won the approval of Niall 's inner circle who are thrilled by the pair's latest relationship development. 11 11 Niall recently purchased a £10million, six-bedroom 'family home' for the couple to live a 'quiet lifestyle' with their pet dog. And while the 31-year-old tinkers away putting the finishing touches to his next album - almost certain to top the US charts like his previous three solo albums and see him set off on another sell-out world tour - Mia works day to day as an international sales and marketing manager for the Forest Road Brewery Company. They may seem worlds apart, but two years ago, the popular Irish singer-songwriter proudly confirmed he was 'madly in love' after penning a string of romantic hits about Mia - though he admitted she felt 'taken aback' at becoming his muse. It was Mia's normal job that first endeared her to Niall's family, firmly rooted in Mulligner, Ireland, when he first took her home to meet them in 2021, after the couple started dating during lockdown. Niall's mum Maura said she was 'very impressed' by Mia and particularly thrilled that she was not in show business. 'She's a lovely girl,' cooed proud Maura at the time. 'She's from England and she's not in the business so that's a good one! 'She's met Mammy Maura, and Mammy Maura is very impressed! She's also met Nanny Margaret, sat in the kitchen.' While Mia, 27, may be able to settle into quiet, comfortable, family life with ease with Niall, she is a high-flyer in her field, having studied fashion business at London 's Istituto Marangoni before going on to work for high-end designers including Nicholas Kirkwood, Dior and Chloé. But it is understandable that Niall's mum might prefer a non-showbiz girlfriend. He has had a string of high profile relationships, and experienced the negatives that come with dating celebrities, including an endless bombardment of social media speculation. Niall Horan brings Ed Sheeran out at gig- When he and actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld broke up after a year of dating, she wrote a track titled Wrong Direction, calling out an ex-boyfriend, which fans were convinced was about Niall, though she has never confirmed it. Niall also went on 'a few dates' with Ellie Goulding, resulting in Ed Sheeran writing the messy track Don't about an apparent love triangle between the trio. Though despite the headlines - and chart-topping singles - all three remain good friends. So it is no surprise that Niall intends to carry on 'keeping that stuff quiet' about his relationship with Mia - even if he quite literally wants to sing about it. Having documented former heartaches, he says writing love songs is a natural next step. 11 'When there's no heartbreak [to write about], you have to come up with a different concept,' he said of his charmingly upbeat 2023 album The Show, which took Mia by surprise. "She's like, taken aback, I suppose,' admitted Niall. 'It's nice to be able to write happier stuff.' He professes that keeping his relationship out of the limelight gives his songwriting integrity - avoiding fans engaging in Taylor Swift -style decoding of his lyrics. 'There'd be all these theories, and I'm not in town for that. I'm here to write what's on my brain, and love happens to be one of those things that's flying around me,' Niall added. There could be more happy tracks in the making at the moment, as Niall and Mia enjoy an idyllic life in a leafy, London suburb close to his A-list pals. A source said: "Niall loves travelling and touring but this is him really laying down his roots with his new home with Mia.' The couple met in 2020, and were first seen publicly together during the brief lifting of Covid restrictions before making their public debut at the red carpet for his Horan & Rose Gala in September 2021. 'Laying down roots' Having spent their lockdowns together, they bonded quickly - and though they admitted to getting terribly bored, unable to globe-trot as they were accustomed - Niall recalls it being the lengthiest period of time off since he joined One Direction aged just 16. 'I've never been fitter in my life because I was cycling 80 or 90 miles around Richmond Park every week,' he said at the time. That passion for fitness, including lockdown gym sessions, certainly showed results, with a new bulked up frame to match his new, mature look, having ditched the bleached blonde crop. As Niall blossomed, so did his relationship with Amelia, and he could not wait to bring her home to meet his whole family in Mullinger, a market town 50-miles west of Dublin, as soon as restrictions lifted. The source added: "All of Niall's loved ones have totally embraced Amelia, they can see how happy she makes him. She is part of the family." Niall has always been desperate to have a brood of his own, saying in 2019: 'I would love kids and a family life.' It could be that we see the star setting his sights on starting a family sooner rather than later. The last year in particular has seen the astronomic highs of Niall's 87-night solo The Show tour, which culminated in a gig in Bogota, Colombia, where he informed fans he would now ' disappear for a while ' to enjoy suburban bliss, teasing of his planned retreat from the public eye: 'You'll never find me.' Utterly heartbroken The final gig in Bogata should have been the last we saw of Niall publicly for a while. But days after his tour wrapped, his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne - who had travelled to Argentina to watch his close friend perform on the tour on October 2nd - died after falling from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. Niall was left utterly heartbroken. 'I feel so fortunate that I got to see him recently,' he said at the time. "I sadly didn't know that after saying goodbye and hugging him that evening, I would be saying goodbye forever. It's heartbreaking." Amelia stood firmly by his side at Liam's funeral in Amersham, Buckinghamshire in November last year. It was the first time the members of One Direction had been together in a decade, in unthinkable circumstances. In the months following the tragedy there was speculation the boys might reunite again, this time to pay tribute to Liam at a special Brit awards appearance. But the four ruled out a "big, showy tribute", instead quietly returning to their own lives and solo careers. Family support It can be difficult to launch a solo career after achieving such unimaginable fame as one fifth of the world's most famous boyband, yet Niall's releases have topped charts in the UK, in Ireland and around the world. And he admits he feels at ease in front of big crowds: 'The bigger the venue, the better the show,' he says, confidently. He puts this remarkable ability to cope with fame down to his humble upbringing, and returns home seven or eight times a year to visit his tight knit family, though he admits he can no longer 'just pull up out outside the chip shop, run in and get the chips, then run back to the car'. Mum Maura worked in a pewter company, which produced clocks, while dad Bobby was a butcher in Tesco for 35 years - and still won't accept a penny from his son. With immense pride, Bobby has commended Niall for 'the way he held his head' in the showbiz spotlight. 'I am more proud of that than anything he has done,' he has said. Niall used golf to 'escape the madness' at the height of One Direction's popularity, and is the only member of the group to have steered entirely away from drugs. Harry Styles admitted dabbling with magic mushrooms, Zayn Malik says he enjoys weed and was filmed smoking a suspicious looking cigarette with bandmate Louis Tomlinson in Peru. Prior to his death, Liam Payne had well-documented struggles with substance abuse. But Niall said in 2019: 'I don't have a wild streak. I am known as the vanilla man… I like my sport and a few beers with my mates.' It is also the support of his parents, who split when he was five, that has helped him remain so humble. Speaking in 2013, Niall laughed that if anything, his family were unimpressed by his wealth, despite his attempts at generosity. 'I paid off my mum's mortgage and brought her a car – things I knew she needed – but I don't buy extravagant gifts all the time,' he said. 'I tried to give some money to my dad but he wouldn't take it. He'll barely take a Christmas present off of me. I want to do up the house he lives in but at the same time I don't want to be the idiot who walks in and throws money around.' Amelia is also from a close family, who Niall clearly adores - he wrote his track Never Grow Up about her parents, who are 'still madly in love', and in his lyrics, Niall says he longs for him and Mia to retain their love too: 'Hope we still drink like we're back in the pub / Hope we grow old, but we never grow up.' Unimpressed by wealth He also admits the track was inspired by his parents' divorce. 'When you've seen it crumble so many times in front of you — not just even within my family — you're just, like, 'I'd prefer not to have that if I can stop it.' I'd prefer to not see it crumble.' In his most direct track about their relationship, You Could Start A Cult, he combined their love of watching true crime series together with a metaphor for their love. It is, he insists, a 'love song, effectively', albeit unconventional, explaining: 'It's about… not the desperation feeling, but the 'I think you're the best f***ing thing in the world' feeling. 'And if you started a cult, I'd follow you into the fire.' His upcoming album is likely to include much more of the "happier stuff" he loves writing about.
North Wales Chronicle
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- North Wales Chronicle
Capital Summertime Ball lineup 2025- KSI, Jessie J and more
Each year, the lineup is announced gradually on Capital, building the excitement for music fans across the UK. In previous years, big names in music have performed at Capital's Summertime Ball with Barclaycard, including the likes of Kylie Minogue, Niall Horan, Jonas Brothers and more. If you'd like to attend the summer event this year, here are the artists you can expect to see perform. A post shared by Capital (@capitalofficial) Capital listeners found out the lineup live on Capital Breakfast with Jordan North, Chris Stark and Siân Welby on Monday, April 28 and Tuesday, April 29. Plus, they could tune into Global Player or check social media for the announcement. On Sunday, June 15, the following artists will perform at Wembley Stadium: A post shared by Capital (@capitalofficial) If you want to be in the crowd for this year's Capital's Summertime Ball with Barclaycard, here's how you can get tickets. Fans will need to download Global Player, the official Capital app, on their smartphone or tablet from the Apple app store or Google Play app store – it's free to sign up. Recommended reading: Spotify responds to rumours Spotify Premium will soon include adverts When is Eurovision 2025? Dates for semi-finals and final and how to watch in UK How to save money on your Spotify account by switching to new premium subscription Capital listeners who are logged into Global Player will get exclusive pre-sale access to tickets from 9am on Tuesday, April 29. You can get 10% off pre-sale tickets when you pay with your Barclaycard or Barclays Premier Card (via Barclaycard Entertainment or the Global Player link). Tickets will go on general sale at 9am on Wednesday, April 30 on Global Player.
South Wales Argus
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
Capital Summertime Ball lineup 2025- KSI, Jessie J and more
Each year, the lineup is announced gradually on Capital, building the excitement for music fans across the UK. In previous years, big names in music have performed at Capital's Summertime Ball with Barclaycard, including the likes of Kylie Minogue, Niall Horan, Jonas Brothers and more. If you'd like to attend the summer event this year, here are the artists you can expect to see perform. Capital's Summertime Ball with Barclaycard lineup 2025 Capital listeners found out the lineup live on Capital Breakfast with Jordan North, Chris Stark and Siân Welby on Monday, April 28 and Tuesday, April 29. Plus, they could tune into Global Player or check social media for the announcement. On Sunday, June 15, the following artists will perform at Wembley Stadium: Benson Boone Busted vs McFly Dasha Jessie J KSI Zara Larsson Mariah Carey Lola Young Reneé Rapp Tate McRae Myles Smith Remember Monday James Hype Jade Rita Ora Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff How to get tickets to Capital's Summertime Ball If you want to be in the crowd for this year's Capital's Summertime Ball with Barclaycard, here's how you can get tickets. Fans will need to download Global Player, the official Capital app, on their smartphone or tablet from the Apple app store or Google Play app store – it's free to sign up. Recommended reading: Capital listeners who are logged into Global Player will get exclusive pre-sale access to tickets from 9am on Tuesday, April 29. You can get 10% off pre-sale tickets when you pay with your Barclaycard or Barclays Premier Card (via Barclaycard Entertainment or the Global Player link). Tickets will go on general sale at 9am on Wednesday, April 30 on Global Player.
