The Boy band - comprised of Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson - have reportedly decided to take at least a year out to focus on solo projects and will not tour their upcoming fifth album.
The lads made the decision not to tour again at a meeting in London last weekend.
The world’s most successful band will NOT launch a tour to support their fifth album, a move likely to devastate their millions of fans around the world.
That means their last full concert will be at Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield on October 31.
Last night a 1D source said: “The guys have been together for five years, which is an incredible run for any boyband.
“They fully deserve to have at least a year to work on their own projects. There is absolutely no bad blood between them and they are all 100 per cent behind the decision.
“It is definitely not a split and they fully intend to get back together at some time in the future.
“But for now it is the end and they go out on top as the world’s most popular music act.”
1D’s new album, which insiders say is their best yet, will be released in time for the lucrative Christmas market.
They are likely to make a host of TV appearances and performances before the end of the year to promote the release.
There will be a break over the festive season before the group come back together to fulfil the rest of their promotional commitments for record label Syco in February.
The insider explained: “Simon Cowell and his team at Syco couldn’t be more excited about the album.
“They believe there are at least three smash hit songs and they’ve got the boys to stay together for a few weeks beyond the end of the year to make the album a huge success.
“But there was a meeting recently where it was agreed there would be no tour for the album.
“That was a big call because it means come March, Harry, Liam, Louis and Niall will be free agents for the first time in five years.”
The departure of Zayn Malik from the band in March is not behind the decision.
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