{"id":154613,"date":"2014-05-29T23:10:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T23:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2014\/05\/29\/the-show-must-go-on\/"},"modified":"2014-05-29T23:10:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T23:10:50","slug":"the-show-must-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2014\/05\/29\/the-show-must-go-on\/","title":{"rendered":"The show must go on!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Direction brush video controversy aside as they resume Where We Are stadium tour in Sunderland<\/span>
\nOne Direction pushed their recent spate of controversial headlines to one side on Wednesday evening as they invested their collective energies into a lively performance in the north east of England.
\nThe pop sensations are reeling after shocking video footage emerged of band-member Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson smoking a dubious looking roll-up while en route to a show in Peru during the South- American leg of their 2014 stadium tour.
\nTaking to the stage at Sunderland\u2019s Stadium of Light, both singers looked distracted as they joined Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Liam Payne.
\nThe band are currently working their way through the European leg of their mammoth Where We Are tour, which sees them take in 69 shows at key venues across Europe, North America and South America.
\nDespite the controversy that could, potentially, derail their trip to the United States this August, the hit-makers were on form as they entertained thousands of fans at the football stadium on Wednesday evening.
\nThe 23-track set list \u2013 comprised of songs from their three album back catalogue \u2013 went down well, and the emergence of today\u2019s footage, while not entirely forgotten, was casually dismissed by those in attendance.
\nSporting a denim jacket over a grey hooded top and white T-shirt, Zayn, 21, hunched over his microphone as he joined the band in their latest performance.
\nLouis looked subdued in a black T-shirt and matching skinny jeans, his numerous tattoos on display as he moved from one side of the stage to the other.
\nAt one point the two singers conversed while sipping from bottles of mineral water before continuing with the show.
\nIn video footage that has sent shockwaves around the world and stunned the band\u2019s millions of teenage and impressionable fans, Louis narrates from behind the camera, laughingly announcing, \u2018So here we are, leaving  Peru. Joint lit. Happy days!\u2019
\n\u2018What do you think about that kind of content?\u2019 he asks Zayn, who is alongside him in the SUV ferrying them to Peru\u2019s Estadio Nacional in Lima where One Direction performed to a 40,000 capacity crowd on April 27 as part of their \u2018Where We Are\u2019 tour. \u2018Very controversial,\u2019 Zayn, who is seen puffing on a \u2018joint\u2019, responds.
\nDisgruntled parents voiced their concerns about the footage shortly before One Direction took to the stage in Sunderland.
\nJulie Talbott, from Sunderland, who was taking daughter Emma, 16, to the band\u2019s gig said: \u2018It is disgusting. It is completely wrong, they get paid so much money and they spend it on drugs.
\n\u2018It is a bad message for children, I have heard kids talking in the queue saying it is all right. They think if the boys do it then they can do it. I could kill them as they have taken over my daughter\u2019s life for three years and she would never do it but it is worrying\u2019.
\nMentor, the alcohol and drug protection charity said: \u2018Zayn and Louis have a great opportunity to be a good role model for young people but they blow it here. \u2018We hope their young fans are not swayed by their example\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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