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PROLOGUE
"Breaking News: One Direction's Louis Tomlinson has left the band"
"Louis Tomlinson QUITS One Direction"
"One Direction, five no more?"
Louis Tomlinson left the band unexpectedly; band confirms.
If you ever wanted to know a sad day in the One Direction fandom, it was the day the eldest member of the band - Louis Tomlinson - left the band after five long years.
On July 23rd 2015, on the five year anniversary of the band being formed, One Direction confirmed that one fifth of the band had decided to call it quits. The band posted a link to a Facebook status on all their social media, which announced that due to personal problems Tomlinson (23) had decided that he no longer wanted to be apart of the band. In the statement it stated that ‘the leave was quite unexpected for everyone, and that Louis was sorry for his departure but he wanted everyone to understand that he left for reasons he did not wish to discuss with the public.’
Louis left the North American leg of the tour, a day or two before they performed at Edmonton, Canada. No one knows why and Louis is yet to make a proper statement himself, however their management has confirmed his leaving and the band has performed without him for the past few weeks.
Though in recent light, One Direction had their first post Louis interview where it was confirmed that the band had no idea he was leaving. In an interview with James Cordon on his show The Late Late Show with James Cordon they were asked about how they felt about their friends departure; and their answers shocked all.
"We had no idea he was going to leave" Band's middle man Liam Payne (21) said "it was so unexpected and we weren't told by him and instead by our management"
"We were not only pretty much astonished but upset as well" Now eldest in the band Zayn Malik (22) said "Louis wasn't there when we were told and we felt kind of betrayed, especially because we had no idea he was leaving - he was fine right up until he left"
"We have contacted him" Payne mentioned "And he has told us he is fine, but due to his problems, he couldn't talk to us any further"
James Cordon further asked if the band knew what his personal problems were, to which Harry Styles (21) responded no.
The band seems to be quite upset and shocked about Louis' leaving, but despite it all, they have still continued touring and have dropped a new single called "Drag Me Down’. The edgy tune, which only features the four of them, was co written by Louis Tomlinson but a statement released by their management has declared that they got his full permission to still use the song.
The band all wish Louis the best with his future endeavours.