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One Direction announces lack of NFL team loyalty along with US tour

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 5:13 p.m. ET

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One Direction announced Thursday that the pop behemoth was returning Stateside for their On the Road Again stadium tour in 2015.

The British-Irish boy band consisting of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson sported jerseys of the respective city teams with the announcement of the band's tour dates as part of their Twitter marketing blitz.

And the bandmates seemed to have no qualms about changing team loyalty along with each city (well, all except Harry Styles, who simply held the NFL jerseys and refused to wear the Chicago Bears one outright). Here are some of the tweets that went out all over the country as part of today's announcement:

One Direction's On The Road Again Tour 2015 is coming on July 11. Tix go onsale on 11/14 INFO: http://t.co/UWQyZG2z2l pic.twitter.com/euon2K5ZGg
— Levi's® Stadium (@LevisStadium) October 23, 2014

.@onedirection fans - mark your calendars! The band will play LIVE @MLStadium Aug 5: Details: http://t.co/idVywKb6Wd pic.twitter.com/VOjFM0WFV0
— MetLife Stadium (@MLStadium) October 23, 2014

JUST ANNOUNCED: @onedirection is coming to CenturyLink Field on July 15! More info here: http://t.co/ugk2VPzjNS pic.twitter.com/aqBUdJXWmX
— CenturyLink Field (@CenturyLink_Fld) October 23, 2014

Get ready, #ChiefsKingdom. One Direction is coming to Arrowhead Stadium. More Information: http://t.co/ZDHym4kZUC pic.twitter.com/AYM0NjYoT8
— Kansas City Chiefs (@KCChiefs) October 23, 2014

One Direction is coming to M&T Bank Stadium! Buy your tickets November 1. More Information: http://t.co/uhgfA6JyKj pic.twitter.com/ZCDmY3RTST
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) October 23, 2014

JUST ANNOUNCED: @onedirection will be back "ON THE ROAD AGAIN 2015" @SoldierField on 8/23! http://t.co/bUHWZoBuEF pic.twitter.com/AMUaHvPWRA
— Soldier Field (@SoldierField) October 23, 2014

It's official! #OneDirection is coming to FirstEnergy Stadium! More info here: http://t.co/MKtmNlvUHq #OnTheRoadAgain pic.twitter.com/dvcoKCCCnF
— FirstEnergy Stadium (@FEStadium) October 23, 2014

“And I’ve been waiting for this time to come around.” So have we. @onedirection returns to @LFFStadium on 9/1/15! pic.twitter.com/eG19vu3cZb
— LincolnFinancialFld (@LFFStadium) October 23, 2014

We're excited to announce that @onedirection's #OnTheRoadAgainTour will be here 9/12/15! Info: http://t.co/1dlnE5Uivw pic.twitter.com/sKvSyohy7g
— Gillette Stadium (@GilletteStadium) October 23, 2014

Though the jersey-swapping wasn't contained to just NFL teams:

RT @1013KDWB: Time for a MASSIVE concert: @onedirection at @TCFBankStadium on July 26th!!! http://t.co/5lvAKmiFVt pic.twitter.com/SI7Mow1Muk
— Minnesota Gophers (@GopherSports) October 23, 2014

Or football:

.@OneDirection's 2015 #OnTheRoadAgain1D Tour is coming 8/25! Tickets on sale 11/1: http://t.co/EG3o8jSl1b. pic.twitter.com/qVNZurT7T2
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) October 23, 2014

Clearly, American sports team devotion is of little concern to the London-based boy band (or at least, less of a concern than selling tickets). And this fair-weather fandom was something the band has tried before. Perhaps they figured the crossover boyzone between die-hard sports fans and their screaming tween demo was a slight one.

Though it does put into question whether or not 1D can be taken at their word. Next thing you know, they'll come out and say that's not what makes us beautiful at all (sob!).

H/t For the Win.