The UK band one direction spoke with Stuff.co.nz ahead of there NZ shows
The only direction was down for the One Direction lads who took the plunge from the Auckland Sky Tower tonight.
Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne bungyed from the 328 metre tower while a group of excited fans cheered below.
Payne, who took the plunge first, gave the doting crowd below a "Woooo" with his arms in the air following the jump.
"It was amazing," he told Fairfax after the leap.
Payne was followed by a member of his crew and then Tomlinson, who had been looking forward to the jump all day.
Harry Styles waited with the band's stylist and her baby daughter Lux on the tower below, cheering his mates on, playing with Lux and waving to the dedicated fan base that had been tailing the band all day.
The band, who loved learning to surf in Australia, said they wanted to experience something thrilling in New Zealand to top off the Australasian tour.
"You only live once," said Tomlinson.
Girls stopped traffic at the Sky Tower trying to get a glimpse of the boys on the landing platform. One carload of fans failed to notice the red light had changed twice, until a security guard moved them on.
Many of the girls had run to the Sky Tower from the Langham where they had been camped since this morning, hoping to catch a glimpse of the boy band.
Hundreds of those fans finally got their first glimpse of the teen heartthrobs this afternoon.
Hordes of fans had been camped out outside the band's hotel since their arrival yesterday, but there had been few chances to see the band.
But earlier today One Direction – comprising Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson – ventured out of their hotel, waving, smiling at and even touching the adoring teenage girls.
The crowd was told the walkabout would only happen if they were well behaved, with hotel and band security out in force, holding up barriers to make sure no one could break through.
While they have experienced welcomes like this all around the world, the five boys, all aged under 20, seemed genuinely excited to meet the locals, geeing each other up, giving fans the thumbs up and even breaking through security to high-five a few lucky girls before being pulled back.
Many of the fans, some of whom had camped out overnight hoping to catch a glimpse of the band, were left in tears as the emotion of seeing their heroes up close overcame them.
One Direction play two shows in Auckland on Saturday before flying to Wellington for a final New Zealand show.
Since coming third on the UK version of X Factor, the group have amassed more than 4.6 million Facebook fans and their video for the song What Makes You Beautiful has had more than 103 million YouTube hits.
They sold out 80,000 seats in just 12 minutes in the UK earlier this year and beat Adele to pick up a Brit Award for Best British Single last week. Their album Up All Night debuted in the top 10 in more than 15 countries.
In New Zealand, tickets for the bands three shows sold out in record time - 10,000 tickets in under 10 minutes.
Many fans were distressed as they then saw tickets on Trade Me minutes after going on sale for up to five times their face value.
Thousands of fans who were left in tears after missing out on tickets to One Direction's current New Zealand tour are now to get another bite of the cherry, however, with the boy band confirming that they will return to New Zealand for three shows next October.
They will play one show at Christchurch's CSB Arena on October 3, before heading to Vector Arena in Auckland for shows on October 5 and 6.
Tickets go on sale April 28 at 10am from Ticketek for the Christchurch show and Ticketmaster for the Auckland shows.
- © Fairfax NZ News
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